Islamophobic Jew: I HATED Islam, Now I'm Muslim

He was raised Jewish, self-described as more Islamophobic than his own family and then a stranger on a New York subway changed everything.Lenny's revert story is unlike anything we've had on the show. Jewish by ethnicity and culture, deeply Islamophobic by his own admission, he went from hostile skeptic to Muslim in the span of a few months, triggered by a random man on the F train who told him to read the Quran.We talk about what he found when he actually read it, why he felt a connection to Allah in his very first sujud that he never felt after years of trying with Judaism, the key theological differences that pulled him toward Islam, how he's navigating a Islamophobic household while trying to show his family through his character, and what he thinks is the best form of dawah for Jewish people specifically.-Subscribe to the Revert Of The Week Newsletter: https://canyon-mimbs.kit.com/revert-0:00 – Intro & teaser: raised in an Islamophobic Jewish household1:21 – Growing up more Islamophobic than his own family and why4:43 – The stranger on the F train who told him to read the Quran8:05 – Reading the Quran for the first time and feeling connection in his first sujud11:27 – Hiding his shahada from his Islamophobic family14:49 – Why Judaism never gave him a connection and the checklist problem18:11 – How the Quran tells stories to teach lessons vs. Judaism's history-book approach21:33 – Life since becoming Muslim: the depression, dread and loneliness that disappeared24:55 – Discipline, prayer, and the promise he made to Allah28:16 – Identity: did becoming Muslim make him lose his Jewish identity or deepen it?31:38 – Why he hopes all Jewish people become Muslim one day35:00 – The best dawah for Jewish people: kindness, not debate38:22 – What Muslims can learn from Mormons about spreading their message41:44 – His message to the world-Lenny:   / thatjewishrevert  Clips Channel:    / @canyonmimbsshowclips  Canyon:    / canyonmimbs  Contact Us: [email protected]#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim