It’s commonly thought that autistic people are more likely to be atheists. Personally, I strongly believe that autism is what led me to Islam. While some like to people-watch, when I was 19, I used to nature-watch. I loved being in nature, away from anything human-made, and just watching. Watching the trees blow in the wind, watching a butterfly visit flowers, watching birds dance in the sky. You can see signs of Allah everywhere in nature. Belief in God was something obvious to me, but it was also private. I didn’t like people telling me what to believe because I already knew what I believed. Then I picked up a…