Suara.com – The story of Agnes Monica, who was born into a non-Muslim family and decided to convert to Islam, has attracted public attention.
Quoting from the Gorango Bintang YouTube channel upload, it is known that Agnes Monica is a woman of mixed Dayak-Malay blood.
Even though she was non-Muslim from birth, Agnes Monica, who is not a singer, admits that she has had the desire to convert to Islam since she was a teenager.
According to him, Islam is a cool religion. Although he cannot deny the many negative stigmas regarding the Islamic religion.
“Before I converted to Islam, I personally never viewed Islam as radical,” explained Agnes, quoted on Thursday (6/3/2024).
“Just because I usually listen to the news, what happens when someone is different, he's like a racist, something like that,” he added.
So, what made Agnes Monica determined to embrace Islam?
Agnes Monica admitted that she was interested in converting to Islam for several reasons. One of them is because his mother's grandmother was a Muslim.
He admitted that he often joined his grandmother on Eid holidays. He was so amazed when he saw Muslim women wearing robes.
“I was interested because at first my grandmother, my mother's parents were Muslims, so it was normal for Eid there, right, and I liked seeing them wearing robes,” said Agnes.
Through this upload, we can also see the moments when Agnes Monica finally officially converted to Islam. He was seen crying when reciting the shadah.
Not without reason, he shed tears because he remembered his parents, who now had different beliefs from him. Even though his father and mother had given their blessing to this decision.
“Earlier I felt sad because the faces of my parents showed me, I immediately remembered their services. If I talked about my parents I would definitely cry,” explained Agnes.
“Parents always say, if you have chosen something, don't do it half-heartedly. That's what they say,” he concluded.