Episode 78:
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Host: Gina Marie DeBarthe.
Guest: Umm Aaliyah.

Today's guest is Umm Aaliyah.
The main topics of this episode:

Difficulties in converting
Polygamy
Music
Studying the Quran

In this episode she talks about her early life moving from South Carolina to New Jersey.
We discussed how she first encountered other students in her new school who were Muslim.
She reveals her confusion with the concept of the Holy Trinity and how this and other things that took place in her church weakened her faith.
She mentions her encounter with the Nation of Islam, and Buddhism.
After learning about Islam in a chatroom, she became more interested in Islam.
She started saying she was Muslim, even though, she had not taken her shahada.
Later she learned that she needed to take her shahada through friends she met in the chatroom.
She converses about her love of music and dancing, and how she was able to leave these behind.
Other topics discussed:

The importance and desire for a deeper relationship with God (SWT)
Her work and her desire to wear hijab
The difficulty with her daughter's health issues
Marriage and what it is like to be in a polygynous marriage

She also talks about her book club and desire to help other sisters learn more about their religion and instruct them on learning to read the Quran.
A little information about Umm Aaliyah:

Muslim now for about 19 years
Converted to Islam in 2002
43 years old
Born in Manhattan, NY
Currently lives in SC
She's a technical support advisor for smartphones
Enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, learning Arabic, memorizing Quran and Hadith

Umm Aaliyah is passionate about learning Arabic and teaching it to others to establish a closer relationship with Allah by being able to read and understand the Quran to then be able to act upon it.
Her website (for sisters who are interested in joining her book club) is:

https://www.sourcesbookclub.com/


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