Two years later, she moved with him, her son, and their baby girl to his hometown in rural Egypt, where she was abused and neglected-along with his first wife-for the next four years.Ī much-beloved speaker and imam in Brooklyn and Dearborn, the sheikh lectured and taught at mosques and Islamic centers around the country in the early 2000s. Unbeknownst to her, he hadn't divorced his wife back home and was about to be deported. In 2009, Kaighla-a young, single mother from the Midwest, and a fresh convert to Islam-married the Egyptian sheikh of a mosque in Brooklyn. Brave and inspiring, a lesson that new converts should get a welcome book (like this) that illuminates how vulnerable we can be to the less-than-scrupulous people in ANY community when we don't know the warning signs." - Jenny Lynn Jones, Author of All Roads Lead to Jerusalem
"An awesome and honest account of the perils and minefields Islamic converts can face.
I saw a universal traumatic experience that most people could never be brave enough to put on paper for the world to read." - Kaitlin, The American Muslim Mama "I couldn't put it down until I read every last page.
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