(Please Help) Feeling Distant from My Faith After Moving
As-salamu alaykum, I moved countries recently and it's been so stressful. Back home I used to go to the mosque every Friday and listen to lessons with a group of sisters, but here I have none of that. Praying has become really hard. I hardly pray, and I don't read the Qur'an; when I was little I had bad teachers and those memories make it painful. It feels like my connection to Islam has slipped away. I don't even feel like I can honestly call myself a Muslim right now, because I'm worse than that in practice. On top of everything, I've been seeing so much hatred - both within parts of the Muslim community and outside it. Online Muslims often upset me, and I avoid interacting with many of them because of how negative they can be, unlike the people I meet in person. The constant fighting over small things and the fear that others will judge me for being Muslim is exhausting. I don't have a local Muslim community here, and I don't have anyone to talk to face-to-face. It's like everything I had is gone, and I'm scared my faith will be gone too. I don't think I'm an atheist - I believe in Allah (SWT) - but I don't want to be just a distant believer either. I want to be a practicing Muslim, but right now it's overwhelming and I feel like I can't manage it. Please, any advice would mean a lot. I'm tired of all this hatred and the daily doubts. I want to feel okay again and reconnect with my faith. JazakAllahu khair for reading.