Is Islam the way to real life?
Yes, in many ways. Consider these: As we are different to other animals our real life has a spiritual side to it. Islam addresses this in an acceptable way. It’s concept of God is that He is one, He does not beget neither was He begotten, there is nothing even remotely comparable to Him. Yet He is so personal and approachable you can only relate to him on a one to one basis without any intermediary. Alcoholism is a problem, yet with a membership of 1.4 billion Islam has the biggest community of self regulated teetotals. Interest based finance has sunk the economies of many developing countries and many individuals in developed countries find large proportions of their hard earned incomes going towards paying interest on their loans. Islam would like to see the development of interest free economies. Societies have been conditioned to value women for their sexual attraction. Witness the number of advertisements that make use of that to grab attention. Islam requires that a woman be rega
read this story ..The story of how I reverted to al Islam is a story of plans. I made plans; the group I was with made plans, and Allah made plans. And Allah is the Best of Planners. When I was a teenager, I came to the attention of a group of people with a very sinister agenda. They were and probably still are a loose association of individuals who work in government positions but have a special agenda — to destroy Islam. It is not a governmental group that I am aware of, they simply use their positions in the US government to advance their cause. One member of this group approached me because he saw that I was articulate, motivated and very much the women’s rights advocate. He told me that if I studied International Relations with an emphasis in the Middle East, he would guarantee me a job at the American Embassy in Egypt. He wanted me to eventually go there to use my position in the country to talk to Muslim women and encourage the fledgling women’s rights movement. I thought this w
