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In 2003, as a 21-year-old convert to Islam, I moved from Colorado to Cairo to see what life was like in a Muslim country.

I lived in the Muslim world for 10 years.

Having embraced Islam, I felt as if I were born again. I found in Islam the answers to those queries which I had failed to find in Christianity.

Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path.

I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.

I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

Make no mistake about it - Islam is just not another way to approach God.

I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim.