New Muslims

Changing the Name of a New Muslim: Custom or Religious?

2024-07-13T13:57:51

As a new Muslim, is there a problem with keeping my original name? Do I have to change my name, and why? Does keeping it make me less Muslim? What’s the Islamic stand on that? Imam John (Yahya) Ederer tells his own story on this issue…

Young British Convert to Islam

2024-07-12T13:52:55

How might be the feeling of a young person who, in deadly earnest, chose Islam? What might have attracted them to Islam in that age? What love have they fallen in?

9 New Dutch Have Become Muslims

2024-07-11T13:46:55

In a warm afternoon gathering a number of nine native Dutch announced their conversion to Islam last Sunday, March 31 in Amsterdam.

Converting to Islam and the Real Meaning of Life

2024-07-10T13:26:45

After becoming a Muslim, the whole life is no more the same. How? What implications does becoming a Muslim have? In what sense does believing in one Merciful God affect me, my perception of the whole life?

Prerequisites for Prayer

2024-07-09T13:11:55

Prayer, that magnificent act of worship, has a system and format. Therefore, before standing before God in Prayer, there’re conditions that must be fulfilled…Otherwise …

Know Who‘re the Mothers in Islam

2024-07-08T13:09:59

Only when we see what Islam says about mothers and what status they have, we can imagine what status women have in Islam, how we are commanded to treat them…

How to Keep Your Eye in Prayer

2024-07-07T12:58:37

How to maintain the five times a day Prayer, get away from laziness and procrastination? How to nourish myself and my life with prayer?

From the Prophecies of the Qur’an

2024-07-06T12:42:55

Adding to its all unique characters, many distinct prophecies foretold in the Qur’an were already fulfilled, what clearly demonstrates the divine nature of the Book of God…

How a Convert Woman Sees Their Status in Islam

2024-07-05T12:27:55

Being a Christian American doesn’t necessarily mean being liberated. Learn how Thompson was liberated by Islam, more liberated than ever!

Islam & Individual Responsibility

2024-07-04T12:12:25

If I commit wrong, could you pay for my sins? If a group or political leader misleads their followers, who would bear the responsibility, to what extent?

Geert Wilders Party Member, Arnoud van Doorn, Accepts Islam

2024-07-03T12:05:27

Via his account on the famous social networking site,Twitter, Arnoud announced in Dutch his ‘Nieuwe start’ as a Muslim….

Mosques and Meeting the Needs of New Muslims

2024-07-02T11:49:35

How could the mosque responsibly contribute to the socio-cultural and emotional needs of new Muslims? In Islam the mosque is much bigger than the building and rituals…

Death Is Not the End

2024-07-01T11:33:58

Do you think about death? Should we? When one avoids talking about death what does this indicate? What should be the attitude of a believer towards it?

Choosing God

2024-06-30T11:30:31

Are we happy to be in God’s presence? God is always there, but do we want to re-orientate our life’s compass and move towards Him? Do we want Him in our lives? Or is His presence a hindrance to all the other things we want to do, and which we think will give us pleasure?

Prayer: Forms and Purpose

2024-06-29T11:19:19

Are there types of prayer in Islam? If so, could one be replaced with another? Is prayer the same as salah? Could we pray in any language? Is communicating with God restricted to the five-time daily prayer? What is the meaning of dhikr (supplication) and what is the significance of it? In Islam there’s no intermediate between […]

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