Hey r/Islam. I'm using a throwaway since my Muslim irl friends know my main Reddit account, I don't want them to see this. I also hope I can ask this here, redirect me somewhere else if I can't.
A few years ago, I lost a very close family member to an Islamist terror attack. I won't name the attack, but it was relatively unknown as it didn't happen in a Western country. Nevertheless, it affected me greatly.
Since then, I ended developing a hatred for Islam and Muslims. I was so angry at the religion and people for taking my loved one away from me. However, after some time, I lost the anger, and it was replaced by sadness and grief, and eventually the depression I suffer from today. These feelings were again brought out from the recent India Pakistan stand off, the new Zealand terror attack and the Sri Lankan terror attack. It ends up being this vicious cycle of hatred and anger, then sadness and grief, then I flat line back to depression.
I used to have a lot of Muslim friends, since I went to a school with a big Muslim population. But since the attack, I think I subconsciously disconnected myself from them over time. When the depression took over, I disconnected from everyone anyway.
I recently have been seeing a therapist. One recommendation from her was to actually get back into contact with my Muslim friends (which I have) and to also visit a mosque.
She believes that the more I interact, the more I may see that my anger is misplaced. There is mosque near me that is very small, but looks fairly active. Would I be welcome to visit? I'm not sure what I would do there, I do have a lot of questions but I don't want to just barge in and start questioning the people there, but I would like to ask some questions. How welcome would these be? Can I also ask some questions on this sub?
The other question is whether non Muslims are welcome at all. From what I understand, you consider Jews and Christians people of the book, so they would be welcome. But I don't follow either of those religions, so would I still be welcome? I wear a religious item on my body, but you can't see it when I wear clothes, I am assuming this is fine?
Thank you for your help. I hope I haven't offended any of you.
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