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Read inspiring stories from brothers and sisters who have embraced Islam. Each journey is unique, filled with faith, discovery, and transformation.
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Allah Guides to His Light Whom He Wills
Before she covered her head and face with the niqab, married a man who had converted to Islam, gave birth to five children, and spoke out in favour of polygamy (she has not denied reports her husband has a second wife), Nora Illi was a normal young woman from canton...
Conversion Story of Jeremiah McAuliffe, Jr.
I was raised Catholic and went to a Catholic grade school and high school-- in the U.S. grade school is roughly age 5-14 lasting 8 years and high school is roughly age 14-18 lasting 4 years. Many then go on to 4 years of college. I am of Irish-American ethnicity...
I wanted to know my "enemy"
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...
How Emily became Muslim
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?...
WHY I EMBRACED 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...
Christian girl converted to Islam
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?
I’d like to share my story with you on your website today
I grew up in a loving Protestant Christian family, I didn’t...
Brahmin to Muslim
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...
Atheist to Believer
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...