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Articles on Islam by Yahiya Emerick
The
Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam
by Yahiya John Emerick
408 pages, ISBN: 0028642333, available from bookshops priced US$18.95 and from Amazon.com
(US$13.26).
Ten
Things Every Muslim in the West Should Do
American convert and writer, Yahiya Emerick, suggests ten easy things that every Muslim family can do to contribute
to the betterment of Muslims and the establishment of Islam in the West.
The Fight
for the Soul of Islam in America
Amidst the competing agendas of Salafees, Sufis and Modernists, Yahiya
Emerick calls on "everyday Muslims" to remember that Islam is a
balanced way of life.
What Needs
to be Done for the Future?
We have the mosques, the schools and the magazines. But where, asks
Yahiya Emerick, does Islam in America go from here?
Working in
Muslim Schools
"For those who are interested in seriously passing the teachings of
Islam on to the next generation, a secular education will not suffice",
says American convert, writer and teacher Yahiya Emerick.
Building a
Better Dawah Program
Muslims have perhaps the least
organized community in the world, yet we are gaining converts faster than anyone
else. But what if we were more organized? American convert Yahiya Emerick
sets out a strategy to utilize our resources and build up the size and strength
of the Muslim community.
The Mosque - A
Welcoming Place for Would-be Converts?
Alas not, according to Yahiya
Emerick.
Demanding
Professionalism in our Masjid
Yahiya Emerick compares American
mosques to the well organized way churches and synagogues are run and finds them
wanting.
Moving Beyond
Theory
Among Muslims in the West,
American convert to Islam Yahiya Emerick finds too much empty theorizing and not
enough practical application of Islam to the realities of everyday living in an
environment non-conducive to the faith.
Keeping the Spirit Alive
A thoughtful article by American convert and writer Yahiya Emerick on how some
Muslim parents inadvertently drive their children away from Islam and lose them
to western ways.
Muslim Schools:
A View From The Inside
Yahiya Emerick launches a scathing attack on the hypocrisy
of immigrant Muslim parents in North America.
The War of Women
Yahya Emerick examines differing attitudes to hijab among Muslim women in the United States.
A Time to
Speak
Yahiya Emerick examines how Muslims in the West treat the poor.
How Did You
Accept Islam?
As enthralling as many present-day
conversion stories may be, it is to the first converts to Islam, the Sahaba,
that we should look for inspiration, writes American convert, Yahiya Emerick.
The Origin of
Life - an Islamic Perspective
Science must increase our faith. It is wrong for anyone to close their eyes
to what is right in front of them. For a Muslim the evidence of dinosaurs
and fossils is not a threat to our beliefs. Rather, it is a confirmation of the
power of Allah.
Adapted from the Book: What Islam is All About
By Yahiya Emerick
Building a
Stable Foundation for Muslim Authors
"Where are the good, solid
inspirational books which show an accurate portrait of Islam as a beautiful
pattern for life? Where are the biographies of practical, everyday Muslim trying
to make it through this life?" asks American convert teacher and writer,
Yahiya Emerick.
The Confusion
of the Scholars
When I first became a Muslim, one of the things that was mentioned over
and over was that there was no clergy in Islam. No "holy men" or
intermediaries between Allah and people. Then I was introduced into the whole
culture of "Scholars." That's where my alarm bells started to ring...
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