I would say that I would definitely have been described as a feminist before I was a Muslim woman. Now I think the whole paradigm of feminism is way too limiting for women. So I say with more and more study of the position of woman in Islam…
I was invited to make certain that this new interpretation of the Quran was easily understood. My work, of course, required that I read the Quran over and over again. Well, as you can imagine, having no knowledge of Islam, I had hundreds and hundreds of questions. I was shocked...
Jeff’s journey to finding the missing piece in his life started, as he says: “When my mom started getting into hoodoo and voodoo, ironically. She was always taking me to one church or another until she got into some really dark stuff. I remember her and my...
When a famous person converts to Islam it often raises more than eyebrows, it forces people to ask questions about religion and about the nature and origin of humanity. People wonder why someone like Lauren Booth would choose a religion that was...
I was what is known as a worker-priest, which means I had a job at the same time as I was doing my ministry. I had changed from working in corporate America to working in a behavioral health agency. My post was down the street from a Masjid. I thought that this was my chance to learn about Islam for my interfaith relations.
My friend and I bought some marijuana and were getting ready to leave when my friend told me that one of the guys there invited us to his apartment to give him a book. We left for the guy's apartment, and when we got there, he gave my friend a book...
My lifestyle changed a lot. I don’t go more to clubs, I don’t drink beer, or use cocaine… When you revert to Islam, you are reborn. This means enough. I feel free.
I can say that by becoming Muslim, I won Muhammad (peace be upon him) without losing Jesus (peace be upon him). This is really a point of strength in Islam which shows that anyone who loves Jesus can embrace Islam without having to stop loving Jesus because Islam teaches Muslims to love and believe in all the prophets of God.
When she started researching the faith that often makes headlines because of the un-Islamic action of a few, she found more than the media had ever reported on. In those first few emails, she warned me that she had literally a million questions. I didn’t believe her. But she wasn’t being hyperbolic.
I'm a Doctor of Medicine, and a descendant of a French Catholic family. The very choice of my profession has given me a solid scientific culture which had prepared me very little for a mystic life. Not that I did not believe in God, but that the dogmas...
At first, I thought Islam might be some sort of punishment, because it has certain rules and regulations that I didn't feel that I wanted to accept. I have never been a lover of pork, so giving up the eating of pig meat didn't affect me whatsoever.
Bilal's story is proof of what Muhammad always taught: It is not social status or rank or education that makes one person better than another; it is piety. Those close to Allah are truly the best of people.
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