Family Matter : Non-Muslim Parents

Author: Ritika97
Subject: Non-Muslim Parents
Posted: 25 July 2020 at 10:06am

As salam aleikum. I am a 23 year old female from india and am currently studying in the last year of medicine in europe. My parents are non-muslims, hindus to be specific and live 2 hours away from where i study. I converted to islam 6 years ago. When i told my parents that i converted to islam, i got an abusive backclash from them, both verbally and physically. In fear of being hurt physically and since i am fully dependent on my parents i kept following islam while being at university and wearing my hijab. But during the holidays when i visited home, i removed the hijab because my parents did not allow it. Still i did not follow any hindu rituals or eat haram in front of them. My parents being the very indian parents believe education is really important and want me to become a doctor first and foremost. Everytime i try to talk to them about me being a muslim, they tell me that they have accepted me as a muslim but still do not allow me to wear my hijab or pray in their house. They say that i need to focus on my education now and do not get distracted from it. And that i can do whatever i want when i have become a doctor. I would like to marry a muslim boy and i have no reason to believe what my parents are saying is the truth. Since they can’t even let me wear the hijab in front of them or pray. They say they have accepted me as a muslim but i do not know if i believe them or not. I think they are just delaying talking about this until i become a doctor and then won’t let me follow my religion. What should i do? Please give me some advice.

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