Becoming Muslim - by Nuh Keller (former Catholic & Agnostic) Stories of New Muslims - stories by converts on how they came to Islam Local Stories of New Muslims - stories by converts known locally on how they came to Islam British and Muslim? - problems faced by converts in the UK An excerpt from A Road to Mecca - by Muhammad Asad Islam in France - an interesting article in the Atlantic Monthly on Islam in France Islam in Southeast Asia - a very well done slide show with commentary Islam in the Age of Western Media - by Akbar S. Ahmed Islam: The Next American Religion? - by Michael Wolfe Diana and Dionysus - analysis of the death of Diana Princess of Wales Interview of Abdal Hakim Murad - a Cambridge Professor Reflections on Islam and Modern Life - by Syed Hossein Nasr Imam Zaid's Post-Ramadan Message Interview with Shaykh Hamza Shakyh Yaqoubi and Sidi Hashim Brown on Tradition and Da'wa Byzantine and Islamic Worlds - The Development of Western Civilization Islam, Jihad, and Terrorism A Golden Reign of Tolerance - New York Times article More Recommended Readings on Islam

Recommended Readings on Islam and the West

American Jihad : Islam After Malcolm X by Steven Barboza (Editor) The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley Daughters of Another Path: Experiences of American Women Choosing Islam by Carol Anway Islam in the United States of America by Sulayman S. Nyang The Road to Mecca by Muhammad Asad One Thousand Roads to Mecca : Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing About the Muslim Pilgrimage by Michael Wolfe Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by Sylviane Diouf African Muslims in Antebellum America by Allan Austin