I am a Muslim. I’ve reverted to Islam recently. Like many reverts who have felt and experienced a deep sense of emptiness and loss, I have been searching for my life’s meaning and significance. Plans of travelling to other countries while earning the much-needed funds are nothing compared to what...
Frithjof Schuon is best known as the foremost spokesman of the “perennialist” perspective and a sage and philosopher in the metaphysical current of Shankara and Plato. Over the past 50 years, he has written more than 20 books on metaphysical, spiritual and ethnic themes as well as having been a...
Assalamualaykum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh My new name is Akeel and I am Indian, having grown up in southern plain state of Kerala. I had a very long road to Islam. I always believed in God from the time I was a child. My father had died when I was...
In the Name of ALLAAH, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind My father was very much inclined towards Christianity. When I was a child he would tell me stories from the Bible about prophets like Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them). As a result I grew to love...
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...
I was born in Arkansas to Christian parents, who were also born in Arkansas. In fact as far back as I can trace all of my family has come from the Southern states here in the United States. I was raised here all my life on a farm, where you...
In the Name of ALLAAH, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind My father was very much inclined towards Christianity. When I was a child he would tell me stories from the Bible about prophets like Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them). As a result I grew to love...
This is a wonderful story which is worth reading, that of a fanatical Christian whom Allah guided to the path of truth, and he has become one of the most prominent Daa’iyahs in the African continent. When we spoke with him, he started at the beginning and did not wait...
As salaam Alikum Wa Rahmatuallah Wa Barakatuh, Dearest Brothers and sisters, let me tell you my story. My conversion to Islam was long overdue, I started learning about Islam from about the age of 15, but I only took my Shahadah when I was 25 years old. I had always...
The Holy Qur’an tells that Islam is a complete set of laws and the way of life. So, no doubt about it and it is the guidance provided through the Holy Qur’an by Allah, the Creator of the Universe and components of the Universe from the smallest and shortest to...
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 won’t 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....
Islam has been described as being the religion of Fitrah, the innate nature of all humans. It is not surprising therefore when we discover that Islam is being accepted as the only pure way of life a person can follow by millons of reverts around the world. Statistics show that...
My conversion to Islam began in my eighth-grade year. There was a Muslim student by the name of Raphael who first told me a little about Islam. At the time he was not so knowledgeable about Islam, but he put the initial interest in my mind which never went away....
My name is Martin, from Leeds in the UK; I converted to Islam 16 years ago when I was 29. I would describe myself as a white Brit of Irish ancestry and I was born into a Catholic family. I was an altar boy for some time and my father...
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 mosque...
Here is one of the key factors that led me to explore my heart to find the truth of life. Prior to my conversion to Islam, I lived my life as a Jew. Although my family was not traditional, I learned Judaism from traditional Jews. I went to an Orthodox...
When I look back upon my life, I can see that my present situation is a logical consequence of the sum of my acts and thoughts up to this point, but that, of course, is always the case for anybody. Thus my converting to Islam — or rather my accepting...
I am an American woman who was born in the midst of America’s “Heartland”. I grew up, just like any other girl, being fixated on the glamour of life in “the big city”. Eventually, I moved to Florida and on to South Beach of Miami, a hotspot for those seeking...
Richard Beauchamp sat in the parking lot watching the Muslims come and go. He had never been to a mosque before, and was nervous. When he mustered the nerve to go inside, he was greeted warmly. He said that he’d been raised a Baptist, but felt drawn to Islam. “They...
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,...
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