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You will be truly amazed if you could see the depth and the beauty of Islam. Something so beautiful, it is meant to be known.



The Exordium (The Quran, Chapter One)



[1:1] IN THE NAME OF GOD THE MERCIFUL THE COMPASSIONATE.


Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe, The Merciful, the Compassionate, Sovereign of the Day of Judgement! You alone we worship, and to You alone we turn for help. Guide us to the straight path, [1:7] The path of those whom You have favored, Not of those who have provoked Your ire, Nor of those who have lost their way.


- The Holy Quran, Chapter one.

Translated by, Dawood, N.J.. The Koran (Penguin Classics)



Know Islam



This website hopes to reflect on the positive light of Islam so that people are not afraid of this religion. Did you know that many Muslims associate their cultural practices with Islam and represent Islam accordingly? Did you know that many non-Muslims do not know that a typical orthodox Muslim believes in the Oneness of our Creator? Muslims are monotheists and Islam is an Abrahamic faith.



Why should we know about Islam?

-Because an educated society can help stop violence.





Islam is peace. So, what makes people to misunderstand it? Today people misunderstand Islam and many people are afraid of this religion.  While Islam is well known to the rest of the world as a good religion, the western society seems to have been mostly misinformed. But blame is not alone on the media. So, it is time we learn the proper interpretation of Islam. And, it seems that people are realizing that already, people are curious to learn more and perhaps sooner than later people are finding the proper sources to know about Islam. 


Today Islam is mostly conveyed to the western society based on certain people’s behavior who happen to be Muslims, or rather yet, they justify their behavior in the name of religion. These people make only a fraction of the total Muslim population and the Muslims are embarrassed of them. Given that any bad activities done by any Muslims are especially emphasized by the news media and people form their opinions from that information, the fact is, Islam is not a person it is a religion, which is full of wisdom and goodness. Islam is perfect, but not the Muslims, they are only human beings. But there are indeed many ordinary and extraordinary people in Islam, their stories are not known to the western world, they only hear about the bad people.



Embrace Change



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Compassion



Common Grounds





We can find so many common grounds between religions. For example, many non-Muslims do not know that Islamic faith also teaches about the same prophets and messengers of God as the Christianity and Judaism: Adam, Seth, Noah, Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus and the last and the final Messenger of God, Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) – may peace be upon all of them. When we learn about the prophets and messengers, their stories take us back to the first man, Adam (AS), when the human beings were first created, it is then we realize that the we are not so different from each other after all.




The Map shows the Arabian Peninsula where Kaba is in Mekkah, Saudi Arabia





All of the prophets were from this Middle Eastern area or the world.


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The Map shows the Arabian Peninsula where Kaba is in Mekkah, Saudi Arabia





All of the prophets were from this Middle Eastern area or the world.


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The Map shows the Arabian Peninsula where Kaba is in Mekkah, Saudi Arabia





All of the prophets were from this Middle Eastern area or the world.


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Mekkah, in present day Saudi Arabia, where it all began.



The Kaaba in Mekkah:


Shown in the picture on top of this page is Kaaba in Mekkah, Saudi Arabia, surrounded by millions of Muslims gathered for Annual Hajj, the pilgrimage. The Muslims turn towards Kaaba during their five daily prayers from around the globe. Originally the black building of Kaaba was a rectangular building that included the open space next to it in the picture.


But Muslims do not worship the Kaaba, of course, it gives them a direction to turn to. Muslims worship God and acknowledge Him as the only Supreme God.


Medina:


250 miles North of Mekkah is the city called Medina, where Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) migrated in the year 623, thirteen years into his Prophet hood, when his own tribe Quraish of Mekkah turrnned against him and threatened to kill him. This immigration marked a milestone in Islamic History known as the Hijra when the Islamic calendar began.


The Arabian Peninsula:


Once we get to know the 7th Century Mekkah in Arabian Peninsula, how life was like then and how Islam has been shaping the civilization from that time on, the time which once was labeled as the time of Jahelia or ignorance, it is then we understand and appreciate this religion. Islam gave inheritance right to the women in 7th Century! Yet people think of this religion as backward! People carry on many of the Jaheli practices and misinform others about Islam.


A little about Prophet Muhammad (SAWS):


Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) was born in Mekkah in a prestigious tribe called the Quraish and in a very prestigious subtribe called Banu Hashim, in year 570. At the age of forty he became a Prophet, that is, he began receiving the revelations from God, which is now known as the Holy Quran. After receiving his Prophet hood, Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) lived the first thirteen years of his remaining life in the city of Mekkah and the final ten years of his life in the city called Medina, where he became a governing leader of the Muslims of Medina. So, the entire Holy Quran came in a gradual revelation that changed the way people behaved during those dark Jaheli days in a span of just these twenty three years!


Prophet Muhammad (SAWS)'s grandfather, Abdul Muttalib, was the chief of Banu Hashim in Mekkah. Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) became an orphan at the age of five and his life began in a struggle when his grandfather died too after only three years later. He was an unlettered Prophet, who grew up amongst his tribe's people, known as "Al Amin" or "the Trustworthy" by his tribe's people. He became a shepherd from the very young age while he lived under the care of his uncle, Abu Talib. As Mekkah was the Wall Street of the 7th Century Arabian Peninsula at that time, Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) also travelled with his uncle with the camel caravans of the Quraish for business trips to Syria and Yemen and became a trust worthy and skilled tradesman at a very young age. However, later when he became a Prophet, surprisingly, his own people who would still trust him with their money but they would reject his message and not only that, they attempted to kill him. After his uncle Abu Talib's passing Prophet Muhammad (SAWS)'s tribal protection diminished and his life was in danger, he escaped in the midst of an assassination plot and migrated to nearby Medina, where the people of Medina welcomed him with their arms wide open.


The Holy Quran that we see today, is a living miracle, so it is believed by the Muslims.



Thank you





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