Top Ten Tips for Surviving Conversion to Islam

My Top 10 Tips for Surviving Conversion to Islam from my 31 years of experience as a Muslim convert. Let's share some Real talk this Ramadan on Muslims, Islam and what it means to be a convert to Islam after 30+ years as a Muslim convert. I share wisdom, experience, and reflections from the life God curated for me as an American-born Taiwanese (immigrant parents) California-raised, Ivy-league educated Muslim convert married to a world renowned Islamic scholar! If this sounds interesting to you, please help me reach more people with a LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE! About Me: Grace Song I am the Executive Director of The Usuli Institute (https://www.usuli.org/), where we do amazing work to elevate ethics, critical thinking, social justice and beauty and humanism in Islam. Check out our ground-breaking work, especially Project Illumine: The Light of the Qur'an (The first direct-to-English Qur'anic Commentaries in over 40 years) and Project Illumine II: The Light of the Prophet Muhammad (A new engagement with the traditions of the Prophet) on the Usuli Institute YouTube channel: ‪@TheUsuliInstitute‬ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:22 Number 10: Ignore the Ugly and the Stupid 0:46 A Quick Aside: Starting Point - A Word About God 1:42 God Gave Us An Intellect and Expects Us to Use It 2:08 Critical Thinking is Key, Don't Let It Go 2:53 Number 9: Prepare To Be Talked Down to 4:47 Number 8: Keep Doing Your Due Diligence 5:51 Number 7: Ask A Lot of Questions 7:40 Number 6: Prepare To Be Lonely 9:46 Number 5: Knowledge Is Your Protection 10:32 Number 4: Work On Yourself 12:11 Number 3: Be Kind To Yourself and Others 14:48 Number 2: Focus on Moral Priorities 17:05 Number 1: A Loving Relationship With God 18:35 A Final Word IMPORTANT BOOKS TO READ BY KHALED ABOU EL FADL: The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists The Search For Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books The Prophet's Pulpit Series: Commentaries on the State of Islam The Palestine Sermons Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari'ah in the Modern Age Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women Love the music at the end? It is by the gifted Wietske Merison from her album REMINDER, produced by Usuli Music! This beautiful track is called, "Subhanallah," and you can find it on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/2LZyBL... #muslimconvert #islam #muslim #muslimrevert #usuli #americanmuslim