On July 30, 2006 / Rajab 4, 1427, with Allah’s will, I declared my Shahadah. I believe this is my destiny, to become a Muslim, to return to my true religion. My story is now in front of you to read! There is not much to say about my religious background. I was baptized as … Read more
(part 1 of 4) Asalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakathuhu Nothing makes Truth stand out more clearly than Falsehood! I embraced Islam 6 months after I arrived in the US, thanks to my encounter with Christianity! I was born in India and grew up among people who worshipped many gods and goddesses – the Hindus. … Read more
“Are those who know equal to those who know not? It is only men of understanding who will remember.” (Quran 39:9) These were the first words from the Qur’an that touched me. And when I read that I could not stop thinking about it. I wondered what should I really know to be able to … Read more
Often I find myself reflecting upon how blessed I am. The life that I lead now is a world away from the one I expected to lead just a year ago: my first thoughts upon waking in the morning, my imagined path in life, and especially my heart and soul. I would never have dreamt … Read more
Growing up in New Zealand, I was raised as a Christian however my parents were not overly religious. As a young girl I went to Sunday school every week and attended church with my grandmother and went to Christian classes as part of the school curriculum. As I got older I stopped going to church … Read more
The first time I ever thought about having Islam as my religion was at the age of 15. Reading a story in my high school religion book about a Swedish woman who converted made me think: How would it be if I became a Muslim? How would it change my life? This woman was wearing … Read more
(part 1 of 2) I remember it so well. I remember the exact moment when my entire life changed, and I realized that I was no longer thinking “if I became Muslim”, but that I had at some point begun thinking “when I become Muslim.” It was no longer optional for me. It had become … Read more
The status of women is society is neither a new issue nor is it a fully settled one, and where Islam is mentioned, for many the term ‘Muslim Women’ prompts images of exhausted mothers chained to the stove, ‘victims’ suppressed in a life of indoctrination, frantic to be westernised and so on. Others will go … Read more
I am an American who grew up in a strict religious Christian family. By the time I was 16 I became very devout and religious myself. The church was like a home away from home. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I had read and studied the Bible on a regular basis. All the while I was … Read more
It’s been 12 years since I married my Muslim husband and the road has truly been long and winding, but happy. At the time we got married I was Catholic and had no intention of converting to Islam. My new husband was very understanding and only asked that I at least try to read an … Read more