u/AmaturRahman

Assalamu alaykum 👋

For the past decade or so I only really used to pray out of extreme fear. Now that I'm not scared anymore I find myself missing A LOT of prayers due to other things going on in my life. I try to make these prayers up, but it's a struggle when you've missed so many.

I recognize that I'm at a transitional period here and I don't want to end up not praying altogether, so I want to ask how you guys remain consistent with prayers and how do you maintain focus in prayer?

Assalamu alaykum warahmatullah,

I hope you're all well!

I have been wondering what others here may have noticed about the types of people who join any kind of Islamic fundamentalist movements. What were their childhoods and personalities like prior to joining and what became of their character and lives after embracing such ideologies?

As an ex-Salafi, I have my own theories on this topic and I believe I understand myself well at this point, but I want to better understand the experiences of others who join fundamentalist movements and what the driving factors behind their acceptance of such high-control, rigid and sometimes violent ideologies are.