EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 37 MIN
I Fell In Love With a Muslim Man And He Showed Me The TRUE Islam
from Canyon Mimbs Show · host Mimbs.canyon
Catherine was raised with no religion, did three years of Bible study, got baptized as an adult and then quietly became a Muslim in 2019 at the Grand Mosque of Paris.Her path to Islam wasn't a single moment. It was her husband, a Syrian Muslim.It was a priest at Easter telling her that fasting "no longer means what it used to." It was showing up alone at the Grand Mosque of Paris asking if they offered lessons.Seven years later, Catherine is raising Muslim children in Germany, building Muslim community in a non-Muslim country, hosting kids' iftars so her daughter has Ramadan memories, and growing an Instagram following not by chasing the algorithm, but by finally just talking about her faith.This is a revert story about finding belonging after years of not quite fitting anywhere. -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xfSSc1...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Subscribe to the Revert Of The Week Newsletter: https://canyon-mimbs.kit.com/revert-0:00 — Intro & highlights0:46 — Introducing Catherine1:14 — Born into a blended family in France, early childhood3:31 — Life with her alcoholic biological father6:22 — The violence she witnessed and the memories she may never recover9:02 — Cutting contact with her biological father at age 1212:17 — Her siblings' trauma and what home actually looked like14:41 — Exchange student at 17: moving to Washington State, USA16:26 — Finding church through Latina friends and her first experience of faith19:24 — Meeting her Syrian Muslim husband in Germany20:36 — Quitting the wine industry and stopping alcohol23:32 — Walking into the Grand Mosque of Paris alone25:24 — Taking her shahada and the sisters who cried for her27:04 — Keeping her Islam secret for 4 years, then going public29:26 — Building Muslim community in Germany: kids' iftars and Ramadan31:53 — What Catherine loves most about Islam: the Day of Judgement-Catherine: / heymama.de Clips Channel: / @canyonmimbsshowclips Canyon: / canyonmimbs Contact Us: [email protected]#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim
What this episode covers
Catherine was raised with no religion, did three years of Bible study, got baptized as an adult and then quietly became a Muslim in 2019 at the Grand Mosque of Paris.Her path to Islam wasn't a single moment. It was her husband, a Syrian Muslim.It was a priest at Easter telling her that fasting "no longer means what it used to." It was showing up alone at the Grand Mosque of Paris asking if they offered lessons.Seven years later, Catherine is raising Muslim children in Germany, building Muslim community in a non-Muslim country, hosting kids' iftars so her daughter has Ramadan memories, and growing an Instagram following not by chasing the algorithm, but by finally just talking about her faith.This is a revert story about finding belonging after years of not quite fitting anywhere. -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xfSSc1...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Subscribe to the Revert Of The Week Newsletter: https://canyon-mimbs.kit.com/revert-0:00 — Intro & highlights0:46 — Introducing Catherine1:14 — Born into a blended family in France, early childhood3:31 — Life with her alcoholic biological father6:22 — The violence she witnessed and the memories she may never recover9:02 — Cutting contact with her biological father at age 1212:17 — Her siblings' trauma and what home actually looked like14:41 — Exchange student at 17: moving to Washington State, USA16:26 — Finding church through Latina friends and her first experience of faith19:24 — Meeting her Syrian Muslim husband in Germany20:36 — Quitting the wine industry and stopping alcohol23:32 — Walking into the Grand Mosque of Paris alone25:24 — Taking her shahada and the sisters who cried for her27:04 — Keeping her Islam secret for 4 years, then going public29:26 — Building Muslim community in Germany: kids' iftars and Ramadan31:53 — What Catherine loves most about Islam: the Day of Judgement-Catherine: / heymama.de Clips Channel: / @canyonmimbsshowclips Canyon: / canyonmimbs Contact Us: [email protected]#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim
NOW PLAYING
I Fell In Love With a Muslim Man And He Showed Me The TRUE Islam
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
No similar episodes found.