Personally, I chose Islam as the right religion for me when I was 21. I did believe in God (God = Allah in arabic) beforehand but no other religious teachings made clear sense to me like the teachings of Islam did. There is no other religion where one turns oneself away from daily routine and drama to give thanks to the Almighty Creator five times a day.... There is no other religion that encourages charity to fellow human-beings, Muslims and non-Muslims, like Islam does. So many churches just eat up the money collected from the congregation for the preachers own personal needs..... Not so, in Islam. Our preachers (Imams) live modest lifestyles.... e.g. the Imam at my local masjid (mosque) is an ice-cream man
No other religion asks its followers to fast between dawn and sundown for one month every year and pray more than ever and study qur'an, a month of inner-reflection and extra praise to the Almighty. No other religion has millions upon millions of people performing hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca to honour Allah and pray and worship beside our Muslim community from all over the world. A beautiful sea of white as millions bow down in submission to the Almighty together, rich, poor, old, young, black, white, brown, all people from so many different walks of life speaking so many different languages... all together with one purpose.... to worship the One God, Allah. No other religion can claim that over a million people have memorized its book from cover to cover, even if arabic is the first language of only 20% of muslims worldwide! This is just a glimpse into the beauty of Islam. Alhamdulillah.... I found my way to Islam by the grace of the Almighty Allah
