How did he chaged? Why did he chaged? who help him become a muslim
119225
He realized that Muslims come in all shapes, sizes and colors.  This went against what The Nation of Islam taught him.  It is well known that the Nation of Islam is anti-white, they saw white people as devils and so did Malcolm X.  It wasn't until he went to Mecca that he realized that all people are God's people and that his actions and beliefs in America were wrong.  Have you read his autobiography?  It is wonderful, very insightful.
631987
The difficulty of explaining the true Jesus is a challenge with a Muslim.  I just accept that they believe in God & hope that God will let them in to heaven, as I do love my Muslim friends.
167982
oh please do read it and joudge for yourself \n\n\nnote:if you have anydoubts chack the nearest mosque i'm sure they'll help you \n\nquran is teaching us \n1)to be religous who believe in all belive principles for islam \n2)secrets of love and peace
407488
Check out the wikipedia article on muhammad.\n\nHeres my BRIEF, answers to your questions.\n\nBefore he recieved revelations, he would go to the Cave of Hira and meditate for hours.  One night, while he was in the cave, Angel Gabriel came to him and told him that God had selected him to be the last messenger to mankind.  He was very scared and worried.  He thought he was seeing things.  Then Gabriel hugged him and squeezed him tight and said "Read! In the name of your Lord..." AND SO BEGAN THE HOLY QUR'AN - A SERIES OF REVELATIONS TO MUHAMMAD DIRECTLY FROM GOD VIA THE ANGEL GABRIEL.  \n\nHe continued to receive revelations until I'm not exactly sure when.  \n\nHe preached a pure monotheism -- belief in One, True God in a land of majority pagan Arabia.  This is why he was not popular in Mecca.  The pagans saw him as a threat.  Another BIG reason why he was not too liked in Mecca is because the Meccans had a big pilgrimage site filled with pagan idols and it bought worshippers from all over arabia (which means a lot of $$$ for the business owners there).  Thus, Mecca was also a huge trading center -- mainly due to its significance of having the big religious center (where idols were worshipped, etc).\n\nMuhammad's mission was to spread the teaching of Islam -- he preached kindness toward others, modesty, giving charity, praying 5 times a day, leaving behind ignorant and wicked practices, freeing slaves, giving women more rights.\n\nHe was persecuted and him and his few followers were kicked out of Mecca and settled in Medina -- here the Muslims power built up as more people joined the faith.  Finally after a series of battles, the Muslims defeated the Meccan pagans and conquered the city.  Even though the inhabitants included people who persecuted the Muslims, not one person was hurt.  Such was the mercy taught in Islam.\n\nTHERES A LOT OF INFO. ON HIS LIFE. YOU SHOULD LOOK IT UP.  BUT LET ME GO ON.. SKIP EVERYTHING UNTIL HIS DEATH...\n\nHe died with his head in the lap of his most beloved wife, Aisha, saying "May Allah have mercy".  And he left this world.  After him, his companions gathered (excluding Ali, which is why there was contraversy later and a split occured -- Sunni vs. Shi'ite) and decided Abu Bakr should be the next leader.\n\nAbu Bakr stook up and amongst a confused, wailing and rebellious crowd gave a speech which was recorded as one of history's finest.  He said his famous words:  "He who worships Muhammad should be informed that Muhammad has died. He who worships Allah should know that Allah is ever-living and does not die."   Abu Bakr then recited the following verse of the Qur'an:  \n"Muhammad is no more than a Prophet: many were the Apostles that passed away before him. If he died or was slain, will ye then turn back your heels?" \n\nAnd so the Muslims lived on -- to this day, over a billion strong worldwide.\n\nThe followers of Jesus, Moses, David, other prophets, including the last one, Muhammad (PEACE BE UPON THEM ALL)\n\nAnd peace (salam) to you!\n\nGood luck on your paper.
196218
he was born in Mecca in saudi arabia. his father died before he was born, his mother soon followed him. he was being taken care by his uncle. he worked as a shepherd when he was young. after that he worked in the trade business. he used to go on trading trips to Syria. he first got married when he was 40. if u still have any questions contact me.
523977
Dear brother,\n\nI understand your situation and I have been in the same. What I do is, I come back home and do the normal things and when it is time for the next prayer I start with offering the Kajas (you know) of the Johar and the Asar and even maghrib if that was missed and then get to the Isha. It makes the prayers a bit longer I know, but you know Islam permits us to do the Kajas for lawful reasons and as long as your heart is good you can pray. You are also allowed to take breaks between these kaja salats and get back to do the Isha.\n\nMay you pray well. Allah Hafez\n\nYour sister.
