Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Umar Rao From RSS - Why I Embrace-Islam

Muhammed Umar Rao initially hated Muslims. However, after reading the Koran, the Indian man was actually found what he was looking for this, which eventually led to a major decision is taken. Rao decided to embrace Islam at the age of fairly still a teenager, which is about 18 years. "I feel blessed with the religion of Allah," he said crisply.

Derived from the Brahman caste middle-class family, since childhood, Rao was educated in the teachings and values ​​of Hinduism. This religious education he obtained directly from the guidance of one of his maternal uncle. While the extended family is known as a family who hated Muslims. Therefore, not surprisingly, he grew into a Hindu fanatic.

At a young age, Rao joined one of the largest Hindu nationalist political groups in India, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In India, the RSS is known as a hard-line Hindu groups who hated the Muslims there. "I always spread hatred against Islam, including in a public space though," he said. One example is Rao often tighten the volume of music that was enjoyed when a voice call to prayer.

His introduction to Islam occurred when the mother asked him to work at a company whose owner was a Muslim during the summer holidays. Of course, the request is rejected Rao, considering that since childhood he had hated with a Muslim name. In order not to disappoint his parents, he then decided to fill summer holidays by working in a company run by non-Muslims.

However, Rao did not like the job. He then decided to go out and concentrate more on his studies after graduation in order to be able to get a better job. In contrast to Rao, mother and sister chose to work part time in the company of Muslims during the two months. They, he said, was very impressed with the owner of the company.

Seeing those close to him always praise the owner of the company, making more and hate Muslims Rao. However, driven by guilt because he could not be useful for the family, he decided to accept job offers given by her mother. The greater the hatred of Islam, when he knows many of the non-Muslim employees who worked at the company converted to Islam.

His anger against the company owner, he gave vent to the lesson that religion is the truest. From there then Rao began a study of comparative religion. And since then, to know more about Islam, Rao began reading English translations of the Qur'an.

It certainly brought a change in his life. "After reading it, I like being trapped in fear, doubt, and conscious of the fact that I had been doing was wrong. Religion which I believe has been proved to be only about imagination or myth and false stories, "he explained.

From there then came doubt in Rao. He then asked his parents, the people around him who he knew had met with God or ever make drawings and paintings of God. However, these people said that no one has ever seen God as much expressed in the Qur'an. This fact is even more undermined faith in the teachings of Hinduism. Stories about Ganesha, Chamundeswari, Rama, Sinta, and others no longer makes sense to him. "I can not imagine them as gods."

In fact, when she asked her parents why the teachings of the Vedas are clearly at variance with the gods is still running, the mother even scolded him and said he should have done what has been exemplified by their ancestors.

The next day, Rao read a verse in the Qur'an Surah Al-Baqarah verse 170 which reads: "When it is said unto them, 'Follow what Allah has revealed,' they reply: '(No), but we only follow what we have found from the (deeds) of our forefathers'. (Whether they will follow as well, although their ancestors did not know any one, nor had a clue? "

His view then is also drawn to verse 134 of Surah Al-Baqarah that reads: "That was the last race, for him what he had earned and yours what did you try, and you will not be questioned about what they have done."

When reading the second verse, Rao was amazed because the explanations in the second verse of the Qur'an exactly as the questions he proposed to his mother. He felt tertohok by the second verse. He realized that for all the questions that had been residing in his head, it turns out the answer in the Qur'an.

Since then slowly, he began to break the habit of worshiping statues of Hindu gods and stop doing Pooja (ritual prayer in the Hindu-Red). "Since this includes shirk, and it is the only sin that will not be forgiven."

Furthermore, Rao began practicing the teachings of Islam, although it is still done by stealth. But gradually, this is not about Islam he can hide again from his extended family. Knowing this, Rao's family could not accept this new belief. Luckily he still has a sister who was also interested in Islam, and eventually his brother embraced Islam.

Together this sister, Rao finally decided to get out of the house, and live apart from their extended family. "For more than a year we were living without a job nor a permanent source of income. However, praise be to God, who allows us to go through all the tough times, "he said.

