Muslims Challenge Myths on Religion

Islam remains one of the most misunderstood faiths in the world and is constantly hijacked by people from all sides of the spectrum.
Hence, over a 100-strong group from the Team Dawah Manchester initiative spent the day in City Centre Manchester speaking to shoppers, workers and visitors about their religion and managed to get hundreds of conversations going.
Their April Fools-themed awareness day – dubbed Don’t Be Fooled – was aimed at busting myths about Muslims living in Britain.
Some people asked them: “Doesn’t it say in the last page of the Quran that you’ve got to kill people who don’t agree with you?” and even: “Do Muslims have beards because a member of the family has died”? (For those wondering, both are untrue). A brother from TDM said “Even though the questions are a bit surprising, it’s great because we can say ‘no’ that’s not true and explain a little bit about what we really believe.”
With the help of organisations and groups such as the iERA (Islamic Education and Research Academy), Discover Islam, Only 1 Purpose, IDCI , WAMY and The Quran Project, the team gave out free authentic Islamic literature at their table.
As well as correcting misconceptions, the volunteers got the chance to make good friends with the public.

Da'wah In The Workplace

Think how you can fit da'wah into your everyday routine.

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What is the purpose of life ?

There are lots of diffrent ways we can engage with the public.

Effective da'wah is done in a gentle and loving manner. I'll never forget a da'wah course I attended, in which the speaker said that the best way to give da'wah is to "plant a seed in a person's heart". The purpose of da'wah is not to convert people as having that as goal will scare people away if nothing else. Instead, by planting a seed, we leave the person wanting more; let them know enough about Islam to interest them and, insha Allah, lead them to want to find out more when they are ready.

"I find people are genuinly intrested in Islam and when they see my beard they tend to ask me why I keep it,which leads onto further questions and good progressive dialogue.I find many of my passengers don't know much about Islam other then what the media protrays and as such they feel enlightened about discovering the beautiful reality of Islam.

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"Taqaballa Allahu mina wa minkum Al-'Amal Al-Saliha" (may Allah accept from you and us the good deeds)

People who are born into Islam have the benefit of having a foundation with their parents and family. The Qur’an is on their bookshelf, Arabic words are mixed into conversation without needing definition, and there is an environment of tradition that provides a reference point for looking at the world. A Revert is experiencing the total opposite. He or she doesn’t have any sort of religious connection with their family anymore, and there is sometimes backlash from parents and extended family about the decision to become a Muslim.
Even if there’s no significant backlash, there are usually no blood relatives to talk to about Islam, no one to clarify things, and usually no family support to be offered in the entire process. All of these things can cause an immense amount of stress and disillusionment. It’s common for Reverts to have moments of breakdown where they feel like nobody is on their side. Reverts need support from individuals in their community to feel empowered as Muslims. This doesn’t require a full-time therapist, but just people to make them feel at home.

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Why are we here? Why did Allah place us on this planet? What is our destiny? What is our purpose?

As Muslims, we have the answer. The answer is simply: To Worship Allah alone without any partners.

But does our responsibility end there? Are we satisfied with our own salvation and need not worry about the millions of potentially lost souls around us?

Or should we try to share what we have with others?

Allah (glorified and exalted be He) says in the Qur'an, "Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: they are the ones to attain felicity." (Al-Qur'an 3:104)

Allah (glorified and exalted be He) says in the Qur'an,"Who is better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah, works righteousness, and says, "I am of those who bow in Islam"?" (Al-Qur'an 41:33)

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We Need To Do More

This weekend just gone I was helping out on Team Dawah Manchesters dawah table in City Centre Manchester and during the course of the day I had many intresting conversations.One of the conversations that stuck out was the one where I was giving dawah to three young men who were from catholic backgrounds but were leaning towards being agnostic due to having lost faith in the teachings they had been brought up with due to the fact they found so many contradictions and statements that just made no sense at all.They believed that beliefs should be based on reason and rational and facts that made sense.

So We talked about Tawhid and they said it made perfect sense.Then we talked about the miraculous nature of The Quran and went onto talking about The Prophet Muhammad ( peace and blessings be upon him ) and then we discussed Islamic beliefs. The young men decided that they were very intrested in looking further into the teachings of Islam and took copies of The Quran as well as other litreture to read.

A short while later the young men returned with further questions which I was more than happy to answer.However what really stuck out was they asked me "do muslims keep a beard because someone in their family is ill,and do you have to be asian (brown skinned) to be a muslim".I explained why we keep a beard and that Islam is a universal religion for the whole of mankind regardless of race,creed or tongue.They again thanked me and took my number and said they would call if they had further questions and would like to look into Islam a little more before deciding on taking their shahada's.

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