304640
he didn't been killed or crucified.as the Koran said\nblues he was not the son of god .he was a prophet and a messenger sent from god to all people in that time.and then the god protect him from being killed or crucified by Jews.so he took him into heaven till he the specific time for his return
231509
I have learned a lot from my new friend about Islam. I am especially thankful for her tolerance of me as a Christian.\nI have a whole lot to learn and our relationship will grow through our teaching each other.
285708
This is Amazing!  I'm gonna convert to Islam right now!  How do I that?
184108
Hi,\nI'm glad to get the opportunity to help you understand this situation.\n\nWhat happened to you is indeed very strange, from the books offered, the itch, the sore and the whole rest ot it.\n\nThe question here is: What does that person has to do with Islam? what does his reaction has to do too? As well as his behaviour to you and the kids? \n\nI studied Islam as a subject and can tell you that you have been very unfortunate to fall on a person that showed you a wrong image of a great religion.\n\nYour case is just one that could also happen to a muslim while visiting a christian family, isn't it?\n\nIslam is nothing of what you saw and heard!\n\nIt's very unfortunate when a person without or with only a little Islamic academic background try to call people to conversion...\n\nWould you care to read the following:\n\nFr. Theodore Pulcini, a priest of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, is Assistant Professor of Religion at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013. His articles have appeared in Diakonia, The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Church Divinity, Commonweal, and St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly. His essay is reprinted from New Theology Review. \n\n\nMuslims now constitute a significant minority in Western countries, most notably France, Britain, Germany, Canada, and the United States. Consequently, those in the West engaged in theological discourse and pastoral work can no longer consign Islam to the outer limits of their universe of religious concerns. Islam is no longer just "over there," an exotic feature of distant cultures; it is a well-established component of our own religious landscape and deserves attention from all who work to further the Reign of God in our culture. \nHaving taught courses in Islamic civilization as part of the religious studies curriculum at both secular and church-related institutions, I can give ample testimony to the antagonistic images of Islam obtaining in, and actively perpetuated by, many Western circles. In some cases, it is alarmism that fuels the antagonism ("Muslims are taking over the world!"); in others, the indignation of post-modern Westerners who resent the very existence of a powerful religious tradition which seems to foster "unenlightened" values ("Islam is intolerant, it oppresses women, etc."). It is a situation fraught with the real possibility of bigotry and violence.\n\nAs "people of religion," we can be particularly effective in shaping religious sentiment toward Muslims in our society. We can either stoke the fires of antagonism, feeding into the dominant societal trend of "demonizing" Islam and Muslims; or we can fight those fires, challenging people to come to a well-informed, balanced appreciation of this "other" in our midst. Most of us, I assume, would affirm the desirability of the latter option. I would like to offer a few suggestions as to how that option might be realized.\n\nFirst, expose the caricatures -- both our own and those of others. Such caricatures are usually based on the assumption that Islam is monolithic and that Muslim communities are homogeneous. Both assumptions are false. Just as there are many "Christianities," there are many "Islams" and most have very little to do with "Islamism," that militant, extremist fringe of Islam which, despite its claim to "traditionalism," actually violates such perennial Islamic values as tolerance, forbearance, hospitality, and broad-mindedness. A number of excellent resources can help you in this process -- see the attached reading list. All the recommended authors are Christians who have done much to dispel the rampant misinformation concerning Islam.\n\nSecond, reflect on what underlies our tendency to caricature Islam. Many in the Christian world have thrown themselves headlong into the process of challenging the traditional shape of our society an
61869
he did,it's just that a small minority of muslims chose to ignore his teachings and see things there own way ,and by doing that take things to the extreme.islam is a very peaceful religion,and like with most races there's good and bad in everyone.
137274
Well, first, Jesus was Jewish...he was NOT Christian.\nSecondly, there is little information available about the historical Jesus - most of what we know is from the writings of others about what Jesus said and taught (again, all within the context of Jewish learning).\n\nregarding "mussulman", I assume you mean Muslim?\nLeast we forget, Abraham and Sarah had two children - Issac and Ishmael (actually, Ishmael was born to Hagar, the handmaid of Sarah).\nBecause of the problems between the two women, Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away, but God blessed them as well as the people of Israel.\nIshmael became the family linage to the Islamic faith.\nNow, back to Jesus and whether you will enter heaven if you are/are not Christian: remember, Jesus was Jewish and Jewish faith teachs that all will be blessed in the next world as long as we do acts of loving kindness in the here and now, regardless of what our faith is.\nNow, in my book, THAT is the real grace of God.\nAnd now, you know the rest of the story.
