Peace Through Inquiry

Daughter of a priest, whose father was also a priest in the Church of England, Clare Duman used to attend church every Sunday, like every practicing Christian, until the age of 18. Today living in Fethiye, Turkey with her husband and two children, Duman shares the peace of her last fifteen years with Lastprophet.info readers. “Before I married my Turkish husband I didn't really know anything abou...

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...

Ramadan in the United States

Interview with Aziza Maheen How is Ramadan celebrated in your country ?  Ramadan in America is celebrated pretty much like anywhere else. As you know, Muslims in America hail from numerous countries--but the majority come from the Middle East and South Asia. Over 30% of Muslims in the United States are African-American. There's a great deal of diversity in terms of how Ramadan is c...

History cannot exhaust the Character of Prophet Muhammad

digg_title = "Coming Back to Life With Islam"; var sburl8910 = window.location.href; var sbtitle8910 = document.title; Adam Juhasz (21) became Muslim in 2008. He lives in Budapest, Hungary and works with Turkish businessmen as an interpreter (Turkish, English, Hungarian). He told Lastprophet.info how he had become Muslim, as well as talking about what the main points of Islam wer...