At this difficult time, said Rao, Allah Almighty has opened the doors of opportunity to him, according to the prayers during the time he prayed in each of the five daily prayers. Consequently, when the job offer came from industrial machinery firm, he delivered a proposal. However, he was forced to leave this job because of working hours that disrupt beribadahnya time.

Having been unemployed for almost a year, he finally decided to work as a teacher. Profession he lived until today. Even with incomes somewhat not so great, she feels grateful that God had answered her prayers.

As Allah says in the Qur'an Surah Al-Ankabut paragraph 2: "Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: 'We believe, and will not be tested."

Now, this young Indian, belonging to a very devout Muslim worship. He was originally a group of haters of Islam, now after carefully studying Islam, the religion he loved the Prophet Muhammad who brought this. In fact, when there is negative sentiment toward Islam among non-Muslims, Rao always be in the front guard and be an advocate. He believes Islam is a religion of peace and love, and for the glory of mankind.
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Friday, September 27, 2013

A. R RAHMAN Famous Singer and Musician EMBRACED ISLAM

A. R RAHMAN ISLAM GIVES ME PEACE

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A R Rahman (Born (former) Dileep Kumar) is one of the world’s all time top selling recording artist and has sold more then 400 million records. He has sold more records then anyone in the history and is the considered as the greatest living legends. He has won every popular music awards in the world like Oscar, Grammy, Bafta, Golden Globe national awards.
From a non-believer to a worshiper; from polytheist to monotheist; from Dileep Kumar to Allah Rakha Rahman, the famous music wizard has come a long way. This journey, he says, has completely changed his outlook toward life. Rahman is well-known in India. He revolutionized Bollywood music, giving it a new direction. But in Mina (during Hajj), the man was spiritually charged, relaxing in his camp after Isha prayers, remarkably very far from the rhythm of success.
He said that in India’s film world, people change Muslim names to Hindu ones to get success but, “in my case it was just the opposite from Dileep Kumar to Allah Rakha Rahman and I’m very proud of it.”
Rahman’s music is everywhere: in discotheques, in malls, at wedding parties, on satellite channels, in taxis. He is a celebrity in his own right. His face adorns the cover of every album he cuts. Autograph hunters hound him wherever he goes. A couple of companies have tried to lure him into product endorsements, but he refused, preferring to distance himself from the glare and the sometimes self-indulgent afterglow of fame.
Such was his attitude when Arab News met him yesterday in Mina after a hunt of five hours that had started just after Maghreb prayers. Once a practitioner of idolatry, Rahman now talks about Islam like a scholar. He winced as he spoke about the ignorance of some Muslims and the divisions among them on trivial issues.
Rahman, who has come to perform his second Haj with his mother, utilized every bit of his stay in Mina, Arafat and Madinah in prayer and remembrance of God to “cleanse the inner self.”
He said Islam is a religion of peace, love, coexistence, tolerance and modernity. But due to the behavior of a few of us, it’s labeled as an intolerant orthodoxy. He says that the image of Islam is being tarnished by a small group of people and that Muslims must come forward to present before the world the correct picture of their divine faith.
“The enormity of their ignorance of the Islamic history and its code of conduct is mind-boggling. We should be united in fighting these elements for the cause of Islam,” he said.
“Muslims should go to lengths to follow the basics, which say ‘be kind to your neighbors, keep smiling when you meet others, pray and do charity.’ We should serve humanity. We should not show hostility toward others, even to the followers of other faiths. This is what Islam stands for. We should present before the world a model through our behavior, nature and presentation. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) never used his sword to spread Islam; rather he spread the religion through his virtues, behavior, tolerance and righteousness. And this is what is needed to change today’s distorted image of Islam.”
Talking about his Haj, Rahman said, “Allah made it very easy for us. And up until now, I have enjoyed every bit of my stay in the holy land and I pray to Allah to accept my pilgrimage.”
For him, the stoning ritual is a physical exercise that symbolizes internal struggle: “It means the defeat of temptation and killing the devil inside ourselves.”
“I would like to tell you that this year I got the most precious gift on my birthday, Jan. 6. Allah gave me the opportunity to confine myself inside the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah and pray all through the day. Nothing could match this experience and that too on my birthday; I am extremely delighted and thankful to Allah,” he said.
Rahman said that prayers release his tension and give him a sense of containment. He performs prayers despite heavy work pressure. “I am an artist, but despite tremendous work pressure I never skip prayers,” he said. “I am very punctual in offering the day’s all five prayers on time. This releases me from tension and gives me hope and confidence that the Lord is with me, that this is not the only world. It reminds me of the Day of Judgment.”
It was in the year 1989 that he and his family embraced Islam.
Talking about his reversion, Rahman said, “The whole process started with a sequence of dream. It was in 1988. I was in Malaysia and had a dream of an old man who was asking me to embrace Islam. For the first time, I did not take it seriously, but then I saw the same dream several times and I discussed it with my mother. She encouraged me to go ahead and to respond to the call of the Almighty. Also, in 1988, one of my sisters fell seriously ill and in spite of the family’s effort to cure her, her health deteriorated by the day. Then under the guidance of one Muslim religious leader we prayed to Allah, which did wonder for my sister and she made a miraculous comeback to life. Thus, began my journey from Dileep Kumar to A.R. Rahman.”
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He said the decision to embrace Islam was a mutual one with his mother. Not one to normally discuss this aspect of his private life, after taking a pause, Rahman narrates succinctly, “My mother and I resolved to follow one faith … we wanted to cleanse ourselves of our sorrows.”
After initial doubts, his three sisters also embraced Islam. For them he has tried to be a role model, he said. However, his eldest sister was divorced later.
Rahman began learning piano at the age of four. But life was not all that hunky-dory for the young boy who lost his father at the age of nine.
The responsibility of supporting his mother Kasturi (now Kareema Begum) and three sisters soon fell on his young shoulders. He began his prosperous musical career at age eleven out of necessity.
Rahman is married to Saira. They have three children: two girls, 10 and seven, and a three-year-old son.
Rahman performed his first Haj in 2004. This time, he is accompanying his mother.
“I wanted to bring my wife also for Haj this year, but since my son is only three years old, she could not make it. God willing, I will come again — next time with my wife and children,” Rahman said.
(Source: fans of Rahman-Rahmanic and Arab news)
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Bollywood Actress Mamta Kulkarni embraces Islam

