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Story #62 Hagar
2007-12-08 06:23:00
Are those who know equal to those who know not? It is only men of understanding who will remember. (Az-Zumar 39:9) These were the first words from the Qur'an that touched Hagar. "When I read that I could not stop thinking about it. I wondered what should I really know to understand? What really is knowledge?What is it in reading books and studying theories, philosophies and thoughts if at the end we still do not find any meaning for our existence? Western answers for this dilemma just made me frustrated, uncomfortable, hopeless and, at the end, depressed.At that time I could not believe in God nor pray anymore. How it happened? I do not know. What I know is that it was like in one day I believed in God (I was Christian ? a Protestant) and the next day to think about the existence of a God, Creator, was like nonsense to me. I used to read part of the Old or the New Testament every day and also make studies of it. I found nice words there, but unreal ones. I mean, without applicabili...
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Happy Eid Fitr 1428 H
2007-10-15 07:16:00
To all Muslims in the world, HAPPY EID FITR 1 Syawal 1428 H. May all hearts re-bleach awhite and Allah the Almighty accept our efforts, purity our hearts and more closer to Him.In this holy day, I spend most of Eid with family. After Eid Prayers we go have breakfast together and after that we usually first visit my father's brothers and we also open house to our neigbors. Happy Eid Fitr, everyone! And best regards to you and your families.

Story #63 Yahya Schroder
2007-09-16 09:10:00
My wish to become Muslim became so strong that I had to leave my family. I left my stepfather, my mother and the nice luxury lifestyle to go to Potsdam. I moved to my father's apartment which is rather small and I had to stay in the kitchen but it was okay because I had nothing just a very few clothes, school books, and some CDs.It must sound for you like I lost everything but I am very happy, I'm as happy as when I woke up in the hospital after the dreadful accident. The next day was the first day of Ramadan. The day after this was my first school day in my new school.(Yahya Schroder , he is a European Muslim and became Muslim 11 months ago when he was 17. Now, he lives in Potsdam, Germany. According to islamonline.net he said that he want to share his experience with Muslim around the world in a non-Muslim state)***As a convert to Islam, I think it's much easier to follow the deen (religion) than a born Muslim who is been raised up here. Almost all young born-Muslims I know want...
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HAPPY RAMADHAN
2007-09-12 07:58:00
All Muslims around the world will celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims in Indonesia will starts fasting tomorrow, 13 September 2007. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is an obligation on every adult and healthy Muslim. It?s one of the 5 pillars of Islam including Announcement of Faith, Praying (Shalat 5 times a day), Zakaat (the right of the poor on the wealth of the financially able) and Hajj (once a life time pilgrimage to Kaaba).HAPPY RAMADHAN to all, and may this month be a peaceful month for all...
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10 Things (people should know) about Islam
2007-09-06 08:37:00
this article is to help clear up some of the primary misconceptions about Islam , in the hope of promoting better understanding of this religion.1. Allah is God. The great majority of the non-Muslims I meet believe that Allah is a kind of personal name for some kind of small-"g" god, perhaps like Jupiter or Vulcan (gods of the Roman pantheon). I've even heard people refer contemptuously to the God of Islam as a "desert god," as if Judaism and Christianity originated in Yankee Stadium or something. The fact is that Allah is simply a compound word made from the Arabic words al (the) and lah, (god): the God. Monotheism -- the belief in a single, supreme, divine creator -- is the central and most important aspect of Islam. (And it's pronounced uh-LAH, not "Al, uh?") Even most English translations of the Qur'an I've seen do not translate the word. I believe it is really problematic and misleading not to translate such a key word for which there is an exact English equivalent. Along th...
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Story #61 Noor Aubie
2007-09-02 08:23:00
I looked around at my Muslim friends at work. These were good people, not terrorists. I chose the Muslim name "Noor" because of Surat An-Nur: [Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! Allah guides whom He will to His Light: Allah sets forth Parables for people: and Allah knows all things.] (An-Nur 24:35)I became a Muslim officially on January 1, 2006, in Damascus, Syria. But I made Shahadah in 2003 when I stood in a sunlit meadow and told God my hopes and dreams. The truth is I always feel like a "new" Muslim because there are so many things that I don't know. I stand with one foot in the Muslim world and one in the non-Muslim world. This is very painful, very harsh. As a basically...
