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From Catholic schoolboy to Muslim revert. Bryan Maravic's journey to Islam is unlike anything you've heard before.Bryan spent years chasing identity through soccer, literature, and a romanticized writer's life in Lisbon, Portugal, before a conversation with his then-girlfriend about the Trinity sent him down a path he never expected. He picked up a Quran at a call center, listened to recitation on YouTube, and felt something shift. In this episode, Bryan opens up about 13+ years as a Muslim revert, his struggles keeping his faith private from his Catholic family and the moment he whispered the shahada into his dying father's ear.-Order Bryans Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYG4XGLKSpotify: 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-00:02:10 — Bryan introduces himself: 13+ years as a Muslim revert and his identity as a writer00:06:20 — The romanticized writer's life: moving to Lisbon, Portugal and encountering Muslims for the first time00:10:30 — Returning to Vermont: drinking, a typewriter, and a dark winter that changed everything00:12:40 — His girlfriend's doubts about the Trinity spark Bryan's curiosity about Islam00:14:50 — Bryan picks up a Quran at his call center job and approaches it as a literary text00:18:50 — Learning to pray, making wudu in secret and deciding to take shahada00:21:00 — The Friday prayer: hearing the adhan live for the first time and the moment of shahada00:27:10 — Keeping Islam hidden from his Catholic parents and the isolation of the double life00:31:20 — Advice for new reverts: focus on your own transformation before trying to bring others along

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