Confessions of a Muslim Convert

I received this letter from a Muslim convert who has since left Islam. It provides an inside look into how the uninformed are lured into conversion via a “path to peace and prosperity,” and how good, decent people are drastically misled.

To Pamela Geller, From a former Muslim,

Hello, and greetings, I write to you today to tell you a short story and explanation as to why i am writing this today.

I am a former Muslim, I am some one who is quite concerned with the recent events and the coming events currently taking place in the Unites States. I will explain more, when I first heard about you, I was a Muslim and quite dedicated to being what I thought was a “very good” Muslim. Everything I do I always give 100%, sometimes this is a good thing and sometimes it can be a bad thing, as per this situation it just so happened to be a bad thing.

My first interaction with Muslims being a convert from Christianity was quite pleasant, they welcomed me with open arms, asked me why I would like to become a Muslim, and I took shahada (the Muslim oath). At first I felt happy and relieved to be apart of what I thought was my path to peace and prosperity. Oh boy was I wrong, I began getting involved into the Facebook communities and meeting some fellow New York Muslims whom seem to take a liking to me. In the group as I learned more and more about Islam I started to become pretty angry at the world and how I thought Muslims were being treated and I became a bit more aggressive as I spoke to fellow New York Muslims and they explained to me why we need to protect our kind and be more strong and convert those who were not Muslim.

This led me to join the Muslim Day parade, which is where I first encountered you. I was one of the ones carrying the back flags of jihad (http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/205202/new-york-muslim-day-parade-marchers-carry-al-qaeda-daniel-greenfield), I was told those flags were peaceful and meant solidarity for all Muslims. I didn’t question much because to me I was being a good Muslim, the press we got afterwards was alarming and upset me as I did not think I fit in with the so called al qaida label or jihad label, but my fiance at the time started getting concerned as she was Catholic and began taking notice of my anger and radical behavior.

She begged me to leave Islam, or to stop being so radical, and I just got angry at her and started daily arguments with her over this subject. Long story short, I started realizing I was being radical in thought and I started becoming too angry, so I decided to back off a bit and speak up against ISIS and radicals. I took to the Facebook communities and started bashing ISIS and highlighting their hypocrisy and evil doings and I was met with immediate resistance and hate from the entire community with the exception of a few. I was told to shut up and never to speak about our brothers in such a way, I was told I was not a real Muslim if I didn’t stand by my brothers and sisters fighting “the good fight,” and I was banned from 2 out of 3 groups with thousands of members.

This of course upset me greatly so I took to the last group which I began by posting a burning ISIS flag, and in a short amount of time, I was told never to post that because the shahada was on the flag and it is against Islamic rule to destroy anything Islamic. Shortly after that I was removed from the group, I then decided to message popular muftis and sheikhs and ask them to speak up against ISIS, I was widely ignored and told to shut up by their followers, this was the last straw for me. I decided to leave Islam, as I do not believe in radical anything, I have took notice as to what Islam really is and I stand against it and it taking over this country.

Why do I tell you this? Because as a Muslim I was told you were a very bad person and that I should hate you and so I did at the time, and after all of that, I now appreciate what you do and think you are doing this world a great service in spreading the truth. There are few good people in Islam, but they exist, the majority from what I witnessed are either radical themselves or are forced to stay shut and not speak against the bad. I wish you well and I beg of you to keep doing what you are doing… thank you

PS: sorry if this email is all over the place, I don’t put my thoughts to words very well. Thank you for your time, I would love to hear what you think or I am open to answer any questions you have.