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Why family dismisses adult religious conversion choices

I converted to Islam five years ago but my birth family still treats it like a phase I'll grow out of.

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Chosen identity lacks the validation that inherited identity receives automatically.

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“Where Are You with Religious identity — believer doubter leaver?”

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