Site Admin I can remember, throughout my childhood, all the times my parents fought over money issues, living situations and the like. I remember living in the project homes on the South Central side of Chicago with almost nothing to eat. With a family of 10 it was hard for my father to support the family in … Read more
Whilst working as a civil servant in London, he met a Muslim lady who later became his wife. She had been brought up as a Muslim, but was not practicing her religion. Nevertheless, she had enough faith to insist that her future husband embrace Islam before marrying him. After living several years as a notional … Read more
My name is Justin Peyton and I am a 29-year-old African American from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I grew up in a loving, two-parent, middle-class household with three siblings. Growing up, my family and I identified ourselves as Christians, but we were never members of a church, nor did we attend Sunday services or other activities. The … Read more
My name is Tarik Preston. I embraced the religion of Islam in 1988 at the age of 19. The story of how I came to embrace Islam is not a very long story, and in many respects, I think that the story of how Allah (God) continued to guide me after I entered Islam is … Read more
I usually don’t do this. That is, I usually don’t take this much time to tell anyone how I converted to Islam, or should I say, how I came back to Islam. See, when people find out you’ve become a Muslim, you always get the same questions over and over again. How did your parents … Read more
My name is Frank Estrada. I was raised a Roman Catholic. I was so devout, I even hoped to one day serve in the priesthood. I accepted the churches teachings even when I didn’t agree with them. I even took every chance I got to convert people in the hopes of bringing them to Allah. … Read more
Meu nome é Troy Bagnall. Sou um estudante universitário de 22 anos (em breve, 23) na Universidade do Arizona. Sou de Phoenix, Arizona, nos EUA. Também estou no programa de estudos cinematográficos e de mídia na mesma universidade. Aceitei o Islã em fevereiro passado por uma grande quantidade de razões. Tenho nutrido um interesse pelo … Read more
My name is Troy Bagnall. I’m a 22-year-old (soon to be 23) college student at Arizona State University (ASU) from Phoenix, Arizona in the US. I’m in a film & media studies program at ASU too. I accepted Islam this past February for a multitude of reasons. I had been interested in Islam for quite … Read more
The current of life can drag you to a place you would never think of going. Our fate is not in our hands, although it would seem to be; in its very veins are traces of handprint totally in contrast to ours. I have learned this wonderful truth in my own personal laboratory called life. … Read more
I feel honored to be a Muslim… And I feel that way for many reasons. There are many norms in the society I live that are opposite to what it is to be Muslim. And when I first came to this way of life, I didn’t know how well I would fair with it. To … Read more