Category: Motivating

How Emily became Muslim

How Emily became Muslim

I said, Emily has become Muslim?!  She said, Yes, she became Muslim.  This news came as a surprise, and I asked myself, how did this woman become Muslim?  I had never noticed anything in the expression of this Filipina woman to indicate that she wanted to hear anything about Islam,...

Fuat Sezgin A living library of Islamic Sciences

Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin is an Islamic scholar who specializes in the history of Arabic-Islamic science. He is professor emeritus of the History of Natural Science at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany and the founder and honorary director of the Institute of the History of the Arab Islamic...

From Atheism to Islam

Salam ‘aleykoum, I’m sorry if it’s a long story, but it’s a process that took years, for me anyway. I grew up in a atheistic family. In fact my family hated religion (in particular Catholicism). I remember my mother told me that we she was a child it was the...

The Story of Oum Hajar

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, I am a Muslimah who reverted to Islam after I got married to an Egyptian Muslim. Alhamdullilah… Qadr… I am a foreigner living in Cairo, Egypt. I have been wearing the niqab for 3 years now, I have decided to wear it when I...

As If The Scales had lifted from my Eyes

Now, as a Muslim, I cannot understand the attractions of pubs, discos, nightclubs, expensive holidays and so on. If you are amongst a community of believers you derive your pleasure from sitting with them, discussing the wonders of our creator, or by enjoying with your family and doing things together,...

I Had a Quest Within Darrick Abdul-hakim

My name is Darrick Abdul-hakim. I am a 20-year-old Muslim brother living in the United States. I currently attend Cupertino University, which wont be for long since I am transferring to a University that suits my major in more malaise. I major in Old Hebraic and Arabian Literature and History....