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Story #61 Jenna Govan
2007-08-30 08:39:00
Govan's mother thinks her daughter is a bit fanatical, because she prays five times a day and wears hijab. Her mother came to this conclusion because she had seen so many other people who call themselves Muslims but did not do these things.Govan's mother likes the way her daughter's life and her husband who takes care of her and their children and how he is so responsible and kind. Her mother has noticed that Govan is a better person.Jenna Govan was born into an Australian family. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she grew up with her mother and younger brother. This small family went to church every Sunday until Govan was 10 years old. At first they used to go to the Seventh Day Adventist Church, later they went to the Baptist Church.Sometimes her grandmother would take Govan to Sunday school, and there Govan would hear the stories of the prophets that she loved. However, religion never entered her everyday life as she observes that praying was something she only did ...
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Story # 60 Ryan Harris
2007-08-29 09:32:00
"I was in the social studies class and the teacher was talking about Islam. It really cloned to me, the foundations of peace and understanding. It may not be for other people and that's fine." Ryan Harris , the player in the Denver Broncos, reverted to Islam at the young age of eight when he was taught about Islam in the social studies class. Being born into a Unitarian family made him find similarities between Islam and his original belief.Before finding his faith, he was raised in the church of Unitarian Universalism, at Unity Church Unitarian in St. Paul. In the summer before attending Notre Dame, Harris was featured on the MTV Show True Life in a documentary entitled "I Want the Perfect Body." Harris was drafted by the Denver Broncos as a 3rd round pick (70th overall) in the 2007 NFL draftNow, Harris is thinking of pursuing a career in politics, which he thinks is a great platform that affects a lot of peoples' lives.Source:readingislam.comwikipedia.or gInterview with Ryan Harri...
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Story #59 La Bianca
2007-08-29 09:16:00
La Bianca , a country girl, she was brought up on a farm in Western Australia. When she was a child, she had a pet kangaroo and helped with taking care of the cows and sheep. She used to go hunting rabbits and foxes. There was not much religion in her upbringing, but she believed in God and she was taught traditional Italian morals. In an Italian household, girls are protected and quite sheltered.She used to go to church with her family on Sundays, but it was superficial; she didn't really understand anything. When she thought about Holy Communion, all she knew was that she would get a white dress and have to recite some words ? it was all expected of her and she did it. As far as La Bianca was concerned, Jesus and Mary (peace be upon them) were just statues in the church. Still, she used to pray to God.While she was growing up, she had no knowledge of Islam or Arabs; she did not even see a city until she was 16 years old! She acknowledges the fact that she was gullible and naïve. O...
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Story #58 A'ishah Cook
2007-06-02 05:55:00
Everyone wanted to meet me, the Canadian girl who converted without being married to a Muslim. And almost five years after converting I was ready to get married.I was raised Protestant, in the United Church, and by the time I had reached high school I was questioning things in the religion that I didn't understand. I tried other denominations, hoping to get some clarity on a few issues: Jesus being God or the son of God, a baby being born into sin, and Eve being blamed for all the evils of the world. But I never received answers to my satisfaction. By the time I reached university I still believed in God and I still prayed, but I no longer belonged to any church.In my third year I met a friend who had studied Islam. Not that I knew what Islam was at the time, but he had on his answering machine "as-salamu `alaykum, peace be upon you." I remember trying to repeat it back, completely unable to, but I loved the idea of greeting people by saying "peace be upon you."For a few years aft...
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Story #58 Sunaku (Japanese)
2007-05-29 09:24:00
I lived a calm, secure life and was nurtured by my mother who took to raising me alone after the death of my father. All means of happiness and security were made available to me. However, since my childhood, I was never truly happy, and I was often overwhelmed by a sense of anxiety. I tried to overcome these feelings by working hard at my studies and traveling around the world as a tourist, but my anxieties persisted until I finished my secondary education and traveled to England to study English."The more I read about Islam, the more I increased in faith and understanding"During a school holiday, I traveled with one of my Japanese friends to Jordan. My friend had visited the country before, and she arranged for us to stay with a Jordanian Muslim family. I found their lives very practical and organized, while their house was very clean. I was impressed by the strong family bonds that joined them and their sense of civil responsibility. There was sincerity and mutual trust between t...
