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Last night, Khaled and I attended a lecture at The New Mosque about relationships between husband and wife.<\/p>\n

When we arrived, Khaled joined the men in the Imam\u2019s office, and a young woman came into the lecture room with a pashmina hijab haphazardly wrapped around her head. \u00a0At first I thought she was like me, then the Imam\u2019s wife took this young lady under her wing and rearranged her hijab. \u00a0When she was finished, the lady\u2019s hijab was wrapped in perfect Egyptian style.<\/p>\n

Everyone prayed, and then assembled into the chairs for the lecture. \u00a0These lectures are given in Arabic, so I don\u2019t get the whole story until after we leave to go home. \u00a0There is usually a woman sitting in the back with other non-Arabic speakers translating, but I prefer to sit and listen to the Imam and watch his facial expressions as he tells the stories. \u00a0I take notes of the words I recognize and I text back and forth with Khaled so I get the general gist of what is being said. \u00a0I\u2019m hoping that the more I listen, the more I will\u00a0understand.<\/p>\n

So, shortly after the beginning of the lecture, the young woman was invited up to the podium and she took her Shahada. \u00a0First she said it in English, the second in Arabic. \u00a0While she spoke, her fianc\u00e9e took photos. \u00a0Later, after the lecture had concluded, the young man came to the front of the room and told the story of how they met.<\/p>\n

And then he asked her to join him at the front of the room, and he proposed to her again. \u00a0With a ring, and she said yes.<\/p>\n

Before everyone left for the evening, the young woman joined the female congregation for her first prayer as a Muslim woman. \u00a0Everyone gathered around her, congratulating her on her choice and welcoming her into the ummah.<\/p>\n

I happened to have a Wudu Cling with me in my bag, so I showed it to the Imam\u2019s Wife and asked her if it would be okay to give it to the new Convert. \u00a0She gave me her blessings.<\/p>\n

I gave the New Convert my Wudu Cling, and explained that she could hang it on the mirror in her bathroom, and it would help her remember the steps to make Wudu. \u00a0She said that it would help her so much and was very appreciative.<\/p>\n

Today, as I\u2019m doing my family keeping, I keep thinking about this New Convert and new converts in general. \u00a0And I compare them to the young Catholic girls who are making their First Communion. \u00a0First Communion is met with special gifts, special parties and special clothes. \u00a0We are doing a disservice to our converts in not having something special to give them to mark the occasion. \u00a0People don\u2019t just make Shahada on the fly, they make appointments and plans\u2026their loved ones know in advance.
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