A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is the spiritual journey of our Tijani brother, Sidi Ibrahim Dimson.   The story was written by him.   I have only formatted it and edited the language where necessary.   The spelling of the names have been left as Sidi Ibrahim Dimson spelled it.   The style of the writing has been left largely intact to preserve its flavour.   “For some reason, my focus shifted drastically towards the community that I grew up in, here in America.   I had been disengaged for so many years.   The hard feelings that I had harboured towards my community seemed to evaporate.   Allah ( s.w.t. ) had Softened my heart and Made me understand that all of my experiences so far were nothing but a huge lesson for me.   So I could not remain angry with Creation any longer, because in reality, it was all a Test and Education from the Creator.   In New York, the community of Tijanis and followers of Shayk...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is the spiritual journey of our Tijani brother, Sidi Ibrahim Dimson.   The story was written by him.   I have only formatted it and edited the language where necessary.   The spelling of the names have been left as Sidi Ibrahim Dimson spelled it.   The style of the writing has been left largely intact to preserve its flavour.   “A month or so after the showdown, I was informed by my prison counselor that I was getting transferred to a minimum security prison camp in Montgomery, Alabama.   My classification points had dropped and that meant, I could now be housed in the lowest security-grade institution in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.   I was being sent to the Federal Prison Camp at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery.   30 of us were selected to go to the camp.   Everyone was so happy and excited, except for me.   Although I had only been there for less than six months, I ...