Mother’s Day, an Argument Against Celebrating
I love seeing women being celebrated and celebrating each other. Reading all the nice posts and seeing the memories shared through pictures is comforting. I’ve never been one to celebrate…
Category: New Muslims
Rescued from the Fire: Reading Reflections on Race
Rescued from the Fire, by Abdullah Nazir Uhuru was given to me by a sister I’d met through work and was one of those books that sat on my shelf…
13 Islamic Words, Phrases and Du’a
New Muslims, and even those who are not so new often come across terms that we aren’t familiar with or only have a basic understanding of. Increasing our Islamic vocabulary directly influences our Islamic knowledge…
A Collection of Comforting Quran Verses and Hadith
Ramadhan and Eid can be both the most special and most trying times particularly for new Muslims and even more so if they don’t have an established support network, whether that…
10+ Things New Muslims Wish They Knew
JazakAllahu khayran to the brothers and sisters who contributed to this post by sharing their own experiences of things they didn’t know when they accepted Islam. We can take for granted…
Why Converts Gravitate Towards Salafism
Coming To Islam As much as Islam (submission to Allah) is our natural state as people, there is plenty that becomes normalised in our lives that we need to adjust…
My child isn’t involved in the Christmas concert
“I just wanted to be clear that there aren’t any religious connotations in the songs that they’ll be singing” I was told on the phone after requesting to withdraw my daughter…
How to deal as a Muslim convert at Christmas
It’s just a day. Even if you stretch the Christmas period to a week, or two- it’s still a short amount of time. Honestly, it wont last long. And in…
Thinking about becoming Muslim?
When Allah guided me to Islam (all praise and thanks belongs to Him) I eventually said my shahada (declaration of faith) after someone at a casual drop-in type Islamic centre encouraged me…
How Muslim Converts Learn to Pray
New converts to Islam have to ask themselves “How can I learn how to pray if I don’t even know Arabic?” “How do I know if I’m praying salah the…