562171
Okay so he divorced you.  So what?  It proves he is a jerk and an idiot.  \n\nYou wrote, that you are a Muslim woman.  Do you know what that means?  That means you have a wonderful religion to learn.  Find peace in Islam.  Dont kill yourself and send yourself to hell!  If you are muslim you should know this.\n\nYou are educated but not working because your samaj/society does not like it.  It seems to me you are more worried about your traditions and culture than you worry about Islam.  \n\nRead the Quran.  It will give you peace of mind.  Ask a MODERATE scholar what you should do.  Do not be embarrassed or think this is a secret.  None of this is your fault.  It was all his fault.\n\nAre your parents looking for a new person for you?  Are you interested in getting remarried? \n\nFind some interests to pursue.  If you are living with your parents and they do not want you to work, then at least for the time being respect them.  I have to wonder this, if you were a doctor, would your parents not want you to work?  Sometimes indian parents are proud of their doctor daughters and they work.  Logically, if your career is within the code of Islam then you should be allowed to work, it is only your culture holding you back.  But  at the same time dont hurt your parents  by rebelling and working YET, because they are going through a difficult time  about the divorce right now.  \n\nFind some hobbies interests to pursue.  Take care of yourself, get new clothes made, excercise, go to the salon.  Read the Quran, join an Islamic class or group.  A moderate progressive one.  You dont need people telling you which way your hair is supposed to be and these little picky things that some extreme types of people argue about.   What you need is peace.  And REAL Islam can give you peace.  \n\nDo you think you can come to USA?  Maybe if you try to come here, you can get a nice job, a nice place and here there are alot of Indian or Pakistani Muslims that would marry a nice girl like you in a heartbeat.  On top of that, you getting away from all you know, your current surroundings, maybe a good way to learn about yourself.\n\nDont waste your time thinking about the jerk who made the biggest mistake of his life.  He will regret leaving you everyday until forever.  \n\nYou are better than him. Prove it to the world.\n\nAnd remember, if you say you are a muslim woman.  Then find out what that means.\n\n\nNo suicide, okay?
115996
In the name of Allah most gracious most merciful, I'll try my best to help you if u r really interested in Islam.\nFirst of all I'm Muslim because Islam has provided me the internal peace I'm searching for, In Islam I've found the unity of all Muslims in alot of occasions for example the times of prayers when u see alot these Muslims (not all of them due to lack of their faith) doing the same moves and asking the only God, renweing their faith five times a day through the whole day, especially Al-Fajr prayers when u wake up from your bed and go to make wodoo2 by washing your limbs and head with water then going in your path towards the mosque (if it was accessible or close to you) or towards the place where u do ur prayers and in the silence of the surroundings making the dialogue with your only God.\nI've found their unity in yearl pilgrimage (called hajj) to Makka from different spots of the earth having one target which is pleasing the true king of everything.\n\nI've beleived in Islam while i found it's talking to your mind and soul and guiding you to how to live peacefully with others and how to deal with all your problems.\n\nI've beleived in Islam while it has solved many of my daily problems and even fllowing it's commands made me a better person by the testaments of other people knowing me.\n\nI've beleived in islam while it dealt with other religions peacefully and has granted them free will to deal with their religions whether it was.\n\nI've beleived in Islam while it has been based on what humans can do not miracles, miracles have never been introduced in islam except when it was so necessary and in situations which will not face a normal(not a prophet) person ever.\n\nI beleived in islam while it treats my mother and father nicely and gave rights to women as far as they demand and more.\n\nI beleived in islam while u r in direct contact with God and not needing anyone or anything in between you.\n\nI beleived in Islam while I've found it's prophet telling about things which was far futuristic than his era and have been fullfilled as he said and will be fullfilled as he said.\n\nI beleived in Islam while when I read Quran I feel it's like a heavenly words coming through my spirit.\n\nI beleived in islam while it makes me manage my life easier than I could do.\n\nI beleived in islam while it made me respect myself as a human and gave me the right way to establish a successfull person.\n\nI beleived in it while I've talked to many christians and Buddhists, infidels and read about judaism but they never gave me the answer which can make me have peace with myself.\n\nThe greeting of islam is Peace be upon You so how come it calls for war and terrorism.\n\nIslam makes me clean, tidy, relaxed, thoughfull, considerate and trustfull.\n\nIslam means (maybe I'm not so good in English) providing yourself to your God.\n\nI've a special Doaa(asking God) which whenever I use it never fails.\n\nIslam deals with me by discussion of matters not by faith without reasons, there're ofcorse things which have to be beleived but it has reasons why should u beleive in.\n\nIslam has dealt with me as a normal human not burdening me without care.\n\nI hope i can talk more but I'm not a scholar anyway, u coudl email me on my add.: ahmedeldeeb@yahoo.com and I'll send you some links, books and even will try to get you to some place where u can learn about Islam if u really want it and will Inshaa Allah(God willing) try to provide you with the nearest place that could help you.
