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A'Salaamu Aleikom Where do I start? I Reverted to Islam in 2006 and since then things have become very difficult. Two months after reverting my wife of 14 years left me with two children, moving in with another male. I figured that it must have been for the best, according to the will of Allah...

W'asalaam aleikum I apologise for putting this here, but I don't know what to do at the moment. It is 2.30 am and I am sitting here feeling confused and lost. I have had no real sleep in the last 48 hrs, I just sit here hoping to hear the sound of footsteps on the wooden front steps, while...

A'salaam Alaikum Could somebody please enlighten me as to what Zikre Meelad Mustapha is. I came across this in the Brisbane Muslim Times where a progrm is being offered in one of the local Mosques. Thanks W'salaam

A'salaamu Alaikum I am trying to find an MP3 download covering Salah in Arabic. Prefer something a little slow in recitation for learning. Thank You. W'Asalaam

W'Asalaam Alaykum To my Brothers and Sisters in Islam To those of my new found freinds, who have shown me patience and advice with kindness, I thank you for your help. However I feel somewhat useless here as too many prefer to chastise rather than help. I have come to a point where I fear to...

:salam2: I wrote this at a time before I reverted to Islam. At the time i was feeling a little angry about the way religion was being used and handed around like so much brass coinage, as an excuse for war. Legacy I have stood upon the desert floor Seen the ruins of ancient man...

Haunting memories, or guilt. Darkness A Confession He sits alone every night, when everything is quiet. He stares at his keyboard, trying to control his pain The monitor before him, shines with a pallid light. He knows that he must write, or he will go insane. Pictures racing...

A'salaamu Alaikum When I was studying Ancient Egyptian and Macedonean/Soma Script, the books that i was using were set out in the following manner: Hierogyphic or Cuniform, Underneath each pictograph one would find the corresponding word in it's articulate format for better pronounciation...

AUSTRALIA'S high-ranking Islamic clerics have shown they are out of touch with the mainstream by allowing Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali to remain as spiritual leader, says Prime Minister John Howard. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21445235-1702,00.html

:salam2: To some, this may be a frivolous matter, in which case I ask your pardon. If this is the wrong place to ask these questions, please forgive my ignorance. I am not entirely knowledgable in these matters. In December of 2006, I was contacted by a Woman who expressed an interest in...

:salam2: I, like many of you, live in a Secular society rather than a Theocracy, where there are laws in place that may, or may not, converge with Islamic belief systems. Whereas there is an obligation to obey these laws, providing that they are not in conflict with Sharia law. My question...

:salam2: On Wednesday of this week the Police received an anonymous call reporting a Body in a house. When the Police arrived they first saw a house that was a bit dilapidated, the front yard was covered in waist high grass and weeds. The front door was unlocked. On entering the dwelling they...

:salam2: I have been having some difficulties finding someone to show me more about Islam. However, by the Grace of Allah (swt) I think I have found someone. I have been offered help from a Dr Mohamad Abdalla, Director, Griffith Islamic Research Unit at the Griffith University in...

:salam2: This is a piece that I wrote some time ago. I hope it is suitable. Palestine, a place where "Collateral Damage" seems acceptable. Sing to me Mother Sing to me Mother, the little girl cried. Sing to me of days gone by. Sing of the days when we lived with pride...

:salam2: Please excuse my ignorance I have been looking at other sites for some time and there is something that, not so much as causes concern, but puzzles me a little. I look at Pictures that depict the manner in which Obligatory Prayers are coducted and wonder about how I could...

:salam2: Today while shopping I saw two youths push and insult a Muslim woman. I called out to them and they ran away. As I aproached the lady to see if she was ok, She looked at me with fear as if she expected me to also attack. She turned and hurried away. This sort of things seems to...

For many years I have lived without faith, without Al-Imaan. At the moment I seem to be having a small problem in that the more I read, the more I want to know. Each day I hold a period of silence, an old habit from my Seminary days, where I clear my head, allowing random thought to enter...

Salaam Alaykum I understand that the month of Rammadan requires fasting. My question is, How does one with Diabetes handle this? In order to control my diabetes, I must take my medication in the morning, with food. If I do not take the medication I risk some rather serious complications...

I am somewhat confused concerning some aspects of islam. Over the last few months I have looked at some aspects of Islam, some of which apear, to me anyway, contradictory. For instance, what are the differences between Sunni, Shea, and Ahmadiyah. Maybe someone out there can enlighten me?

My name is Robin. At this time of my life I have no Faith. I am Neither Muslim or Christian, I only seek the truth. I have studied Christian Theology but could not reconcile my thoughts according to what was written, what I was taught, and sectarian doctrine, so I quit before ordination...