Here it is 6 years later and as it was then it is still now. 9/11 is a day of reflection for me for several reasons. On 9/11 I found out that:
1: I really was a Marine
2: I was willing to die for my country
3: Islam is infact not only a religion of peace, but the truth
Most people have no problem with 1 and 2 when I ordinarily re-tell this story, but number 3 is always met with hostility. Without going into the story again as I have a thousand times, I just want to cover the main points
1: When… Continue

Assalamualikum to everyone. Hope all my dear sisters and brothers are doing fine, inshaAllah.
I would like to share some of my thoughts over here about “Why I chose Islam as my religion”.
There are many religions on this Earth and before I convert to Islam, I had the dilemma between Christianity and Islam. I read Bible (someone forced me to read it lol) and when I read the Bible, MashaAllah everything mentioned in it is similar to what I read in the book of 25 Rasools when I was 10 years old. Ma… Continue

While millions of Muslims worldwide are preparing to welcome `Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, thousands of displaced Muslims in southern Philippines are still struggling to lead a decent life.
"This has been one year of hell for us," Rakhma Colot, a 31-year-old Muslim,.
Colot is among 250,000 displaced people still living in shelter camps after being displaced by the fighting between government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the country’s b… Continue

While doubling their efforts to finish first in the Ramadan spiritual race, Muslims around the world are also busy preparing for `Eid el-Fitr, one of the two main religious feasts in Islam. The vast majority of Muslims, whether in Muslim countries or otherwise, were united in starting the fast on Sunday, August 22.

Astronomical calculations indicate the three-day ` Eid will start on Sunday, September 20.

`Eid Astronomically Sunday in Most Countries `Eid Astronomically September 20: ECFR Kindly… Continue