Prophet Muhammad: A Complete Example of Integrity
"I said to myself, ‘How pure Islam is!'" says Jakab György, a Hungarian convert, as he tells the story of his conversion to Islam. Born on Feb. 15 1974 in Budapest, Hungary, György notes that he has not lived a religious at all until the day he began to feel interestes towards the spiritual aspect of Islam. Having studied at a master's program in Peace and Conflict Studies at the European Univers...

A Living Model of Spiritual Perfection: Prophet Muhammad
digg_title = "Not an End, But a Beginning: Becoming a Muslim "; var sburl8499 = window.location.href; var sbtitle8499 = document.title; I had been an atheist and had not have any religion, which is nowadays more and more the case for the people of Western countries, even if formally they belong to Christianity.   A Living Model ...

Coming Closer to God
Laila Franklin-Yildirim (37) is a nurse who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She has a Master of Business Administration and Healthcare Management. She also has three children (and a cat). Her passion is working with the non-profit organization that she has founded, the House of Muslimahs, which provides Islamic education to Muslim women in the Atlanta area. How did you come to embrace Islam? Is t...

Mawlid in the Middle East
digg_title = "Mawlid in the Middle East"; var sburl7792 = window.location.href; var sbtitle7792 = document.title; The Mawlid celebrations in the Middle East have a lot in common. As much of the Muslim population in Europe consists of immigrants from the Middle East, the origins of the celebrations in Europe originally come from the Middle East, where the Mawlid is celebr...

Mawlid in the Balkans
The term Mawlid is part of the daily vocabulary of the Muslim population in the Balkans. It is a term that is of great importance meaning due to the fact that it symbolizes the identity of a people who are followers of Islam. In the dictionaries Mawlid is defined as follows: 1. The Dictionary of Foreign Words, by Mikel Ndreca: mevlyd - Ar. Mawlid, Turk. Mevlit - birthday of Muhammad. Religious ...

Mawlid in Africa
The Mawlid celebrations in Africa are quite different from those celebrated in the Middle East or Asia. Even the name of the celebrations differs according to the country or region of the continent. For instance, in Sudan the Mawlid celebrations are called Havliye, in Mali it is Donba (as "The Big Day"), in Nigeria it is Gani-gani-rite de passages, in Togo fête des couteaux. (1) In many African c...

Mawlid in Europe
Every year the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is celebrated with a variety of different activities in parts of Europe. In nearly every country of Europe, Muslim populations come together to meet on this blessed night, to pray and celebrate together. For instance, in recent years, women organizations in the UK have marked the occasion of the Mawlid. Commonly held in community centers, these p...

Mawlid in Asia
Indonesia Indonesia is one of the largest nations with a majority-Muslim population in Asia. Religion is very important in Indonesia, and this can be understood from the first principle of the state: "Pancasila", which means "belief in the one and only God." Although there are many religions that are practiced in the country, Islam has the highest percentage, with 86% of the population.1 For thi...

Mawlid all over the World
digg_title = "Mawlid All over the World"; var sburl8305 = window.location.href; var sbtitle8305 = document.title; The twelfth night of the month of Rabi al-Awwal is a night of the blessed memory of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) throughout the Islamic world. In every corner of the world countless Muslims wait for this night, praying, re-reading his biography and celebrating his...

From a Trustworthy Prophet to Islam
Reyyan Kılıç is a former pharmacist from the Philippines. She is married and has young sons. In her free time, she enjoys reading books, magazines and emails friends and spending time with her family. How did you decide to embrace Islam? Is there any one incident you can specify? For years I believed what I was told and just followed blindly. Whereas most of the people I knew were Catholics and ...

"More People Converting to Islam in Denmark after the Cartoon Cr
We interviewed Gonca Şenler, an active member of the Islamic community in Denmark, about the repercussions of the cartoon crisis, as well as what the rates of conversion to Islam in Denmark were and the reasons for such conversions. According to official figures, the number of Muslim Danish citizens in 2005 was 2,500, whereas this number increased to 4,000 in 2007. Danish citizen Abdul Wahid Pede...

The Life Changing Wisdom of Forty Hadith
"Najla" T. Ilhan has a bachelor's in business administration, is a wife, mother of two, and enjoys sports and doing volunteer work at her children's school in her free time. How did you come to embrace Islam? Is there any "one" incident you can pinpoint? My embracing Islam was a process that started from before I was born I suppose with my father's at the age of fourteen choosing a church that h...