SAVIAN (Sweet Vermicelli):

This is a traditional dish for Muslims in Pakistan, eaten in almost every home, cooked in various ways on Ramadan and Eed day. Recipe (Ingredients): • Half package of roasted vermicelli (31 /2oz).• 2qts full cream milk • 1/2 tsp crushed cardamom seeds (optional).. More

WHEAT DUMPLINGS:

This dish comes from Saudi Arabia. It's a healthy snack made from wheat flour, drizzled with syrup, for a delicious bite after dinner, or a snack with Arabic coffee. Recipe (Ingredients): • 2cups wheat flour • l cup warm milk •1 egg • 1-2tbs oil • 2 tbs... More

HEAVY CREAM BAKLAVA:

In this kind of Baklava, heavy cream been used instead of nuts which makes it lighter than the one with the nuts, but in the same time you can not save it for the next day, because of the cream the crust will be soft and no longer crunchy as the first day. Recipe (Ingredients): .. More

My Journey to Islam

Aisha Bhutta The Guardian Newspaper, England Thursday 8th May 1997 A Woman on a Mission -------------------------------- Aisha Bhutta, also known as Debbie Rogers, is serene. She sits on the sofa in big front room of her tenement flat in Cowcaddens, Glasgow. The walls are hung with quotations from the Koran, a special clock to remind the family.. More

Experiences of a Recently Converted Hindu Woman

"My Experiences and How I Find that Islam does not Oppress Women" by Sister Noor, University of Essex I came from a purely Hindu family where we were always taught to regard ourselves (i.e. women) as beings who were eventually to be married off and have children and serve the husband-- whether he was kind or not. Other than this I found.. More

Jenny's Testimony

Melbourne, Australia In the Name of Allah, The Benificent, The Merciful October, 1998 Often when people ask me ‘How did you come to Islam?’, I take a deep breath and try and tell them the ‘short version’. I don’t think that Islam is something that I came to suddenly, even though it felt like it at the time, but it.. More

Lara

In the Name of Allah, most Compassionate, most Merciful Becoming Muslim Bismillaah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem DISCOVERING ISLAM: A CANADIAN MUSLIMA'S STORY April 25, 1996 As-Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmahtullahi wa Barakatu (May the peace, the mercy, and the blessings of Allah be upon you). I am Canadian-born of Scandinavian and other ancestry, and I was.. More

Michelle

As-salaamu-alaikum, I come from a Jewish family in New York. My mother was from S. A. but also Jewish. She never was comfortable with anyone knowing that. When my father died, she remarried a Catholic and became one herself. And that is how she brought us up. From the age of 5 I was told that Jesus was also God...? I never felt comfortable with it... More

Rita, Canada

God works in mysterious ways I suppose we have all heard stories of converts before. They are, praise be to God, becoming very common, and growing in their number every day. But still, I can never forget how it feels to know that another human being whom you know personally has chosen to accept Islam. I do not wish to embarrass my friend, so I will.. More

Sister Penomee (Dr. Kari Ann Owen, Ph.D.)

July 4, 1997. Assalaamu alaykum, beloved family. "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammed, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is his messenger." These are the words of the Shahadah oath, I believe. The Creator is known by many names. His wisdom is always recognizable, and his presence made manifest in the love, tolerance and compassion.. More

The Introduction and Decision

by Aminah Assilmi I was completing a degree in Recreation, when I met my first Muslims. It was the first year that we had been able to pre-register by computer. I preregistered and went to Oklahoma to take care of some family business. The business took longer than expected, so I returned to school two weeks into the semester (too late to drop a course)... More

Why I Embraced Islam

by Sr. Asiya Abd-az-Zahra Taken from Noor Magazine- Aug-Sept 97 Islam has been described as being the religion of Fitrah, the innate nature of all humans. It is not surprising therefore when we discover that Islam is being accepted as the only pure way of life a person can follow by millions of reverts around the world. Statistics show that out of.. More

Bride Jemima Goldsmith: Why I chose Islam.

Sunday Telegraph, May 28, 1995 When Jemima Goldsmith, the 21-year-old daughter of billionaire Sir James, married Imran Khan she embraced not only the world's most handsome sportsman but also the Muslim faith, taking the name Haiqa. Here, in an exclusive account, she tells how she journeyed from the glamorous society of London to the austere religion.. More

My Path To Islam

C. Huda Dodge Salaam alaykum wa rahmatullah. Since I have started reading and posting on this newsgroup a few months ago, I have noticed a great interest in converts (reverts) to Islam: how are people introduced to it, what attracts people to this faith, how their life changes when they embrace Islam, etc. I have received a lot of e-mail from people.. More

My Life as a New Muslim

Fathima Lienberg from South Africa Published By: Jamiatul Ulama (Kzn) Vol. 3 No. 4 I am Fathima Liebenberg, a white Muslim woman converted to Islam in 1995. I am very proud to say! I am a Muslim, but if it was not for my son I would never have been a Muslim. For me it was a hard and long struggle because it cost me my job, friends and family. My.. More