Da'wah - Al Jumuah Magazine

Lessons in Patience from the Life of Musa

We human beings naturally love to receive prompt appreciation for the good things we do for others—and such is the right of the good doer. In the da'wah world of reform, however, this appreciation is, most of the time, hard to come…

Rectifying Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – Part 23 | Linda Thayer

The Christian’s Gospel according to John is prefaced with a Greek philosophy-oriented ‘Prologue’ (John. 1:1-18), which we have referenced repeatedly in this series. According to this passage, a supposed, one-time embodiment of God in human history—what is said to have become God’s…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 22 | Linda Thayer

We continue discoursing the resolution of the fine print in the Church’s doctrine of the ‘divinity’ of Jesus. The ‘Greek Fathers’ weigh in with their contributions to the development of doctrine and Greek philosophy is back, center stage. The Cappadocian ‘Fathers’ Legitimize…

Muslim Samples: Your Impression of Islam on Others

"Inevitably the list of ways some Muslims don’t adhere to the teachings of Islam can go on and on. Unfortunately many non-Muslims never even consider Islam for themselves, because they are so turned off by their negative experience with Muslims or by…

Handling Hate Like The Prophet

THE TIDE OF Islamophobia is rising and it seems like nothing short of a miracle will stop it. Mosques around the world are being burned down. Muslims are being attacked on the streets. Islamophobes are slandering the Prophet with impunity, fomenting fear…

What Converts Wish Raised Muslims Knew: We Want To Be Good Muslims, But …

OUR UMMAH IS seeing a huge surge in newcomers to Islam. It is perhaps a surge in conversion that has not been seen since Islam spread from China to Spain. According to the 2003 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records,…

I Attempted to Disprove Islam, But Well-Mannered Muslims Stopped Me

IT WAS THE summer of 2002. I sat, wearing a t-shirt and jeans in a living room full of Muslim women. There were soldiers outside the building, and soldiers in the apartments above us, but the atmosphere in the room was calm.…