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What is the process of reverting to Islam?
Conversion to Islam is the process whereby a non-Muslim takes on a new religious identity, adopts new beliefs and practices, learns to live as a Muslim and gradually becomes accepted as one by others.
Do you have to change your name when you convert to Islam?
There’s nothing in the Quran to suggest that converts to Islam must change their names at all. In fact, more than a few scholars and religious leaders believe that new Muslims should specifically avoid the practice.
How do you take shahada?
Shahadah
- In order to become a Muslim, a person simply has to declare the Shahadah in front of witnesses.
- The Arabic can be transliterated into the Roman alphabet like this:
- Muslims use the name ‘Allah’ for God in the Shahadah.
- Muslims also believe the Prophet Muhammad was the last prophet sent by God.
How do I get an Islamic conversion certificate?
For conversion to Islam, one needs to visit a mosque in the locality and take Shahada in the presence of a Maulvi and two major witnesses. Once the Shahada is performed, the Maulvi will issue a conversion certificate on the letterhead of the mosque, which is called a Shahada certificate.
What are the effects of conversion of marriage?
conversion could have the following legal effects on the marriage: (i) An automatic dissolution of the marriage. (ii) A ground for divorce at the instance of the non-convert. (iii) A ground for divorce at the instance of the convert.
Who are the people who convert to Islam?
Still, the number of those who convert to Islam is significant. In the U.S., the majority are African-American (a third of all Muslims according to most authorities), but there have also been significant numbers of Anglos to convert as well, many of them well-educated.
Why is the number of Muslims converting to Islam increasing?
Most of this growth is due to recent immigration and the high birth rate of Muslims (5 children per family on average), rather than to conversion. Still, the number of those who convert to Islam is significant.
What does the word ‘revert’ mean in Islam?
The word ‘revert’ means to go to a previous state. Islam considers everyone to be born Muslims, since it is supposedly the only true religion from the one true god. So “revert” implies that one is returning back to the original state of being within the Islamic faith.
Are non-Muslims who become Muslims called “reverts”?
Sometime in the 90s it started to become popular within British Muslim communities to refer to non-Muslims who became Muslims as “Reverts”.