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Bollywood Actress Mamta Kulkarni embraces Islam

By Muslim Mirror news,
Former beautiful and sizzling Indian actress Mamta Kulkarni has accepted Islam as best religion. She converted to Islam recently and is living with her husband ‘Vicky Goswami’, who has already converted to Islam. Mamta Kulkarni got married on 10th May, 2013 and is living in Nairobi, Kenya with her husband.
In this modern age, the non-Muslims are converting to Islam considering it the best religion in the world. The Indian Bollywood Actress, who got fame due to her movie ‘Ghatak’ has converted to Islam. Mamta Kulkarni’s husband Vicky Goswami was arrested by the UAE police in 1997 in drug smuggling case. Vicky Goswami was sentenced 25 years in jail, but released in November 2012. His conversion to Islam was the main reason of major reduction in his punishment.
Mamta Kulkarni got married with Goswami, when he was in jail. She was managing her husband’s hotel business outside during his punishment. She was in a relationship with Goswami, and their relation has turned into a long lasting relation, as the couple has got married.
In 90′s Mamta Kulkarni came up as a hot and bold actress of Indian film industry. Her bold and hot pictures were published in several magazines and fashion tabloids. She worked in Bollywood movies for almost 11 years, and after that she left the showbiz and Indian film industry i.e. Bollywood. She has rejected a lot of film offers from several directors and producers. She has also received many offers from the dance programs and reality shows, but she has decided to keep herself out of this business.
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15 people Revert to Islam at One time by Dr. Zakir Naik

15 people Revert to Islam at One time by Dr. Zakir Naik



Five sisters and ten brothers revert to Islam by Dr. Zakir Naik all at one time
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