Salaam everyone, I wanted to ask my brothers and sisters who were once atheists or left Islam and then returned – what’s your journey been like? What made you come back or embrace the faith again? Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on something. Some people say that sisters who wear hijab are brainwashed or that Islam doesn’t fit in today’s world. How do you feel about that? I’m curious to learn from your experiences.
Share your perspective with the community.
Left for 8 years because I thought science answered everything. Then I held my newborn daughter and felt a love so profound it shattered my arrogance. Read the Quran with fresh eyes and wept at Al-Fatiha. The hijab thing? It's freedom from the male gaze, not some prison.
Honestly, life without deen felt like a phone on 1% battery. You can scroll for a bit but it's gonna die. Came back slowly through listening to Yaqeen Institute lectures. Anyone calling hijabis brainwashed needs to actually talk to one instead of watching garbage on YouTube.
Grew up in a non-Muslim country, renounced everything at 16 just to fit in. Felt hollow for a decade. What brought me back wasn't logic, it was walking into a masjid in Istanbul and just feeling sakinah wash over me. Hadn't felt peace like that in years.
Was deep into the atheist crowd in my twenties, Dawkins and all that. The arrogance was real, thinking I was too smart for faith. What humbled me was studying Islamic history and the concept of tawheed seriously. It's intellectually unmatched. For the hijab, my wife wears it and she's more 'free' than any other woman I know.
May Allah keep us steadfast
SubhanAllah
Ya Rabb
Astaghfirullah
Alhamdulillah
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