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Story #57 Monica (Japanese)
2007-05-29 09:17:00
My family was religiously Buddhist like many Japanese people, however my connection to Buddhism had been poor since my early childhood, and my parents were unconcerned with my devotion. Nevertheless, since my earliest days, many questions regarding the universe, existence, and life circled in my mind. They would remain with me until I reached the age of twenty when I finished my collegiate studies and began to work amongst the clouds as a flight attendant for a Japanese airline. I hoped to find peace and meaning through work but rather a great emptiness in my life persisted. There was something missing from my life and I desperately hoped to find out what it was.I was raised in the technologically-advanced atmosphere of Japan. I lived a peaceful, sedentary life and was blessed with a caring family and the tools to succeed in my studies and work. All avenues were open for me to enjoy an easy and fulfilling life.Allah, the Controller of all affairs, willed that in 1988 I would work as...
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Story #55 Zainab Morrow
2007-05-02 09:54:00
I think I converted to Islam to fill a void in my life. As I was ill last year, I had a lot of time to search for answers to fundamental questions. Why am I here? What is going to happen when I die?...I felt quite nervous but was glad to have a sister's helping hands to guide me. I was raised in the Roman Catholic faith, and quite a few ideas did not make sense to me. It did not make sense to me to pray to saints to get answers to my prayers. I always had trouble with the concept of Trinity. I was searching for a direct and meaningful relationship to Our Creator.Throughout the years, I had looked into other spiritual paths such as Buddhism and Hinduism, but again these paths did not answer those fundamental questions. Despite the misconceptions conveyed by various media outlets, I started being curious about Islam around the end of January 2006. I began to read books that dealt mainly with an introduction to Islam. Through my readings, I found there were differences between Islam ...
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Story#54 Slovakians
2007-05-02 09:21:00
I was born on February 27, 1989, in a small village in central Slovak ia , where everybody knows everybody and where being "different" is a problem. My mom and dad are Christians. In the first year of my primary school, my parents registered me in the course of religious education. I knew very little about God then. I remember very well a meeting I had those days with an aunt of mine. She couldn't have children, so she treated me like her own daughter. She spent a lot of her time with me. She took me to the church and to every Sunday sermon during the following five years. But I was just a kid so my "priorities" were focused just on playing games.I tried to please her as much as I could, because I loved her so much. Time passed by and I started to prepare myself for Confirmation. I started to go more often to the church. I don't have fond memories regarding the ceremony itself because two days before I broke my arm. Maybe this was a sign, I don't know. Anyway, I took pleasure on t...
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Story #53 Jack Ellis
2007-02-19 04:46:00
Why does one become a Christian? Why does one become Muslim? You do it because it feels right. . . . For Jack Ellis , being a Muslim, it’s a big deal. People like to know what he believe in. According to the American Boston Herald, Jack Ellis had changed his name to Hakim Mansour Ellis, on February 3.BEFORE Jack Ellis or Hakim Mansour Ellis (his new name) reverted to Islam, he studied the Qur'an for years and found his destination in Islam following a trip to the African country of Senegal. He reverted to Islam in last December in the country of Senegal.Ellis was born on January 6, 1946 in Macon, and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from St. Leo College in Florida. The father-of-five has started praying five times a day and regularly frequents the Islamic Center on Bloomfield Road, and proud of religious freedom in the United States."It's a personal decision, a private decision as to how one worships. But I do understand that I'm not a private person," Ellis said. "But being the ...
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Story #52 Ayesha Starkey (Australian Woman)
2007-01-23 04:43:05
When I read that Surah -Al-An`am 6:162- (Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds I sat and cried for about an hour. In these few words I had found the purpose of life. It sounded so nice, even in English. The more I read of the Qur'an, the more everything seemed so simple, so natural to understand.I was brought up in the Church of England, but my family and I only went to church on Christmas and Easter. When I was a teenager, I used to go to church alone because I had this yearning to be close to God and I felt peaceful when I prayed. I was searching for something more than just me and my reality.I never believed that Jesus was the son of God ? I always thought he was a prophet. Even though I had been taught differently, it just did not seem logical that God would have a son. I used to pray to God the Creator, not Jesus.I stopped going to church because I used to get annoyed when they kept asking for money...
