Dawah

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Invisible Fetters

It was fifteen minutes to midnight and sleep was the last thing on my mind. I lazily scrolled through the news feed on my Facebook account before logging out. Suddenly, something caught my attention. My heart skipped a beat and my fingers went numb. “It can’t be… But how?” I whispered to myself. Yet there it was, right before my eyes. Involuntarily, tears began to well up in my eyes. Vague memories of the past flashed before me. I saw him – a tall, dark brown figure, with spectacles...

14 January 2013 | Dawah, Death, Environment | , , , , , , | 17 Comments
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Amidst The Catholics

“Why do your women have to cover but your men don’t?” “How do you know which direction to pray?” “Why can’t Muslim women marry Non-Muslim men?” “What exactly is an Islamic dress?” “Why don’t you believe in the Trinity?” These were amongst the barrage of questions that my friends and I had received while we presented to several classes at a Catholic high school in Washington D.C. The school was offering a “World Religions” module, and they had invited Al-Huda School to send over some students to present about...

22 April 2011 | Dawah | , , , , , | 16 Comments
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A Brush With Jehovah’s Witnesses

At college, we were asked to write a story that had to do with argument theory. I decided to write about an experience I’m sure almost every American Muslim has gone through. Enjoy! The Jehovah’s Witnesses opened the gate leading to my house and I watched them slowly walking up to my door. “Here comes”, I thought wryly as they started to knock. I sighed as I thought of my predicament; here I was, taking the day off from school because I was feeling sick and instead of being...

01 August 2009 | Dawah | , , | 8 Comments
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Mommy, Daddy, What Is That?

In our lives, we see, meet, and interact with non-Muslims on a daily basis. These moments, be it large or small, creates an influence on the person whether it was our intention or not. Based upon my personal (both serious and hilarious) experiences, there are three ways one can give Dawah without even mentioning the phrase “convert to Islam”. Message from the Author: This article is an Eid special (by the way, all of the events happened in the three days of Eid except for the last event). Eid...

15 December 2008 | Dawah | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments