Canyon Mimbs Show

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The podcast that balances the dunya and ahkira

  1. 8h ago

    Vietnamese Christian Gets DISOWNED By His Family After Accepting Islam

    Tim, a Sydney-based revert, shares how a Muslim boxing gym changed his life from asking questions between training sessions to taking his shahada in the gym kitchen. He opens up about family pushback, the lessons Islam taught him about discipline and Allah's mercy, and his powerful Umrah experience.-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xfSSc1...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...-0:00 – Intro & Tim's revert story begins1:53 – Joining a Muslim boxing gym in Sydney without realizing it5:21 – How the Muslim brothers' discipline made him want to be more religious8:08 – Going to the gym just to ask questions about Islam11:56 – Why he accepted Islam: rational deduction, not just appeal15:17 – Family drama: mom nearly kicks him out, old friends turn their backs19:43 – How Islam beautified his life without changing who he is23:00 – Old Christian friends turning their backs & the anti-Islam propaganda machine26:43 – What kept him steadfast: following the Prophet ﷺ as a role model30:27 – Allah's infinite mercy & why repentance is always possible34:51 – Balancing fear and love of Allah (the airplane analogy)38:18 – First Umrah experience & seeing the Kaaba for the first time43:19 – First Ramadan: mom forcing him to eat & navigating it alone47:54 – The two proven methods for giving da'wah to family-Tim:   / talhahtimbowyer  Clips Channel:    / @canyonmimbsshowclips  Canyon:    / canyonmimbs  Contact Us: canyon@canyonmimbs.com#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim

    53 min
  2. 12h ago

    I Fell In Love With a Muslim Man And He Showed Me The TRUE Islam

    Catherine was raised with no religion, did three years of Bible study, got baptized as an adult and then quietly became a Muslim in 2019 at the Grand Mosque of Paris.Her path to Islam wasn't a single moment. It was her husband, a Syrian Muslim.It was a priest at Easter telling her that fasting "no longer means what it used to." It was showing up alone at the Grand Mosque of Paris asking if they offered lessons.Seven years later, Catherine is raising Muslim children in Germany, building Muslim community in a non-Muslim country, hosting kids' iftars so her daughter has Ramadan memories, and growing an Instagram following not by chasing the algorithm, but by finally just talking about her faith.This is a revert story about finding belonging after years of not quite fitting anywhere. -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xfSSc1...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Subscribe to the Revert Of The Week Newsletter: https://canyon-mimbs.kit.com/revert-0:00 — Intro & highlights0:46 — Introducing Catherine1:14 — Born into a blended family in France, early childhood3:31 — Life with her alcoholic biological father6:22 — The violence she witnessed and the memories she may never recover9:02 — Cutting contact with her biological father at age 1212:17 — Her siblings' trauma and what home actually looked like14:41 — Exchange student at 17: moving to Washington State, USA16:26 — Finding church through Latina friends and her first experience of faith19:24 — Meeting her Syrian Muslim husband in Germany20:36 — Quitting the wine industry and stopping alcohol23:32 — Walking into the Grand Mosque of Paris alone25:24 — Taking her shahada and the sisters who cried for her27:04 — Keeping her Islam secret for 4 years, then going public29:26 — Building Muslim community in Germany: kids' iftars and Ramadan31:53 — What Catherine loves most about Islam: the Day of Judgement-Catherine:   / heymama.de  Clips Channel:    / @canyonmimbsshowclips  Canyon:    / canyonmimbs  Contact Us: canyon@canyonmimbs.com#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim

    37 min
  3. 1d ago

    Austrian Christian Converts To Islam After Life Changing Conversation With a Muslim

    She grew up Christian in Austria, hit rock bottom at 22, and one unexpected apology from a Muslim changed everything.In this episode, Antonia (Medina) shares her full revert story, from a childhood full of unanswered questions in church, to years of addiction and feeling completely lost, to taking her shahada on a 15km walk and never looking back. We talk about how Islam answered questions she didn't even know she was asking, her hijab journey, the Austrian Muslim community, and the one lesson, sabr, that changed how she faces every storm life throws at her.This is one of the most honest, warm, and beautiful revert stories we've had on the show, so don't miss it.-0:00 – Introduction & Antonia's story teaser2:08 – Growing up Christian in Austria with unanswered questions6:17 – The Muslim who knocked on her door and changed everything10:25 – How Islam instantly removed years of addiction after shahada14:33 – Her mom's reaction and the moment she put on hijab18:42 – What Islam actually teaches about women (vs. the media narrative)22:50 – The unexpected reason she started wearing hijab26:58 – What finally motivated her to pray five times a day31:07 – The "bank appointment" analogy that reshaped how she views salah35:15 – What the Muslim community looks like in small-town Austria39:23 – Learning sabr (patience) and trusting Allah's plan43:32 – The imam's advice to new Muslims: don't overload yourself47:40 – Noticing Allah's subtle presence in your everyday life51:48 – If every person in the world could hear one thing…-Clips Channel:    / @canyonmimbsshowclips  Canyon:    / canyonmimbs  Contact Us: canyon@canyonmimbs.com#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim