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Abdul- Raouf Ahmed
2006-12-23 04:22:02
I can not explain on how honored and grateful I am for this golden opportunity and for Allah bringing me to where I am today. I hope and pray with all my heart and soul that others will do the same. Also, may Allah bless and make it easier for all my brothers and sisters all over the world as much as it was made for me.If anyone ever has an opportunity in reading this, I hope and pray that he/she is going to be as spiritually and emotionally moved as I am now. Just being able to be here writing this is a miracle from Allah. Amen. (Abdul - Raouf Ahmed )I am a white, American and born in the southeastern (Tennessee). My maternal grandmother adopted me. My mother gave me to her immediately after I was born. I stayed with my grandmother until the day Allah took her from this world December 23, 1992.At the age of 16 (1975), I was introduced to drugs and alcohol by my aunt and her high school friends. I quit school 1 yr and started working in order to provide a better and easier way of life...

Anna Linda Traustadottir
2006-12-20 04:21:06
Anna Linda Traustadottir: "I grew up being one of the most anti-Muslim, anti-Islam people you could ever meet. I was. I had also been anti-Arab before moving to Cairo to study Arabic (I thought Arabic calligraphy was beautiful). I?d grown up in the States, raised on American movies, which always portrayed Arabs as fundamentalists, radicals, women-oppressors, religious fanatics, terrorists, never normal, average people. The large majority of people who are anti-Arab have never been to any Arab country. The reality there is very different".In 1997, while studying Arabic in Cairo, one of my English girlfriends, a born-again Christian bought me a portable Bible, with both the Old and New Testaments. I was extremely pleased because I had decided that I needed to know what the Bible was and what was in it. And I felt that I could hardly call myself Christian without consciously studying the Bible.In 1998, whilst studying at Damascus University, I read the whole Bible, from cover to cover,...
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Mrs. Linda Delgado
2006-12-20 04:21:06
I believe Allah has chosen Mrs. Delgado to see the truth by the light of Islam. I also believe Allah sent Islam to many people around the world. I praise Him for His mercy, love and kindness to me. First I read Mrs.Delgado?s story, there was a tears in my eyes and my body was shaken. Happy and sadness was come together. About five years ago, I was fifty-two years old and a Christian. I had not become a member of any Christian church, but all my life I had been searching for the truth. I attended many churches and studied with their teachers. All fell short and I recognized none as being the truth about Allah. Since I was nine years old, I had read the Bible everyday of my life. I cannot tell you, over the many years, how many times I searched it for the truth. During the long years of my search for the truth, I studied with many religious faiths. For over a year I studied two times a week with a Catholic priest, but could not accept Catholic beliefs. I spent another year studying wi...
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Dance and Watching TV in Islam view
2006-12-20 04:21:06
Islam doesn?t prevent people from having entertainment but Islam itself provides the rules. At the same time, Islam does not tolerate any kind of entertainment that contains haram or even leads to haram behavior. Dancing can be either between women, between men, or mixed between both sexes. It is allowed for women to dance together unless it involves revealing any of the woman?s `awrah ? that is, the parts of the body between the navel and the knee ? in front of other women. It is also allowed unless the dancing means that mandatory obligations will not be carried out or if it coincides with unlawful acts. However, if a woman dances in front of her husband, then there is no restriction, as it is a way of cementing relations between spouses ? and this a key pillar of establishing the Muslim family.Dr. Su?ad Salih, professor of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) at Al-Azhar University, states: ?Islam is a religion of moderation; it does not prevent singing and dancing, but it forbids anythi...
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Story #41 Khadijah Emile
2006-12-02 16:08:10
She is a 45-year-old Jordanian woman of Palestinian origin. She was born to a Christian family and used to work as an office manager and followed Christianity until January 15, 2006.I grew up in a Christian family that wasn't very committed to religion. My father was an atheist, although he never tried to influence us or interfere in our choices. My mother was a Christian by birth and tradition, and she brought us up this way.We went to schools run by nuns. Therefore learning about Christianity was a must, and we had to attend mass on Sunday with the rest of the parish, in addition to a special mass on Wednesday for the students. I never liked the rituals of the mass and never felt connected with God through those rituals, yet I used to practice it with interest because of my conviction that prayer is the only connection with God, the only way to express my appreciation and do my supplications.Despite this, deep inside of myself, I never felt warm in heart with the process, maybe b...
