Shamim Hunt
Shamim Hunt is currently a PhD student at the Institute of Philosophic Studies program at the University of Dallas in Texas. Shamim Hunt grew up in Pakistan as a devout practicing Muslim, with devout Muslim parents. Although she was not supposed to question her religion, there were a lot of things that bothered her as a Muslim about Allah and Islam’s prophet Mohammad. In 1987, she had an arranged marriage to her second cousin whom I had never met before and came to the USA with him. The Lord used it to allow her to get out Pakistan. Her husband was very abusive to her both physically and emotionally. She lived with him for almost 10 years, and had three children with him. Shamim went back to school after her husband left her. In 1999, she read philosophy studying epistemology and started rethinking about the existence of God once again. Her full testimony can be read from the His Prayer House website founded by Bhupinder and Mona of Toronto, Canada. For more information, please log onto His Prayer House.
Articles by this Author
How The Holy Spirit Of God Took Hold Of My Heart
- By Shamim Hunt
- Published 10/4/2007
- My Story
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I grew up in Pakistan as a devout practicing Muslim, with devout Muslim parents. I used to be ill and bed-ridden most of the time as a child and ponder upon God and pray to him. I often wandered if God could feel or even understand my pain because he is not a human? I even had a dream one night in which Allah appeared to me in a form of a man comforting me by my bedside. I think the Lord was preparing me to accept Jesus one day, who did came as a 100%God-100% man to suffer our pain. Although I was not supposed to question my religion, there were a lot of things that bothered me as a Muslim about Allah and Islam’s prophet Mohammad . . . Wearing The Hijab Does Not Necessarily Protect Muslim Women Or Guarantee Their Dignity.
- By Shamim Hunt
- Published 01/8/2008
- Apologetics
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When I used to wear the hijab as a young Muslim woman, I thought it was pretty cool. I felt protected, modest and feminine. I no longer do so, as I have become a Christian and have seen with greater clarity the negative side of Muslim attitudes towards women . . . . When I was growing up in Pakistan, I encountered a lot of sexual harassment. There was no redress. My mother just told me to be quiet and walk on, or else men would gather and gawk at me in the most humiliating way. Since I came to the United States twenty years ago, I have not worn the hijab, and I have never personally had any bad experiences. Although the United States is far from being a convent, I feel freer and more relaxed among the Christians here than I ever did among Muslims, either in Pakistan or the US.