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- August 24, 2005
- The Concept of Original Sin in Islam
As regards the 'original sin', Islam does not admit this theme. Its main concern is the 'Acquired Sin'. According to Islam 'sin' is neither like a hereditary disease that is transferred from a father to his son through reproductive system nor is sin like a rank or a title that can be passed from an [...]
- August 21, 2005
- Ihsan Chua Gim Sam - Singapore
According to a hadith, when a child is born, he or she is like a white cloth, it is the parents that will colour the white cloth to be red, blue, green or yellow. My parents are Taoists, therefore I was brought up as a Taoist since my birth.
- August 21, 2005
- Protestant Sunday School teacher’s Story - Zainab
Young American, Protestant Sunday School teacher and youth ministries activist who had great difficulty with the Christian doctrine of “justification through faith ” [good or bad deeds are irrelevant to one's salvation]. She also found that her concept of Godly living regarding dating, alcohol, clubbing, etc. was shared by her Muslim acquaintances, not her [...]
- August 21, 2005
- Experience of a Converted Hindu Woman
My Experiences and How I Find that Islam does not Oppress Women - by Sister Noor
- August 21, 2005
- Why I am a Muslim
Ibrahim, a Pennsylvania teenager, explains how difficulties with church teaching about Jesus as God led him from Catholicism to Islam.
- August 21, 2005
- Lynette Wehner’s conversion to Islam
How a spiritually dissatisfied American Catholic teacher found fulfillment and direction through her new job at a Muslim school.
- August 19, 2005
- Allah’s Miracles
Allah. The personal name of the one true God in Islam. Nothing else can be called Allah. The term has no plural or gender. From the 112th sura of the Qur’an: "In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Say (O Mohammad) He is God the One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not [...]
- August 19, 2005
- Benefits of Becoming a Muslim
This article is designed for those who wish to become Muslim; as to what would be their benefits after accepting Islam. It should be stated here that we are not trying to entice people to become Muslim, nor are we trying to convert them into the fold of Islam. Any person who wishes to become [...]
- July 10, 2005
- Finding the Perfect Balance - An Italian Woman Discovers Islam
My journey to Islam began three years ago, and about eight months after the beginning of this beautiful journey I found my true way in life by entering the blessed religion of Islam, Alhamdulillah.
- July 10, 2005
- Toshiko’s story
As-Salaam aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakathu
First Exposure to Islam
My name is Toshiko and I was first exposed to Islam when I was studying Judaism with my Jewish uncle. Every Friday I would go to his home and we would have dinner and then a lesson from the Taurat. It was very very [...]
- July 2, 2005
- Distribution of Islam - Map
Light Green: Sunni Muslims
Dark Green: Shia Muslims
Islam by Country
www.islamicpopulation.com
- June 5, 2005
- M. H. DURRANI
(Former Senior chaplain, St. Mary’s Church, Quetta PAKISTAN)
Forty years ago, at a very young age, I became a Christian under the influence of a Mission school. I spent most of my life under the Church of England as an Anglican Priest. Islam came to me as does the spring comes to the brown earth after [...]
- May 25, 2005
- Athan (Azan) Software version 2.1
The Athan (Azan) software plays automatic Athan five times a day for every prayer time. It covers more than 6 million cities, towns, and villages all over the world. It includes Hijri calendar and Qiblah direction.
- May 19, 2005
- The True Religion
The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word Islam” itself means. The religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gautama Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, and Marxism after Karl Marx. Nor was [...]
