How and why do people embrace Islam? 'Part Two'

How and why do people embrace Islam? 'Part Two' People embrace Islam
in the West (USA, Canada, UK, France and Germany), in the Middle
Eastern countries (Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Jordan), in Africa
and the Far East (Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong) and many other
countries all over the world. People in all ages may be divided into
two main groups with respect to their preparedness to receive the
message: 1. Those searching for the truth who are dissatisfied with
the religion followed by their contemporaries on one hand, 2. And
those not searching. This second group may be further divided into
those not searching because they are satisfied with their religion and
those not searching because they have rejected belief in God. The
second group has been a minority throughout history. People usually
tend to accept the cultural norms of their society without question.
In Prophet Mohammad's time, that minority was called the hunafaa' .
Most of them embraced Islam once they received the message. Very few
however, due to tribal jealousies rejected the Islam message. Thus,
the first group responded positively to the clear truth of revelation.
On the other hand, the second group based their response on their
trust in Prophet Mohammad's (PBUH) character. For he was indeed
truthful and honest throughout his life, therefore, there was not
reason to doubt him being a Prophet. 1. The Role Model First people
who embraced Islam were from the Prophet's (PBUH) household Khadijah
bint Khuwaylid 'Ali ibn Abi Talib Zayd ibn Harithah Afterwards the
Prophet's close friend and confidant joined them and embraced Islam
too. Their embracing Islam was partially a result of their direct
contact with the Prophet (PBUH) and their unquestioned belief in him
and his truthfulness due to their personal experience with him. This
reason for conversion may be called the "role model." 2. Da'wah to
Islamic Monotheism (Tawheed) The next five figured embraced Islam with
the help of Abu Bakr's invitation. 'Uthman ibn 'Affan Az-Zubayr ibn
al- 'Awwam 'Abdur-Rahmaan ibn 'Awf Sa 'ad ibn Abi Waqqas Talhah ibn
'Ubaydullah In their case, embracing Islam was a result of them to
introducing the message of Islam and calling them to embrace it. Here
the reason may be generally called the "Da'wah"( calling for Islam) 3.
Truth Seekers Among the converts was 'Amr ibn 'Absah who had rejected
the idolatry of his people and went on his search for the truth. Same
case was with Salman al-Farisi who journeyed from Zoroastrianism,
Judaism, Christianity to Islam. The reason for the conversion of those
companions of the Prophet (PBUH) and others like them may be called
"truth seekers". 4. Reading the Qur'an 'Umar ibn al-Khattab's
embracing Islam was as a result of his hearing the Prophet (PBUH)
recite Surrah al-Haaqqah. The Najashi's was due to his hearing Surrah
Maryam. These and others like them may be referred to as those who
embraced Islam as a result if "Reading the Qur'an". 5. Moreover Islam
reached out to the Far East countries through Muslim businessmen and
salesmen who went there for business, their ethics in business
dealings and their honesty encouraged people to embrace Islam, and so
we have lots of Muslims at these countries, like Thailand. So Islam
wasn't spread with the power of sword, as some anti-Muslims claim. It
was through presenting the true image and nature of this fine religion
that made people want to embrace Islam. Different reasons behind
embracing Islam were almost the same in all ages. They are not limited
to time periods, but can be found from the earliest of times until the
present. Those involved in propagating the religion and inviting
others to Islam, must familiarize themselves with these and other
factors in order to develop the correct strategies to deal with them.
The other major problem that Muslims face, especially in western
societies, is the absence of a Muslim community to support their
families, their children often leave Islam by the time they graduate
from high school. Consequently, among the da'wah strategies necessary
is the development of Muslim schools to preserve the identity of
Muslim children of the converts.

If you wish to know more about Islam, we prefer to visit
the following websites:

http://www.islam-guide.com

http://www.islamhouse.com/s/9661

http://www.todayislam.com

http://www.thekeytoislam.com

http://www.islamland.com

http://www.discoverislam.com

http://www.thetruereligion.org

http://www.beconvinced.com

http://islamtomorrow.com

http://www.thisistruth.org

http://www.quran-m.com/firas/en1

http://kaheel7.com/eng

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran

http://www.quranforall.org

http://www.quranexplorer.com/quran

http://www.knowmuhammad.com

http://www.rasoulallah.net/v2/index.aspx?lang=e

http://www.prophetmuhammed.org

http://www.chatislamonline.org/ar

http://www.dar-us-salam.com

http://youtubeislam.com

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