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Revert Podcast

Revert Podcast

Yazan: Matt Drake
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 My name’s Matthew Drake. I’m from Wokingham, Berkshire, in England and I embraced Islam in 2005 when I was 19 years old.

When I look back to when I first became muslim two decades ago, I realize that I made a lot of mistakes along the way.

And more often than not, these incidents were a direct result of a lack of Islamic knowledge or a lack of knowing how to apply Islam correctly in my life, either because of my own ignorance of the religion or because of the bad advice I received from other muslims who, despite the good intentions they may have had, were ill-informed themselves or had a lack of understanding.

This, in addition to the excessive zeal I had as a new muslim, as well as immaturity and a lack of life experience, all contributed to me going to extremes in aspects of the religion, obligating or prohibiting things in my life that I didn’t have to, getting into arguments and debates with other people, ruining friendships and upsetting family members.

Mistakes were made, damage was caused and people were hurt unnecessarily.

But as time went on and the more I learned about Islam and lived my life as a muslim and the general life experience I gained, I began to understand the mistakes I made and where and how I went wrong.

After graduating from the Islamic University of Madinah back in 2014, I felt a need to give back to muslim communities and contribute to the Islamic call but wasn’t sure what to do. I would often think back to the early days of my Islam, the mistakes I made and how I would have done things differently had I known then what I know now.

So the idea came about for ‘Revert Podcast’ a project aimed at helping new muslims and muslim reverts in general, by educating them more about Islam and how to practice it. By returning back to the Quran, authentic Hadith and works of the great scholars of Islam, I hope to shed some light on key issues that affect reverts, clarify any misunderstandings they may have and teach some of the basics of Islam.

I don’t claim to be a scholar or ‘sheikh’ and I don’t give religious verdicts. My goal is simply to convey Islamic knowledge that is most relevant to muslim reverts – within my capacity – and to help them on their journey.

I hope this initiative can help serve as a guide to reverts and new muslims, and that by way of it, I can rectify some of the wrongs and help to prevent others from making the mistakes I made.

Matthew Drake
MA (Translation Studies)
BA (Dawah and Theology)© Matt Drake 2025. All rights reserved. This work may not be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form without prior written permission from the author. Islam Spirituality
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Being born into Islam, we take a lot for granted. This really helped me appreciate what reverts go through when they first enter into the faith.

Excellent advice not just for reverts

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