    54 min
  4. May 26

    Football Prodigy Loses Everything and Then Finds Islam

    From Catholic schoolboy to Muslim revert. Bryan Maravic's journey to Islam is unlike anything you've heard before.Bryan spent years chasing identity through soccer, literature, and a romanticized writer's life in Lisbon, Portugal, before a conversation with his then-girlfriend about the Trinity sent him down a path he never expected. He picked up a Quran at a call center, listened to recitation on YouTube, and felt something shift. In this episode, Bryan opens up about 13+ years as a Muslim revert, his struggles keeping his faith private from his Catholic family and the moment he whispered the shahada into his dying father's ear.-Order Bryans Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYG4XGLKSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xfSSc1...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Subscribe to the Revert Of The Week Newsletter: https://canyon-mimbs.kit.com/revert-00:02:10 — Bryan introduces himself: 13+ years as a Muslim revert and his identity as a writer00:06:20 — The romanticized writer's life: moving to Lisbon, Portugal and encountering Muslims for the first time00:10:30 — Returning to Vermont: drinking, a typewriter, and a dark winter that changed everything00:12:40 — His girlfriend's doubts about the Trinity spark Bryan's curiosity about Islam00:14:50 — Bryan picks up a Quran at his call center job and approaches it as a literary text00:18:50 — Learning to pray, making wudu in secret and deciding to take shahada00:21:00 — The Friday prayer: hearing the adhan live for the first time and the moment of shahada00:27:10 — Keeping Islam hidden from his Catholic parents and the isolation of the double life00:31:20 — Advice for new reverts: focus on your own transformation before trying to bring others along00:35:30 — Learning from the Muslim community in Canada and what humility in Islam really looks like00:39:40 — Understanding qadr (divine decree): why everything in his story had to happen exactly as it did00:43:50 — How a traumatic brain injury at 14 opened him up to accepting Islam years later00:48:00 — The health scare that destroyed Bryan's nervous system and gave him his novel00:52:10 — Everything you chase in this life won't satisfy you, except a connection with Allah-Bryan:   / bryan.marovich  Clips Channel:    / @canyonmimbsshowclips  Canyon:    / canyonmimbs  Contact Us: canyon@canyonmimbs.com#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim

    58 min
  5. May 25

    My Christian Father Told Me I HAD To Become MUSLIM

    Matthew reverted to Islam just two months ago, the day before Ramadan. He's 22, born in Ohio, and came to Islam after years of quietly searching: Catholic school, a comparative religions class that changed his life, backpacking through Europe solo, praying for the first time in a mosque in Istanbul, building a successful supplement company, and eventually walking into a masjid in Dayton not even knowing what a shahada was.This is one of the most refreshingly honest revert stories we've had on the show. Matthew didn't come to Islam through crisis or community pressure. He came through curiosity, construction, and a one-way plane ticket.We also get into the real talk: he just made the decision to exit a 2.5-year supplement business. His video about reverting got 3 million views during Ramadan. And he's sitting with the challenge every new Muslim content creator faces: protecting your intention when the algorithm starts rewarding you for being Muslim.-Subscribe to the Revert Of The Week Newsletter: https://canyon-mimbs.kit.com/revert-0:00 – Matthew's intro: Ohio upbringing, Christian family, parents leaving the church1:49 – The anxiety attack at 17, Zen and the Art of Happiness, and the comparative religions class5:38 – Quitting construction, buying a one-way ticket to Europe, and heading toward Morocco9:27 – Istanbul: praying in a mosque for the first time and a Moroccan stranger's gratitude13:16 – What Matthew actually asked the imam before taking his shahada17:05 – Fitra explained: how Matthew's whole journey was already aligned without him knowing20:54 – Leaving the supplement company: losing purpose chasing materialism24:43 – The 3 million view video during Ramadan and what it might mean for his path forward28:32 – The hardest challenge for Muslim content creators: protecting your intention32:21 – First Ramadan: diving in headfirst, the last 10 nights, and Imam Abdul Fatah36:10 – Family's reaction: supportive but don't fully understand yet39:59 – Matthew's favorite things about Islam: intentionality in wudu, prayer, and the brotherhood43:48 – Anticipated challenges: riba, protecting intention, and avoiding the identity crisis trap47:37 – One piece of advice to himself two months ago and the closing question-Matthew:   / justicethefriend  Clips Channel:    / @canyonmimbsshowclips  Canyon:    / canyonmimbs  Contact Us: canyon@canyonmimbs.com#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim

