4 Steps for New Muslims Seeking Knowledge Seek out the knowledge you need to enable you to put your faith into practice.   Related Links 7 Signs to Know Whether You Have a Pride Problem 4 Mistakes Many Converts Make Reverts – 4 Steps Will Help in Your Path of Knowledge This article is from Reading Islam’s archive and was originally published at an earlier date. One of the biggest  challenges  new Muslims face is in regard to seeking knowledge, especially nowadays when there is so much information available and so many apparently contradictory views. It’s difficult to know where to start, where to look and who to turn to. It’s also difficult to give specific advice about  seeking knowledge , as God brings people to Islam along many different paths, according to what would suit them best. Here are some basic suggestions that can be referred to. Initial Sources Prophet Muhammad said: “Seeking kno...

By : Lauren Booth Source :  OnIslam Who can ever forget the overwhelming feeling of taking  shahadah ? Wherever it happens – at a friend’s house, down the phone, in an imam’s office or at the center of a vast Masjid on Jummah, it is a heart-thrilling, experience. Immediately after you testify to the Oneness of God and that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is His final Prophet, you are squished by your new sisters (or brothers if you are male). Tears in eyes, your new family thrust phone numbers and email addresses at you, pledging with heartfelt intensity to ‘be there’ when you go through ‘tests’ about which, at that moment, you may have no idea. And then, sometime after the fizzy, amazement fades, it will be you. On your own. With God. It took me weeks to come down off that first spiritual high and look around at my new life, thinking: “Wow, how did I get here and how do I carry on this journey?” Helpfully, as in all things, the Quran has the answer. This...

MUHAMMED UMAR RAO, EX-HINDU, BRAHMIN   God’s grace that I’m blessed with religion of God, I’m Mohammed Umar Rao from India, I  embraced Islam 6 years back at the age of 18.  I wanted to share my story with you all perhaps this would make a difference for non-Muslims to really think over to know what is the truth.  I shared my story with two brothers, All praise and thanks be to God, they were convinced that my decision and choice is best, they started reading the Quran and also embraced it a few days back. My Background I come from a middle class orthodox Brahmin family; my parents worked in private firms (Mother: teacher, Father: textile engineer).  My religious education was at my maternal uncle’s place, that’s how I became orthodox and my whole family education was always against Muslims, which was nailed in me deeply. I was associated with RSS for a few years; I always hated Muslims to the extent that in all public functions I wanted to give high ...