Why Did They Become Muslims

Algeria, in Morocco, and in the other Muslim cities observed all
these rules and thereby led a peaceful life. They did not need
ornaments, pictures, icons, candles, music, or other trivialities of
the same sort to initiate themselves into the life-style leading to the
sympathy of Allâhu ta’âlâ. The sense of awareness of the fact that
they were the born slaves of Allâhu ta’âlâ and their acts of
supplication before Him afforded them the greatest source of
spiritual peace, happiness and flavour.
The qualities of freedom and equity inherent in the Islamic
religion have always magnatized me towards it. Among Muslims,
a person occupying the highest rank position and the poorest
member of the society are equal before Allâhu ta’âlâ, and they are
merely two individuals in the general recognition of fraternity.
Muslims perform their acts of worship side by side in mosques.
There are not any special places allotted for the leadership.
Muslims hold the belief that there is not a third person to act as
an intermediary between Allâhu ta’âlâ and His born slave. The
Islamic acts of worship are performed between Allâhu ta’âlâ and
the slave. They do not appeal to men of religion for the forgiveness
of their wrongdoings. Every Muslim is the only person responsible
for his personal behaviour.
The mutual fraternity among Muslims has always been helpful
in my personal life. This fraternity was one of the factors whereby
I was charmed towards Islam. I know that, wherever I go, a
Muslim brother of mine will help me and sympathize with me. All
Muslims the world over, of different races, colours and political
views as they may be, are brothers and they look on it as an
obligation to help one another.
These are the causes for my becoming a Muslim. I wonder if it
could be possible to conceive of causes more beautiful or more
exalted than these?
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SALÂHADDIN BOART
(American)
In 1338 [1920 C.E.], I was in the waiting-room of a doctor’s
office where I had gone for a medical examination, when I saw two
magazines printed in London, namely ‘Orient Review’ and
‘African Times’. As I was skimming through them I read a
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