Re: Tricked into Converting
So welcome to Islam. From the day one when our Holy Prophet(SAW) left this world a lot of confusion started to enter because of interpretation of religions by people of varying wisdom , logic , culture , personal likes and dislikes and what not. You find your MIL very imposing , that is nothing. Pretty soon you will find complete strangers will try to impose their view , beliefs and interpretation on you. People tell me stories of how they went to a Majid to offer their prayer and someone put a lice and germ infested straw hat on their head mid namaz because their view is that you cannot offer your namaz without a topi. I guy told me that he was doing his after namaz tasbeeh using both his hands to keep count and this other guy who was paying more attention to ebadat of other folks than his own told him heed need to use just one hand otherwise his ebadaat will not be accepted because it is sunnah to use just one hand for doing your after namaz tasbeeh.
Now since you have accepted Islam be steadfast and do not let these intricacies bog you down.
Islam is really simple if you want to keep it simple and it becomes complicated if you listen to others. Just listen to your heart.
You seem to my kind of Muslim. You do not take everything on the face of it. I question everything and try to find the answer which satisfy my curiosity , my logic and my wisdom. I do not accept everything blindly as told to me by some Muslims or Non Muslims. Yes I do accept my faith blindly as there is no logic in faith.