625545
I'm not sure that explaining Jesus's blood sacrifice to a Muslim can be done. Their understanding of the Trinity is corrupted with false assumptions and heretical teachings. \n-\nQur'an [4.171] "O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion, and do not speak (lies) against Allah, but (speak) the truth; the Messiah, Isa son of Marium is only an apostle of Allah and His Word which He communicated to Marium and a spirit from Him; believe therefore in Allah and His apostles, and say not, Three. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is only one God; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector."\n\n- This clearly limits what God can or would do, and then...\n\nQur'an [5:116] And behold! Allah will say: "O 'Isa the son of Maryam! didst thou say unto men, 'Worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah'?" He will say: "Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, Thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, though I know not what is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden.\n\n- Here Muslims are told that Mary is a part of the Trinity. \nObviously Mohammad's understanding of classical Christianity has been brought to him by the heretical Gnostics of his day. Muslims are also taught that Jesus was not crucified... \n-\nQur'an [4:157] That they said (in boast), "We killed Al-Masih 'Isa the son of Maryam, the Messenger of Allah"; but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not. \n[4:158] Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.\nhttp://quran.al-islam.com/Targama/DispTargam.asp?nType=1&nSeg=0&l=eng&nSora=4&nAya=156&t=eng\n-\nSome are taught that Jesus was actually replaced with Judas to make it APPEAR as if Jesus was the one who was killed!\nhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/gbar/gbar217.htm\n-\nIt's truly a shame when someone had to modify an existing faith to conform to their own beliefs, and then insist it is the undeniable, unmistakable, and unchangeable truth.\n\nMay God protect us from the lies and deception of Satan and the anti-Christs...\nPeace for us ALL!
631432
You've almost got it. :) God sent angel Gabriel ("Jibreel" in Arabic) to Muhammad peace be upon him, to relay the Message (The Quran/Koran). So in every case, he got the Message from the angel.\n\nThe Quran is "The Words of God/Allah" to Muhammad, to tell the people.\n\nYes, prayer, the one involving prostration (called "Salat" or "salah") is five times a day. It is good for the body, did you know that oprah and "experts" and the like say we should meditate five times a day? coincidence? Well, I do believe it is healthier and more in tune with God to "visit" him often, instead of storing it all up for Sundays don't ya think? :D :D Of course, we can pray in our own words (called "dua") any time we want, too.\n\nWell, if you know a Muslim who hates white people, he is likely part of a religion called "The Nation of Islam (NOI)" which is actually different from orthodox Islam. NOI take their beliefs from Bible AND Quran. Muslims, only from Quran, recognizing the Bible to have errors and The Quran doesn't. (try reading it! you'll be shocked!) If he's not NOI, then still he is wrong to hate any "race", please see proof of that in the Quran itself, at http://muttaqun.com/prejudice.html\n\nPlease begin with a primer on the basic beliefs of a Muslim, at http://muttaqun.com/shahada.html\n\nYou can also read the Quran online at http://muttaqun.com/quran and I highly recommend you use The Noble Quran english translation to get the best translation. The footnotes are a super big help, too, as they crossreference verses to help you see the bigger picture, i.e. to help keep it in context.\n\nFinally, you may feel more comfortable simply joining the Muttaqiyyah egroup and ask muslim sisters any questions you want, they are very open to questions there. That's at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/muttaqiyyah\n\nKeep asking questions! Islam highly encourages everyone to seek knowledge!\n\nTake care and good questions/observations/study!
453468
It was the beginning of his education.But he is not allowed to be\nmore learned than his teacher. The only way is to leave the teacher, but the teacher said, 'God of this book will bring death\nto you if you dare defy His servant your teacher.' But some dare\nto and they learn from others who had created other Gods.