


She
Became Muslim After 9/11. She had many of her family members who died
on September 11th. She studied Islamand came to find it to be quite
different from what other people told her. . and the way the media
percieved it to be. She reverted to Islam from her Catholic Faith. Now
she is a Muslim teacher.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Angela Collins: Why I decided to submit?
I accept that I cannot control the events that occur in my life or in the lives of others.
Islam
is the only religion that communicates total submission to our Creator,
the Creator of all people and of all things. As a Muslim I know that
everything I do first begins with an intention and then I must
transform that intention into an effort in order to carry out what has
already been decreed. This wisdom defines my path to be a better person
to myself, my family, my community and to all of my brothers and
sisters here on earth.
In essence Allah (the one God) opened my
heart, Islam gave me the direction, and now I live to serve out the
guidance lent by my Creator for happiness here on earth and if Allah
wills, in the hereafter.
While religion is a resource to help
guide ourselves to good behavior through our spirituality, there is no
prerequisite that it should be far fetched in mental comprehension.
I
am a recent convert. Catholicism is the religion followed by my
forefathers. At the age of 14, I refused the trinity concept and
narrowed what I saw as a complicated tale of ‘three in one’ down to
‘two in one’ and started attending a Baptist church.
Throughout
my life, I have searched for understanding, but when it came to my
faith I truly was confused about why God would come as a human being
and would allow himself to die for the sins of only those privileged
enough to believe in his (or his son’s) crucifixion. I found this
explanation extravagant and shared my doubts with pastors and scholars
who gave every effort to communicate the Christian belief to my
understanding. I asked myself: "Why would my religion need to be so
complex?" When I reached adulthood, I decided to make it very simple.
There was just one, our Creator and that was it. No other explanation
could rationally make sense.
I see Islam as a religion that came
to clarify the errors of human beings who changed the original word of
God to fit their interests. Islam is simple: God is God. God created us
and we worship God and God alone. God sent Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed
(PBUH) to deliver his message to guide all people. In Islam, Jesus is
the only prophet who never died which is why he is the only messenger
who will come back before the Day of Judgment to lead the people of the
books: [the Torah, the Injeel (Bible) the book of Psalms and the
Quran]. The Quran is the final book that has never been altered to fit
the changing interest of people throughout history.
Islam
confirms that you are not awarded passage into heaven just because you
say you are Muslim. And you may not go straight to heaven just because
you believe that God is monotheistic. You go to heaven based on your
intentions and actions following the message taught to us by the
messengers themselves and confirmed by the original books of God.
Heaven is not an exclusive club for those who merely follow what their
fathers taught them. Instead it is your responsibility, especially as a
Muslim, to constantly search for truth, understanding and to read and
think. After reading every chapter in the Quran twice and taking
detailed notes, I believe that this masterpiece could only have come
from my Creator. Without a doubt the author of this book knows more
about me than I know about myself.
It is no secret that Islam is
seriously misunderstood and disliked by many here in my homeland, the
United States. My conversion to this "controversial" religion has my
family and friends puzzled. It is my sincere belief that Allah led me
to Islam by enhancing my passion in exploring unfamiliar perspectives
through foreign travel. I have a genuine interest in building bridges
with all people everywhere rather than promoting my own ideology as the
only system that can work for all people.
While culture shock is
a mild term to express the drastically different life styles of Muslims
in the Middle East, I saw great beauty in the generosity of people, the
cohesiveness of families and the immediate acceptance of a girl so
foreign in her ways. Even so, in the present I face a culture shock
within my own predominantly Middle Eastern Muslim community. I do
understand the challenges a Muslim born into their religion faces to
dissect their own culture within it. After finding myself in Islam, I
am able to adhere to the teachings supported by the Quran and Hadiths
while also managing to bypass the cultural manifestations taught by
Muslims born into their religion. Islam is multi-cultural and is a
system that can be adopted in any environment at any point in time.
I
can confidently say that if Allah had not breathed Islam into my soul,
I would have never found Angela. Well, today, here I am: Angela, a
Muslim American: the soul who persistently searched for her Creator and
has found the Creator of all that is in the universe and beyond, in
Islam.
Angela Collins
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The number of Europeans, Americans, Latinos and Africans converting to Islam is growing rapidly
check it out !!
CNN WORLD NEWS: Islam is the fastest-growing religion
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/14/egyp…
Islam is Fastest Growing Religion in United States:
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles…
Times on line: Thousands of british people convert to islam every year:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news…
Why European women are turning to Islam:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1227/p0…
Washington-Report: The Nation’s Fastest Growing Religion
http://www.washington-report.org/back…
Washington Post: Islam Luring More Latinos
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-…
Islam is spreading among Thousands black South Africans
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id…
Washington Post: Islam Attracting Many Thousands Survivors of Rwanda Genocide
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/…
Islam - World’s Fastest Growing Religion
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/301…
Many Converts to Islam Homepage:
http://www.islamawareness.net/Converts/
More Sources:
http://thetruereligion.org/modules/xf…
Learn more about islam:
http://www.islamreligion.com/
http://www.islam-guide.com/
http://www.sultan.org/
http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/
Today the fastest growing religion in the World is Islam..spreading through the Sword of intellect and Wisdom .
http://www.islamicweb.com/begin/resul…
in islam before we believe we have to get the Evidence of the religion to be committed without any doubt and to live contently.
Muslims
don`t look islam as a normal religion, but as a whole system of Life,
which gives all answers about this life and hereafter.
many
people don`t think how they came to this life and what is waiting them
after death. they just do not want to think about their death although
they must meet it…….
The followers of other religions have
no decisive proof for their belief, therefore they believe in their
religions emotionally or through imitation. Some of them think that you
just have to have faith without clear proof. However when it comes to
normal things in life people apply a lot of thought such as buying a
car, house, choosing a University course or which bank to join, so how
can it be that when it comes to the most important questions about
life; which define the purpose of our lives that we should just have
‘faith’ without being convinced absolutely.
It is therefore
vital for a Muslim to believe in the existence of Allah (swt) without
any doubt whatsoever and to believe in the Prophethood of Muhammad
(saw) and that the Qur’an is the final revelation sent by Allah (swt)
to humanity. Islam is unlike all the other religions as it has a
decisive proof that convinces the mind.
Read and Listen Holy Quran online:
http://www.ediscoverislam.com/quran-o…
Discover Islam Web Book CDA comprehensive learning guide to understanding Islam..For Muslims and non Muslims:
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