I would like to take the opportunity to share with you my journey to Islam and I feel that by sharing this experience with you I can help you on your journey through life. We are all born into different cultures, countries and religions in what often seems a confusing...
A Fourteenth Century Christian Scholar and Priest Turned Muslim A great number of Christians embraced Islam during, and soon after, the Islamic conquests following the Prophet’s death. They were never compelled; rather, it was in recognition of what they were already expecting. ANSELM TORMEEDA, a priest and Christian scholar was...
Khadijah# Bismillah hir-Rahmanir- Raheem My story in short is that I am a girl who was born to a Christian family and therefore followed Christianity until January 15th 2006 when I converted to Islam, most thankful to God. I grew up in a non-too-religiously-committed Christian family, my father was an...
A Satmar Hasid moved to Israel from Brooklyn, but became disenchanted with teachings of Ovadiah Yosef; he converted to Islam and now supports Hamas. Yosuf Hatab says that suicide bombings are unavoidable and that a Palestinian state should be established from the Mediterranean until the Jordan River. Hatab sends his...
In this article we are bringing you the highlights from Sabah Arbilli’s latest exhibition ‘Her’ at Sharjah Art Museum. The exhibition, showing calligraphic paintings and sculptures is inspired by poetry written by leading poets from the Arab world. Sabah Arbilli next to his painting at the exhibition The exhibition ‘Her’...
Before I became Muslim, my habit when I visited any city or town was that the first building I would enter or look for in that city would be a place of worship, a temple or church or whatever. Allah may He be exalted willed that I should enter a...
Kazi Falguni Eshita After a harsh, tiring day, everyone requires a good night’s sleep. A proper slumber not only helps to regain energy for the next day, but it also helps to repair all the wear and tear any human body and brain experiences during the day. A six to...
The Initiator of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al-Madani is the first and present president of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) situated in Jeddah, which was established in 1975 and is now operating its development project and activities among 56 Muslim countries. Dr.Ahmad devoted his life to serve...
Ibrahim Long I have not always been a Muslim. There have been times in my life that I have been the very opposite of what that means to be; yet, in some way, I feel like my whole life has led me to it. I had been raised to hold a Christian faith...
Urooj Shahid Imam al-Shafi’ is one of the key figures of Islamic history, and a name familiar to most Muslims today. But how many of us actually know much about his struggle for knowledge and learning? How many of us know his full name? Let us take a glimpse at...
– Madame Fatima Mike Davidson Madame Fatima Mik Davidson is the Minister of State for Social Development and Local Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. In an interview given by her to the renowned Arabic Magazine Men-bar-al-Islam of Cairo, Madame Fatima Mik Davidson (formerly Mrs. Model Donafamik Davidson)...
Basharat Hossain Dilshad Khurram Jah Murad is an Islamic intellectual, writer, reformist and orator who take an important place in the mind of dawah workers all over the world. In professional life, he was an architect of modern Islamic revival. Khurram Jah Murad was born at Bhopal in India in...
Finding Islam Her name is Aisha and she is from New Zealand. She was attracted to Islam by a brief contact that she had with a young boy. She had a Somali student when she was at Victoria, and the students were required to do an assignment about consumption, which...
Nazmus Sakib She is Pamela Kara. She is originally from outside Cleveland, Ohio in the northern part of the USA near the Great Lakes. This is where she grew up. She has been Muslim for about 12 years. She was raised in a Christian family following Protestant School. What made...
Basharat Hossain Shaykh Abu Eesa Niamatullah is an international orator and the instructor of Al-Maghrib institute-an America based Islamic educational institution.
The most influential Muslim pundit in the modern world Yusuf Al- Qaradawi was born on September 9, 1926 in an Egyptian Muslim family. He lost his father at two years old in 1928 and brought up by his uncle. Though his family pressured him to be sources of income, he...
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