A short YouTube interview excerpt in which Gary Brecka asks a guest about choosing Islam as an adult. The guest says charity (Zakat) initially drew them back, notes prior cultural familiarity from childhood, describes studying the Quran, and explains adopting modesty/hijab as an expression of inner identity, self-love, and protection from seeking external validation.
What are the foundations of the religion at such an adult point in your life? Choose Islam and what is it given back to you?
What drew me into Islam was, I would say, charity, Zakat. That was the main thing that drew me into it because I grew up in that faith, which I wasn't really practicing. So I didn't get taught the religion. I kind of just remember always telling myself, I'll never wear the hijab because we would practice Eid. Since I was familiar growing up in this religion, let me just learn a little bit about it. So I started dissecting the teachings of the Quran, and I started off with modesty in what hijab meant. And I learned that it was about who you are as a person inside, protecting your beauty by loving yourself and not always relying like you need to show it off or seek validation. Because as women, we love feeling beautiful, not for the sake of a man, but for ourselves. And so to go out and want a sort of validation is just. I feel like it's human nature. It's not about the materialistic things in world. And so that kind of attracted me and then started learning about it since and fell in love with it.
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