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Sr. Carrie Brooks Accepts Islam

Sr. Carrie Virginia Brooks has accepted Islam at the ADAMS Center on August 9, 2001. She has been studying Islam for a long period of time. She has been so keen in her search for the Truth that she would take any opportunity where she can learn more about Islam. As a matter of fact, she attended the last ICNA conference although she was not a Muslim at that time. She plans also to attend the coming ISNA conference.

After accepting Islam, she now prefers to be called “Sr. Maryam”.

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Four Intellectuals: Four Unique Journeys to Islam


Rev. David Keldani	Leopold Weiss	Dr. Murad Hofmann	Dr. Jeffrey Lang

Articles & Views

Understanding God Through Reasoning

Anyone who carefully reads Ms. Brooks’ questions would realize that her confusion came from religious doctrines that are not dealt with or discussed from a rational and intellectual perspective and that she would probably be satisfied to know the Islamic answers to those questions. But rather than addressing her questions point-by-point and providing clear-cut Islamic answers to those, it would be more appropriate to address these issues from a logical perspective before attempting Islamic answers ... Full Article

A Taste of the Qur'an

O mankind! We created
You from a single (pair)
Of a male and a female,
And made you into
Nations and tribes, that
Ye may know each other
(Not that ye may despise each other). Verily
The most honored of you
In the sight of Allah
Is (he who is) the most
Righteous of you. (49:13)

In one strike, this verse eliminates any and all traces of racial superiority from the hearts of the believers. All human beings are created by the same One God and are descendents of the same one couple. God creates every child as pure and sinless. Racial or ethnic background or socio-economic status carries no weight in His eye; He only looks at who among us are most God-conscious and righteous.

Very concise, and yet it is the strongest possible statement that establishes the equality of all human beings.

Prophet Muhammad Spoke

"People are like the teeth of a comb. You are all from Adam, and Adam is from dust. There is no superiority of white over black, nor of Arab over non-Arab, except by piety."

1200 years before the American constitution was drafted, Islam established the equality of all human beings in unambiguous terms.

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Thru Other's Eyes

"My plea is not for Islam bur for understanding. Christians and Jews should get acquainted with Islam and see Muslims as human beings, not in ugly, false stereotypes. For our own sake, as we strive to live happily on this ever-striking globe, we should demolish the false images that flaw our vision and sometimes misdirect our government’s policy."

- Paul Findley, Silent No More: Confronting America's False Image of Islam More quotes

Potpourri

They said to the sage Luqman, "From whom didst thou learn wisdom?" He replied, "From the blind, who advance not their feet till they have tried the ground." (From Shaikh Sadi's "The Rose Garden")

Luqman was a wise man whose name is mentioned in the Qur'an. In fact, the 31st sura (chapter) in the Qur'an is named after him. He is widely known for his sagacity and wisdom. According to some he was a prophet, but the Qur'an does not mention specifically that he was a prophet. His fables are so widely known in the East that according to Edward Eastwick the Greeks probably borrowed the account of Aesop from Luqman. Some of the beautiful advices that Luqman gave to his son is mentioned in the Qur'an in verses 31:12-19.

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