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Story #38 Nur Fatima; "I want to lead my life in the light o
2006-12-02 16:08:10
Here is an interview of the girl named Kavita and than her name was changed to Nur Fatima when she converted to Islam. She was born in Mumbai India and now she is 30 years old. She married with two sons. How did she convert to Islam? "First of all I shall love to pay my gratitude to Allah for His blessings. As Allah?s Messenger? said: ?When Allah wishes well for someone He grants him under-standing of Deen.? I say Allah has showered me with His blessings. The environment in which I grew up was extremist Hindu where Muslims were severely hated. I embraced Islam after my marriage but I disliked worship of idols since my adolescence. I remember that once I had removed an idol to a washroom in my house. When my mother admonished me on it, I replied that if it cannot protect it-self then why do you seek bless-ings from it? Why do you bow be-fore it? What does it grant you? There is a ritual in our family that when a girl is married, she washes feet of her husband and drinks that water. B...
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Story #48 Abdul Aziz Myatt
2006-12-02 16:08:10
As I wrote on blog description that no matter what color and nationality you are, you can always be a Muslim. Yup, no matter whom you are...catholic, protestant, Hindu, Buddha, Konghuchu or even ex-Nazi, you can be a Muslim. I believe that people who converted to Islam believe Islam came to both of their mind and heart and accepted Islam and Allah as their God and Muhammad was His Messenger. Of course, by accepting Islam as his new faith he had begun a new life and started a new life with a new book of life. Allah had forgiven every sin, and new book of the record of sins is empty.Here is a story of Abdul Aziz Myatt, A British Neo-Nazi's Journey to Islam, that I found his story from Muslim site; Islamonline.net. Enjoy to read... I have a new life now, a new identity ? for I am a Muslim, and all Muslims are my brothers, wherever they happen to live, and whatever race they are said to belong to.How was it that I, a Westerner with a history of political involvement in extreme "right-w...
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Islamic education in the West
2006-12-02 16:08:10
How do we as muslims living in the west maintain an Islam ic education for our children? In order to preserve the structure of the Muslim family in the kaafir countries, we need to meet a number of conditions and requirements, both within the home and outside the home. Within the home1. It's essential for parents to uphold the habit of praying regularly in the mosque with their children; if there is no mosque nearby, then they must pray in jamaa?ah at home.2. Read Qur?aan and listen to its recitation daily.3. Eat meals together.4. Speak in the language of the Qur?aan as much as they can.5. Uphold the good manners prescribed by the Lord of the Worlds for families and in social settings; these include those that are to be found in Soorat al-Noor.6. Don't let themselves or their children watch immoral and corrupt movies.7. Children have to sleep at home and should stay home as much as possible, to protect them from the influences of the bad environment outside. They should be very str...
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The Difference Between Zakat Al-Fitr, Zakat Al-Mal & Charity
2006-12-02 16:08:10
Zakat al-mal is related to the saved money, whereas zakat al-fitr is paid by the head of the household on behalf of the family members. Also, zakat al-mal is to be paid when the savings reach the prescribed nisab (minimum amount on which zakah is due), but zakat al-fitr is to be paid by the person who has food for one day. The two categories vary in the amount required for each.There are essential differences between zakat al-mal and zakat al-fitr.Zakat al-mal relates, as its name implies, to the saved money; however, zakat al-fitr is paid by the head of the household on behalf of the family members. Also zakat al-mal is to be paid when the savings reach the prescribed value, which is equal to 20 mithqals of gold and 200 dirhams of silver. There is no fixed nisab for zakat al-fitr, but it is to paid by the person who has one day's meals and the members of his family on the eve of `Eid Al-Fitr. Besides, zakat al-mal can be paid at any time of the year as long as the nisab remains in...
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Why do Muslims pay Zakat?
2006-12-02 16:08:10
(And [in the daytime and at night] establish the prayer and pay Zakah and [for the cause of your religion and state] lend to Allah a befitting loan, and remember whatever good you send forth for yourselves you shall find it with Allah better than before and greater in reward.) [Qur?an 73:20]Zakah (almsgiving) is the required charity of a Muslim . It is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is given by free Muslims (not slaves), who have a certain amount of wealth. The Qur'an demands that individuals take material responsibility for poverty and suffering in the Muslim community (ummah). That is why the Quranic revelation demands that each person give up a certain amount of material wealth to support the poor, the indigent, the sick, and the suffering.Generally, charity in Islam is of two types: voluntary and obligatory. A Muslim should pay a certain percentage of his wealth every year; this is Zakat , which is obligatory charity. Other than Zakat, any other money Muslim spent for the s...
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Story #47 Fatima Edoh
2006-12-02 16:08:10
When Fatima 's family heard about her conversion, they weren't pleased. It was bad news for her relations, friends, church members, husband and a host of others with whom she worship at the Deeper Life Church. Even her daughter who is a nurse, when she informed her, she thought that her mother was crazy. Her name is Fatima Edoh, a 47-year-old Deeper Life elder. She lives in Karon-Majigi, a satellite town located along Airport Road in Abuja. On April 12, 2001, Fatima performed ablution and recited Lailaha Illa Llaahu, Muhammadu Rasullullah (Salallahu Alaihi wa salam). She accepted the Islamic faith and converted to Islam.Fatima, who hails from Togo, a small West African country, is married to a Deeper Life Pastor who hails from Benue State. With four children, Fatima said she never had any personal problem with her husband neither did she experience maltreatment from him. She was neither underfed nor uncattered for in any form. The Deeper Life elder narrated her experience to Abuja ...
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story #46 SE Jihad Levine (Sister Safiyyah)
2006-12-02 16:08:10
All praise to be Allah. I want to say welcome to Sister SE Jihad Levi ne, now her name is Safiyyah, who finds belief in Islam and Alhamdulillah that you have been guided to the right path. May Allah give you the strength and peace, Amin. Ms. Safiyyah is a member of Islamic writer Alliance (IWA) and muslim American journalists Association (MAJA).I am very happy that she allow me to put her story here on my blog. Again, I would love to be your sister and friend too, and hope we can keep in touch. And her story also appeared on www.islamonline.net. My husband and I had gone to the masjid for a speaker's program. It was the first time that he had invited me to the masjid since our marriage a year or so earlier. We had met and married while we were both working as substance abuser counselors in a rehabilitation center.We couldn't have been more different in the beginning, as we are from entirely different backgrounds ? he is black and I am white, he was Muslim and I was Jewish. Although...
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Story #45 Tuba; a Young Girl From German
2006-12-02 16:08:10
(All) people are a single nation; so Allah raised prophets as bearers of good news and as warners, and He revealed with them the Book with truth, that it might judge between people in that in which they differed; and none but the very people who were given it differed about it after clear arguments had come to them, revolting among themselves; so Allah has guided by His will those who believe to the truth about which they differed and Allah guides whom He pleases to the right path.] (Al-Baqarah 2:213)I found and read article about two German sisters find islam in their teens. The first thing I have to say is that they both are lucky and blessed. Ms. Tuba became a Muslim in the year 2000, at the age of 16. She said that she was thinking of how lucky she is when she became part of a community which consists of brothers and sisters who fear God. She believe that her new broters and sisters hearts are made of gold and are respectful. Than she realized that it has nothing to do with luck...
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Hijab: Religious Symbol or Obligation?
2006-12-02 16:08:10
The issue of hijab in the west and Hijab in European Countries has reached a very serious stage. Here is a clarify whether hijab is a religious symbol or not? All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. It is completely rejected to say that hijab is a religious symbol because hijab has an indispensable function in the life of a Muslim woman. That function is protection of the Muslim woman and preservation of her honor and chastity. This means that a woman who wears hijab does not do this to declare her religion or distinguish herself. Rather, she wears it out of obedience to her Lord. On the other hand, preventing hijab on the basis of preserving the secularity of the state is an illogical claim because secularism in a liberal community means that the state authority should be neutral in matters of religion. The government should neither accept nor reject, neither is for or against any religion. The state is to provide freedom of religion ...
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