How to tell family/friend I coverted to Islam?

[Jake Powers]

Well many face your situation when either becoming atheists or doing anythings which other people think is out of the norm, but I advice you to look more into the religion and learn a lot more to have the ability to even explain to people as you will in the future(not just to your parents), why you're in this religion.

As a Muslim I always watch lectures and love to learn more as living in the west you tend to be among people who submit to pop culture, that means the women's role models are those plastic skinny celebrities you see on TV which every girl now want to be like, so it's not exactly called "freedom" to dress how they want, EVERYONE is submitting to something no matter what.

Explain to your parents what you love about the fundamentals about Islam that made you want to convert there, but find the right time to do so (when you gain enough knowledge about the religion). A lot of people won't be happy for you , but our religion teaches patience and the reward for that is great more than you'll ever know, god knows what you're facing and he will make it easier for you to pull through. You will face times when you ask yourself "why am I in this religion"? as everyone does, but that's why you need to always be connected with the religion and you need to answer ALL your questions about why you want to submit to this religion, see how it deals with women and other matters.

Once you know enough to feel satisfied to stay in the religion, tell your parents why you converted and what the facts about the religion are which made you convert, tell them what makes you convert into a religion even though the media doesn't favor them, while you tell me make sure you have no doubts and be confident that this is the best decision you've made with nothing that could change your mind.

If you've got like 10 minutes, grab a snack or a something and watch this guy, Anthony Green, he's amazing in this video he talks about how he converted, he even let his father convert to islam on his deathbed a day before he died! Any ways check this out and I hope everything goes well for you. If you happened to enjoy and want to watch more of him just search him up. He was also in a Christian family and always talks about how he questioned Christianity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Evc-w9Y7KY