Lost in Translation
  Changing the way we talk about Islam could go a long way toward cultivating a sense of belonging among these brothers and sisters, and deepening their personal connection to Islam. Whether we were born as Muslims or embraced the religion later in life, we are all students of faith. We may not realize, however, that those who have newly accepted Islam may look to us for guidance, taking our opin...

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...

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...

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...

Unparalleled Humility and Compassion
How did you decide to embrace Islam? any "one" incident you can specify? I had a very intense, transformative spiritual experience of light when I was 16.  I spent the next few years searching, studying different religions in an effort to understand that experience.  Ultimately, this led me to Islam. How can you compare the notion of prophethood in Christianity and in Islam? In the Bible, many pr...

Love and More Love is the Prophet's Way
Robby Ramazan Verburg (45), born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands is an accountant. He currently resides in the Netherlands. He embraced Islam about 6-7 years ago.  When and how did you come to embrace Islam? Is there any "one" incident you can pinpoint? It happened about 6-7 years ago. While my whole family is atheist, I always had a need for more meaning in life. It has taken me a long time to re...

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...

Conversion: Changing Religion or a Return to Primordial Nature?
The word ihtida means the embracing of Islam by people who belong to other religions. Literally, conversion is derived from the word huda (the right way), which means "finding the right way; guiding", and it is a term that encapsulates "reaching the truth, finding the right way." Ihtida defines the embracing of Islam by people who belong to other religions. A person who embraces Islam is called a...