Uploaded by dawatv1 on 24 Nov 2011 - Queenie Padilla interviewed after performing hajj in Makkah Saudi Arabia. Queenie Padilla is a daughter of the famous celebrity Robin Padilla who has also Embraced Islam.
MANILA,
Philippines -- Actress Queenie Padilla has quit show business for her Muslim religion.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Padilla said she finds inner peace and direction in life in Islam.
"Islam is a way of life. When you start to [become a] Muslim, you know [what] your life purpose really is. I am such a sinful person, but Allah invited me to his house. I am so close to him," she said.
Before I genuinely began to cultivate and nurture my relationship with God, I regarded the five daily prayers that Islam enjoins on believers as laborious. It seemed impractical to expect that I would be able to stop what I was doing during my busy work schedule to take time out and pray.
Working as a news wire journalist, I was often spending upwards of 10 hours a day in the office or at conferences, interviews and meetings, barely able to make time for a lunch break. If I wasn't working, my time was divided between house chores, errands, family and friends, and exercise. I was punctual with everything in my life, except that I was late five times a day.
In my mind, it was not viable to expect that I could wake up before the crack of dawn to pray the early-morning prayer, fajr, otherwise I would be too tired to work effectively later that morning. It also seemed inefficient to interrupt my work meetings to pray duhr, the mid-day prayer, and asr, the afternoon prayer.
Making the sunset prayer maghrib was often a challenge because the window to pray is typically quite short and coincides with the time between finishing work, having dinner and returning home. So, in effect, the only prayer that was feasible for me to pray on time was isha, the evening prayer. For most of my life, thus, I would at best pray all five prayers in the evening, or skip prayers here and there to accommodate my immediate commitments.
Uploaded by aston79suara on 7 Dec 2011 - Theology professor Thomas Romer of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, analyses Genesis 2-3. Will this not place the "concept of "original sin" held by fellow Christians in contention?
Uploaded by AlkautharInstitute on 14 Dec 2010 - Sheikh Bilal Ismail educates us about some history and benefits of the 1st sacred month in the Muslim calender - Muharram.
He also discusses the most virtuous day in this month - the day of Ashura.
Uploaded by ignaciosanmon on Jul 2, 2009 - George Galloway discusses the difference between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, and between Judaism and Zionism.
SalafiJustice on Oct 18, 2008:
Quran 11-44. And it was said: "O earth! Swallow up your water, and O sky! Withhold (your rain)." And the water was diminished (made to subside) and the Decree (of Allaah) was fulfilled (i.e. the destruction of the people of Nuh (Noah). AND IT (THE SHIP) RESTED ON MOUNT JUDI, and it was said: "Away with the people who are Zalimuun (polytheists and wrong-doing)!"
Martin Wroe, LONDON - Noah's Ark has been found on the Turkish-Iranian border, 32 kilometres from Mount Ararat, according to the leader of a team of scientists that has been investigating the site for six years.
The Turkish government is so convinced by the findings that, after years of intransigence, it has designated the site one of special archaeological interest and agreed to its excavation next summer.
The remote site contains a buried, ship-like object, resting an altitude of 2,300 metres. At 170 metres long and 45 metres wide, it conforms almost exactly to the 300 cubit by 50 cubit boat that God told Noah to build, according to Genesis 6 in the Bible.
On surrounding terrain, the American and Middle Eastern scientists have identified huge stones with holes carved at one end, which they believe are "drogue-stones," dragged behind ships in the ancient world to stabilise them.
Radar soundings indicate unusual levels of iron-oxide distribution.
Salih Bayraktutan, head of geology at Turkey's Ataturk University, estimates the age of the 'vessel' at more than 100,000 years. "It is a man-made structure and for sure it is Noah's Ark." The site is directly below the mountain of Al Judi, named in the Koran as the Ark's resting place.
David Fasold, an American shipwreck specialist with no religious affiliation, has led the investigation. He says subsurface radar surveys of the site have produced "very good pictures." "The radar imagery at about 25 metres down from the stern is so clear that you can count the floorboards between the walls."
He believes the team has found the fossilised remains of the upper deck and that the original reed substructure has disappeared. But the findings have infuriated the scores of Christian Ark-hunters who travel to Turkey, convinced the Ark will only be found on Mount Ararat.
Some of Fasold's team of geophysicists and geologists are reserving final judgement until the excavation and carbon-dating. But in a British TV series on the environment next month, team member Vendyl Jones, a Middle East archaeologist and inspiration for film character Indiana Jones, says it is "between maybe and probably" that they have found Noah's Ark.
The Observer newspaper
"Islam yang saya minati dari kecil khirnya menjadi pedoman untuk saya meneruskan langkah menuju jalan yang diredai", ujar Cheryl Chew atau nama Islamnya Huda Chew, 42.
Ketua wanita Keadilan Cabang Bukit Gelugor itu baru sahaja memeluk Islam setelah meyakini Islam mampu memandunya kejalan yang diberkati Allah SWT. Beliau mengakui terpaut hati pada ajaran Islam sejak kecil apabila tinggal berhampiran Masjid Pulau Pinang. Bagaimana pun kerana hormat dan ingin menjaga hati ibu bapa, hasratnya untuk memeluk Islam dipendamkan buat sementara waktu. Minatnya untuk memeluk Islam bertunas kembali setelah mendapat ramai sahabat dikalangan penganut Islam.
Menurut beliau, antara yang bertanggungjawab mendorongnya memeluk Islam ialah ketua Keadilan cabang Gombak, Endon Abdullah dan timbalannya Faridah Abdul Karim.
"Alhamdulillah bila ada pendorong akhirnya saya rasa inilah detik yang paling berharga yang perlu saya ambil. Puan Endon dan Faridah merupakan kawan sejatiyang banyak membantu sehingga saya kuat dengan agama sekarang," katanya.
Di Pulau Pinang, Ketua Wanita Keadilan Cabang Bayan Baru Latifah Abdullah dan Ketua Ketua cabang Balik Pulau Sharifah Norhayati juga banyak membantu.huda yang kini bertugas dan tinggal di Kuala Lumpur mengharapkan ramai lagi rakan taulan dapat membantunya mendalami Islam.
Syabas dan tahniah kepada Puan Huda kerana memilih jalan Islam sebagai pedoman hidup. Hidayah yang diperolehi ini haruslah di jaga dan dipraktikkan dengan sebaiknya. Inilah akibat sekiranya berkawan dan bersahabat dengan golongan yang merperjuangkan agama. Selain cuba sedaya upaya memperjuangkan dan menegakkan agama, PAS akan berdakwah dan terus berdakwah untuk mendekatkan golongan bukan Islam kepada Islam. Kita juga mengharapkan agar lebih ramai lagi yang akan mengikut langkah puan Huda ini.
Uploaded by VOAvideo on Sep 12, 2011 - When Islamic terrorists attacked the United States in 2001, some Americans were angry at Islam, because they see all Muslims as potential terrorists. Others now understand Islam better because it gets so much attention in the media. VOA's Carolyn Presutti tells the story of one woman experienced loss in 2001, but then turned to the same religion that some blamed.
Uploaded by inkofscholars on Oct 15, 2010 - How Ruben (Abu Bakr) Became a Muslim. He was brought up an athiest with ex christian parents. This is by far, the most comical revert story i have ever heard. A must see for ALL.
Uploaded by Zabeehullah on Sep 9, 2007 - Every year 20 thousand people in the USA take Shahada and become muslims. CNN reports that 1.5 million people have converted to Islam since the 9/11 incident in USA!
Allahu Akbar!
