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Abstract. This chapter provides a broad historical overview of processes of conversion to Islam in diverse regions including the Middle East, Africa, South and South East Asia, and the contemporary United States. In addition, religious and theological elements of conversion to Islam including rituals, doctrines, and key concepts such as dawa ...
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On September 4th, 2020, I adopted Islam as my way of life. Some people call me a convert because I was raised as a Christian and became Muslim after 43 years. Although I completed changed my life, in all honesty, naturally, my beliefs have always remained the same for as far as I can remember. I prefer the word revert because it means to “return to...
I would drive my lovely mother crazy with question after question. My mother did her best to answer what she could, but it would usually get to a dead-end where she could not answer anymore and she would say “David, we just have to have faith.” I then started asking family members and others from Pentecostals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Catholics about t...
Years went by and conversations about religion would often come up here and there, but I never really got into it, until one day a coworker and I were talking and he said: “I’ve been saved… I’ve accepted Jesus as my Lord and savior.” He then told me that we have all been saved because Jesus was sacrificed and paid for our sins. That struck me as od...
In 2005, I decided to join a contracting company supporting the military in both Afghanistan and Iraq. One way or another in my mind, I wanted to be a part of what I thought was the right thing to do as an American and a veteran of the US Army. At that time, I had never really been around Muslims in my life and had no idea what they believed in, bu...
Fast forward to 2020 during the pandemic, businesses and all places of worship were closed, and we were not able to attend Sunday services in the church, so we were quarantined at home. After a while of being locked up at home feeling so far away from God, I began watching YouTube videos and bumped into a video by a brother named Sabeel Ahmed. It w...
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Mar 16, 2024 · Religious Conversion. Religious conversion was another important aspect of the spread of Islam. While military conquests undoubtedly facilitated the expansion of Islamic territories, the conversion of local populations to Islam was often a gradual and voluntary process.
Conversion to Islam is accepting Islam as a religion or faith and rejecting any other religion or irreligion. [1] The person who converts to Islam is often referred to as a Revert (instead of Convert ), because Muslims believe that all children are born as Muslims (meaning: 'submitters [to God ]').
Oct 16, 2000 · How to convert to Islam. As for converting to Islam, it is a very simple and easy thing, consisting of your pronouncing the two testimonies of faith. You will find the details regarding this as well as other relevant information in the answers to questions # , 179 , and 378 .
Jul 27, 2016 · Religious conversion is a process that entails a change in religious affiliation, worldview, and identity. In turn, the conversion process dialectically establishes (and often changes) the very entities to which and from which people convert.
Islam means "surrender" and its central idea is a surrendering to the will of God. Its central article of faith is that "There is no god but God and Muhammad is his messenger". Followers of Islam are called Muslims.
