1909 - Safiya's Story: Converting To Islam After A Horrific Childhood. Why Did She Leave The Faith?

In this very personal episode, centering around Safiya's life-story, she explains how her abusive childhood of "virtual slavery" was nonetheless in extremely religious circumstances. She brought this with her when her grandmother died and she moved to a contemporary Jewish community. She began to follow the Timani Minhag, which is most likely that of her paternal line who lived in the Russian Empire and migrated to the United States. Being a Timani practitioner won her few friends, and she experienced discrimination in the Jewish community, but a manic episode/religious delusion (one in a line of several) compelled her to seek Islam, where she was welcomed with open arms. But she didn't stay....