230: From Islam to Catholicism w/ Ex-Muslim Jacob Imam

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today I’m joined at the bar table by Jacob Imam — a doctoral student at Oxford University. Together we discuss his conversion from Islam to Catholicism. Jacob shares:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How growing up in a split Muslim/Evangelical household led him to start asking some deep metaphysical questions at a very young age</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why he went from being an Eastern Orthodox catechumen to choosing Catholicism</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How the story of the Prodigal Son led to his father’s conversion just weeks before his death</span></li> </ul> <div class="h-typo-formatting"> <p> </p> <p><strong>SPONSORS</strong><br /> <br /> EL Investments: https://www.elinvestments.net/pints<br /> <br /> Exodus 90: https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/<br /> <br /> Hallow: http://hallow.app/mattfradd<br /> <br /> STRIVE: https://www.strive21.com/</p> </div> <div class="task-groupHold w-task-row isMainTask border--none" data-bind= "css: { 'isMainTask': $component.isMainTask, 'isEditing': task.isEditMode, 'completed': task.status()=='completed' && !inCompletedList, 'border--none': app.currentRoute().itemId && app.currentRoute().itemId == task.id(), 'w-task-row--quick-view' : $component.isQuickView }, visible:showIt"> <div class="w-task-row__description-hold clearfix"> <div class="mb--large" data-bind= "marked: task.description, visible: task.displayPreferences.isDisplayingDescription"> <div class="h-typo-formatting"> <p> </p> <p><strong>GIVING</strong></p> <p>Patreon: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd">https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd</a></p> <p>This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously!</p> <p>Thanks for essentially being a co-producer coproducer of the show.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>LINKS