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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 them...

I came to Islam after 9-11. As an American I wanted to know my "enemy" and once I came to understand Islam I knew it was what I always believed anyway and I shortly thereafter took shahadah.

However I did not fully embrace Islam until right before Ramadan.

I am an...

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?...

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...

Why would a Christian girl accepts Islam?

What is it that made her choose this path and abandon one that her family followed for so many years?



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I grew up in a loving Protestant Christian family, I didn’t...

Background: I was the 3rd daughter of my parents with a younger brother, brought up in strict brahmin family in Northern india. My parents were open to friendships with the people of other religions but when it came to love marriages, other religions were out of bounds and so were...

I was born with a rare heart condition that caused a stroke when I was two years old. The stroke left me with lifelong mobility challenges. As a child I was told — or came to believe — that my disability was a punishment from God for human sin. That...