Aleksandra Hetail runs , which is followed by nearly 70,000 people. Through, among others: social media, Aleksandra tries to show her life with her Egyptian husband. It familiarizes its observers with Egyptian customs and traditions. She also proves that the life of a convert in Islam is not what some harmful stereotypes suggest. “I’m getting used to otherness” – we can read in her description on a popular social media platform.
Of course, she sometimes encounters hate – mainly from people who do not understand the essence of the religion, customs and lifestyle she has chosen. In one of her posts from January 2023, she writes, for example: “All Muslims are terrorists – how often have I heard this harmful and erroneous sentence. Think about it… there are over a billion Muslims in the world, if it were really so, there would be little left.” on this planet. People who commit crimes and kill innocent people are radicalized and manipulated people who, with their crimes, provide a service to those who use religion as a cover to achieve their goals,” we read.
It is written in the Quran that if you kill one innocent person (a human being, not a Muslim), it is as great a sin as if you had killed all of humanity. And if you save the life of one innocent man, it is as if you saved all of humanity. Human life is very important in Islam. I really wouldn’t consciously choose a religion that told me to kill anyone
– writes the influencer.
She also often answers questions asked by Internet users. Also in January 2023, she confessed, for example, that one of the most frequently asked questions is whether she converted to Islam because of her husband. – When I did it, I didn’t know my husband yet. I was 19 years old then and it was my own decision – she explained in the attached recording.
“This is one of the most frequently asked questions. I would like to add that it annoys me that women who converted to Islam after marrying a Muslim always hear: ‘yes… he forced you’, ‘you know, it was because of him’, but when I say that I did it much earlier, it’s like ‘ahaaaa, okay’. Everyone has the right to make their own choices and it doesn’t matter when they make them. If they’re happy, what’s wrong with that?” – she wrote in the description of the published video.
She converted to Islam at the age of 19. “I grew up in a Catholic family”
Aleksandra Helail is a hedgehog and the author of the book entitled “Egypt. The Cairo life of a Polish Muslim woman.” She has already given many interviews, including: Virtual Poland. In an interview with the website, she said: “I feel both Polish and Muslim. It may sound like an oxymoron to some, but this is how I define my identity.”
She was asked by WP journalist Sara Przepióra, among others: about how her parents – Catholics – reacted to the news that she wanted to convert to Islam at the age of 19. She replied that, as usual, they were surprised at the beginning. But in the end, there were no problems and they accepted her decision.
At first they were shocked. I grew up in a Catholic family, so most of my family had no prior exposure to Islam. My mother was the first to change her mind about my decision. She saw that it had a good influence on me and did not, contrary to popular belief, lead me in a radical direction.
– she announced. – As a teenager, I was constantly looking for my path. Before I became a Muslim, I was thinking about joining the Evangelical Church. However, it was Islam that I liked the most, she added.
Relationships in Egypt before marriage? “There’s no way to spend the night”
In turn, in an interview from November 2023, she revealed the details of how she met her husband. It happened thanks to mutual friends in Cairo. The Arab family welcomed her with openness and acceptance. Aleksandra learned the Egyptian dialect of Arabic and speaks only highly of her mother-in-law. In one of the conversations, she even stated that her husband’s mother called her “her friend”.
She also talked about what relationships are like in Egypt. – There is practically no such thing as a relationship before marriage. Of course, people meet officially, plan their future together, get engaged, get married, etc., but until they officially become married, they cannot live together, Ofeminin told the journalist.
There is no question of spending the night, and often even staying alone for a long time. Therefore, carnal relations outside marriage should not take place
– she pointed.
Source: Gazeta
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