The Answers

Anyone who has converted to Islam knows about The Questions. The Questions are the questions that everyone asks, all the time. (I can now say from experience that they ask in any country you go to, from Mexico to Iran) I have at times tossed around the idea of printing a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) to hand out when people start asking me the same set of questions three or four times a day, but I dropped the idea when I heard that someone else here had actually done it.

I -- as well as anyone else who has come to Islam from another ideology -- have answered these questions for many, many years. However, I had to come to Iran to actually finally come up with some foolproof, unarguable answers to them.

(Feel free to use them yourself. However, keep in mind that they must be delivered in a polite tone and with an innocent expression)

Q: Who was it who led you to Islam?
A: Rasul Allah.
Q: Who do you have in Iran?
A: God
Q: What is your real name?
A: Steve.
Q: I didn't quite get it the first time I asked, or the second, but exactly what did your parents think when you became Muslim?
A: In Nahj Al-Balaghah, Amir Al-Mu'mineen (as) advises us not to focus on the past, nor the future, but on the present.
Q: Were you Shi'a when you were born?
A: Before we were sent to this world, God created our souls and then instructed them about the wilayah. We all then gave bay'ah to Amir Al-Mu'mineen (as) and the rest of the Imams from Ahl Al-Bayt (as).
(That one is a particular conversation stopper)

There are more but they have slipped my mind... I will add once my memory improves :)