rainbow serpent, its nice for you that you have "found Religion" but not everybody beleives in it like you do.
To keep the Beauty of your heart and soul I would advice you not to put your morals on others, as that is intolerance and detracts from your worth as you descibe it.

While writing you last phrase "So you see, as a Muslim woman, I've been liberated from a silent kind of bondage." is not bad, you went from one bondage to another......now thats progress!!!