Just subscribed. May Allah bless your journey! I too left West (UK) for greener pastures in the Horn (Somalia) but hoping to frequent Kenya given the proximity and embedded Somali culture & population in Nairobi (and Northern Kenya ofcourse). Best advice I can give is to have patience, then have some more and then a little be more! Culture change isn't easy but once you accept cultural norms (i.e. for me I had to understand the method to the madness on how (not) to queue after all my life queueing, or to deprogram from the 9-5 mindset - which by the way isn't even healthy for your circadian rhythm). Altogether, it will be life changing inshaallah. Read constantly the Seerah, find meaning, purpose and content that you are walking the same footsteps as the Sahabah and does who were the best and initial flag-bearers of Islam (literally & figuratively following their footsteps, given the Sahabah initially went to the Horn for their first Hijrah!). Best of all, yes there may sometimes be ignorance in terms of superiority complex to Westerners but race is secondary issue while in the West it was primary to everything! I wish you all the best, I will make Dua it goes well and inshaAllah you find what you are searching for (Eeman, contentment, blessings, peace). May Allah bless you in this and the hereafter my dear sister. I will be following closely this channel inshaAllah!
No. I was not born to a Muslim family. My parents divorced when I was two. My mother remarried, and, as my step father was a military man, we travelled, and, therefore, I rarely saw my biological father, maybe a 2-3 times from two to 12 years old. My father (raised Catholic) became Muslim, I believe at 38 (He was an alcoholic and stopped drinking at 38 years). He passed away 40 years later.
Just subscribed. May Allah bless your journey! I too left West (UK) for greener pastures in the Horn (Somalia) but hoping to frequent Kenya given the proximity and embedded Somali culture & population in Nairobi (and Northern Kenya ofcourse).
Best advice I can give is to have patience, then have some more and then a little be more! Culture change isn't easy but once you accept cultural norms (i.e. for me I had to understand the method to the madness on how (not) to queue after all my life queueing, or to deprogram from the 9-5 mindset - which by the way isn't even healthy for your circadian rhythm).
Altogether, it will be life changing inshaallah. Read constantly the Seerah, find meaning, purpose and content that you are walking the same footsteps as the Sahabah and does who were the best and initial flag-bearers of Islam (literally & figuratively following their footsteps, given the Sahabah initially went to the Horn for their first Hijrah!).
Best of all, yes there may sometimes be ignorance in terms of superiority complex to Westerners but race is secondary issue while in the West it was primary to everything!
I wish you all the best, I will make Dua it goes well and inshaAllah you find what you are searching for (Eeman, contentment, blessings, peace). May Allah bless you in this and the hereafter my dear sister. I will be following closely this channel inshaAllah!
Thank you. May Allah bless you. I plan Hajj to Mecca next year, InshaAllah.
Kenya good choice you will see alot somalis l guess who live kenya and there is lot muslim community
Congratulations my sis , welcome to Islam, may Allah bless you and continue to guide you on the right path Ameen🙏❤️
Shukran. Islam is the most welcoming that I have ever experienced. Subhanallah.
وعليكم السلام
Welcome sister, Kenyan brother here
How come your dad was Muslim but you were not? You were born to a Muslim family, right?
No. I was not born to a Muslim family. My parents divorced when I was two. My mother remarried, and, as my step father was a military man, we travelled, and, therefore, I rarely saw my biological father, maybe a 2-3 times from two to 12 years old. My father (raised Catholic) became Muslim, I believe at 38 (He was an alcoholic and stopped drinking at 38 years). He passed away 40 years later.