As-salamu alaykum everyone! Insha’Allah you’re doing well,
This is my very first YouTube video where I describe my journey to Islam. This is part 1 of a 3-part series. 99% of this video was filmed in Madrid Spain, while I was traveling south toward Granada where I would be declaring my Shahada on December 1, 2023.
In this first video I discuss the hypocrisy I witnessed growing up in my childhood and my desire to understand God more comprehensively.
I disclose how I transitioned from a Christian to an atheist and then how I discovered Islam while working as a bartender.
Going to UC Berkeley was an incredible opportunity for a girl like me from Canada and I took every advantage I could to finally study religion in an academic, rational and systematic way. Initially I wanted to study Hinduism because I was an avid yoga practitioner however, as I mention in this video, the Hindu 101 class was at 9am, so with my work schedule, attending class and doing well, wasn’t feasible. I then signed up for the 1pm Islam 101 class which was taught by Dr. Hatem Bazian. If you don’t follow him on social media, please do because he is an excellent teacher and an activist - @HatemBazian
I also point out how Islamophobia is inherent in academic, and in supposedly liberal cities like Berkeley, California. I briefly explain that I went to Granada in Spain for my semester abroad.
As you’ll notice part way through the video the cuts back to me talking in Portugal where I talk about Dr. Bazian and how I selected Islam in Berkeley’s course schedule. This section of the video was filmed after my trip to Spain and I had to piece it into the Madrid video because the audio from the park in Madrid was unusable, unfortunately.
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