    50 min
  6. May 24

    My Jewish Family DISOWNED Me For Becoming Muslim | Umm Yahia Revert Story

    This female revert grew up attending Jewish school, observing Shabbat and living fully inside a rabbinically Jewish world. Then the questions started. Why can't you rip toilet paper on Shabbat? And why did King David sound like he was describing a completely different religion?Umm Yahia shares her 7-year journey from born-and-raised Jewish to Muslim revert, a slow, logical process driven entirely by curiosity, the Psalms of David, and a late-night Google search about the shahada.We cover what actually triggered her doubts about rabbinic Judaism, the moment she realised Islam felt more familiar than the Judaism she grew up with, secretly praying before telling her mum, the moment her mum caught her wearing hijab in the street and raising a child as a single Muslim mum in a Jewish householdThis is one of the most thoughtful, nuanced revert stories-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xfSSc1...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Subscribe to the Revert Of The Week Newsletter: https://canyon-mimbs.kit.com/revert-0:00 – Introduction & Umm Yahia's story teaser3:08 – The grocery store conversation that started her doubts5:08 – Discovering rabbinic Judaism vs. the written Torah7:08 – Feeling like Judaism had gone "too far" from God's message13:08 – How Islam slowly entered her awareness15:08 – Saying the shahada alone in her room and trying Ramadan17:08 – The Quran felt familiar ("Islam was just Judaism")21:08 – Her mum's reaction: "I feel like I failed"23:08 – Her grandfather's complete rejection27:08 – Sneaking out of the house in hijab29:08 – Where the courage to put on hijab finally came from33:08 – Did her friend groups change after converting?37:08 – Letting go of old habits was surprisingly easy41:08 – What she'd say to the entire world about Islam-Umm Yahia:   / alhmmmddd  Clips Channel:    / @canyonmimbsshowclips  Canyon:    / canyonmimbs  Contact Us: canyon@canyonmimbs.com#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim

    43 min
  7. May 23

    Transgender Christian: If You Can Answer This One Question I’ll Accept Islam Right Now

    A trans woman who spent years studying every major world religion (Buddhism, Hinduism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, and finally the Quran) walks into a conversation with a Muslim. River was a devout Christian for over a decade before deconverting. She's agnostic now, on a serious search for truth, and she gave Islam the least fair shot of any religion she studied. What is Islam's view on trans people? Is music really haram? Does Islam teach that hell is eternal? What separates sin from disbelief? And how does a faith that looks so rigid from the outside actually deal with people who are genuinely searching?-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xfSSc1...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Subscribe to the Revert Of The Week Newsletter: https://canyon-mimbs.kit.com/revert-0:00 — Intro & highlights reel3:30 — River's decade as a devout Christian and why she left9:12 — River ranked the Quran last and why she regrets it15:00 — What drew River to Muslims: their reverence and joy17:26 — Western propaganda and subconscious bias against Islam22:23 — River's honest take on every religion she's studied27:07 — What River would need to believe in God31:22 — The biggest barrier: if one religion is true, billions go to hell?35:54 — Canyon begins answering River's questions on Islam37:05 — Islam's view on trans people, sin, identity, and the shahada46:10 — The mercy of Allah: the man who killed 100 people (hadith)50:28 — Is hell eternal in Islam? 59:02 — Why is music haram? The real reasoning behind it1:15:26 — Islam vs Christianity on Jesus, Paul, and the Apostles-River:   / sienna.river.ward  Clips Channel:    / @canyonmimbsshowclips  Canyon:    / canyonmimbs  Contact Us: canyon@canyonmimbs.com#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim

    1h 25m
  8. May 23

    Military Spy Converts To Islam After CRAZY Experience In Iraq

    He spent years in Australian military intelligence, working across the Middle East in war zones, learning Farsi and Dari and somewhere between Iraq and Syria, something started to shift.Joule is a former military intelligence officer, security professional, and now Muslim revert. In this episode, he breaks down the full story from being first approached about Islam in 2003 by an Iranian man in Melbourne, to studying the deen for nearly a decade before finally taking shahada, to selling off his watch collection, giving up eight luxury cars, and finding more peace in a single sujood than he ever got from a platinum Rolex Daytona.This one covers the stuff most revert conversations don't: what it actually looks like to give up materialism after you've genuinely had it all, how studying the Prophet ﷺ changed his leadership style at home, what his first Ramadan was really like (spoiler: the doctor had to get involved), and what he'd say to every single person on earth if he had the chance.If you're on the fence about Islam, considering reverting, or just want to hear what real transformation looks like in a man, this is worth your time.-Spotify: l1nk.dev/0pyfvukApple Podcasts: l1nk.dev/8l9192xSubscribe to the Revert Of The Week Newsletter: https://canyon-mimbs.kit.com/revert-0:00 - Introduction & military background1:27 - First dawah encounter in Melbourne, 20032:54 - Working in the Middle East & early impressions of Islam4:21 - The Iraqi colleague who lost his 2-year-old son and came back to work the next day5:48 - Studying Islam for 10 years before reverting7:15 - The final switch. When did he know it was time?8:42 - What changed most: detaching from the dunya10:09 - Selling the watches, giving up the cars, losing interest in the material world11:36 - Challenges: corporate America, online hate, being called a "race traitor"13:03 - His brother taking shahada & the emotion that came with it14:30 - Umrah experience: a former security professional's honest take on crowds15:57 - First Ramadan: what actually went wrong17:24 - How Islam changed the way he raises his kids18:51 - If you could speak to 8 billion people, what would you say?-Joule:   / thesartorialshooter  Clips Channel:    / @canyonmimbsshowclips  Canyon:    / canyonmimbs  Contact Us: canyon@canyonmimbs.com#Revert #RevertStory #Muslim

    20 min

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