Before embracing Islam, be sure to spend time studying the faith, reading books, and learning from other Muslims. Your decision to convert to Islam should be based on knowledge, certainty, acceptance, submission, truthfulness, and sincerity.

It’s an incredible challenge for a new Muslim to find the right path to follow. There seem to be so many different groups, madh-habs and opinions; how on earth can you work out which is the right one? Or in fact if there even is a ‘right path’? The temptation is to do what Helen…

Was I wrong? Am I stupid? Have I become one of the blind, ignorant ones I used to mock – leaning lamely on a false crutch? You began to question the authenticity of the Quran…

Back to school resolutions are basically goals to help you stay on track with your learning. The resolutions should be small, bite sized and doable – so you don’t feel ready to quit even before you get far. After all the beginning of any school year comes with enough stress and drama.

I was amazed about what Islam teaches about kindness and tolerance. Kindness to our neighbors. Kindness to the orphan. And what was really surprising: kindness to the non-believer and even to the enemy. It was in 2013 that I took my shahadah. And then my life just turned upside down.

Benefiting others with your knowledge comes with tremendous rewards. Knowledge is something that is easily passed on to another person, and from them, to another. Imagine the good deeds you rack up by sharing beneficial knowledge that gets shared for generation after generation.

It is unconceivable that a university professor, in whose long academic journey an incredible amount of time and money has been invested, ends up using and consuming other people’s knowledge only, without generating some of it himself…

When you live in a majority-Muslim society you are not experiencing history from texts, you are living it. You are drawn into the historical events and developments that constitute the core of your heritage…

When seeking knowledge, converts must strike a balance that helps to maintain the various aspects of their lives while learning at the same time. Careful scheduling and time management skills are keys for success. They ensure that your quest for knowledge…