Comparative Religion
Women’s Issues: Inner Modesty
Dr. Aisha HamdanIn Islamic discourse a great deal of emphasis is placed on the issue of hijab for women with much debate about the extent and nature of that covering. This is obviously an important issue for Muslim women, but an equally significant topic is that of Modesty. The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhe wa sallam passed…
Islam – The Only Choice
PREFACE I receive dozens of letters every week from allover the world written by different people of different nationalities, most of whom came across one of my books on Islam, Christianity, or comparative religion. Hundreds of those people, originally Christians, have told me that they have embraced Islam. Each one of them has a story…
Christianity: The Point of Departure
By Sherif Quinn First Impressions My first memories of anything Islamic were when I prepared to start work in Saudi Arabia. In the United Kingdom I visited my local library and read some books on the country. The place looked extraordinarily exotic and once I got there I wasn’t disappointed. I vaguely knew that Saudi…
On My Way to Becoming a Lutheran Minister
By Jamilah Kolocotronis I sat in my night class, in my first semester at the community college, daydreaming as usual. I thought about my future and wondered where it would take me. Suddenly I had a revelation. I wanted to become a minister. I wanted to devote my life to spreading God’s Word. Two years…
Veil of Tears
The Levy sisters and their father, Laurent Levy. Even though he is an atheist, he cannot help but admire their choice. (Le Parisien) By Daniel Ben Simon Two sisters became captivated by Islam, and their French liberal, `Jewish-by-chance’ father has found himself having to face up to their religiosity and subsequent expulsion from school. The…
From the Watchtower to the Minaret
And He sends down from the sky mountain masses [of clouds] wherein is hail: He strikes therewith whom He pleases and He turns it away from whom He pleases. The vivid flash of His lightning well-nigh blinds the sight. (Qur’an 24:43) by Raphael Narbaez, Jr. A forty-two-year-old Latino, Raphael is a Los Anodes-based comic and lecturer….
The Bible Led me to Islam
Abdul Malik LeBlanc tells How He Discovered Islam Within the Pages of Bible Taken from International Edition Voice of IslamNovember 1998, Page 25 During my Christian days there were many verses in the Bible that made me question the religion I was following (Christianity). There was one particular verse, 1 Thessalonians 5:17 which says; “pray…
Experiences of a Recently Converted Hindu Woman
My Experiences and How I Find that Islam does not Oppress Women” by Sister Noor, University of Essex I came from a purely Hindu family where we were always taught to regard ourselves (i.e. women) as beings who were eventually to be married off and have children and serve the husband– whether he was kind…
Melissa’s Journey to Islam New Zealand
Bismillahi Rahmaani Raheem. Asalaam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu, My name is Melissa. I originate from New Zealand, of Maori and European decent. I perhaps wasn’t born into the conventional family full of love and warm fuzzies; still it was classed as a family. I barely recall much of my younger years but do remember…
Former Christian Priests and Missionaries who have Embraced Islam
And thou wilt find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe (to be) those who say: Lo! We are Christians. That is because there are among them priests and monks, and because they are not proud. When they listen to that which hath been revealed unto the messengers, thou seest their eyes overflow…