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IAIN MACARTHUR

Portraits by Iain Macarthur

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Baraka Blue: Love & Light (official video)

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Converting to Islam: British women on prayer, peace and prejudice.

Around 5,000 British people convert to Islam every year – and most of them are women. Six of them talk about prejudice, peace and praying in car parks.

Dr Annie (Amina) Coxon, consultant physician and neurologist, 72, London

"I'm English back to the Normans. I was brought up in the US and Egypt, before coming to boarding school in the UK at six, then doing medical training in London and the US. I've been married twice, have three stepchildren and five stepgrandchildren.

I converted 21 years ago. It was the result of a long search for a more spiritual alternative to Catholicism. Initially, I didn't consider Islam because of the negative image in the media. The conversion process was gradual and ultimately guided by the example of the mother of the current Sultan of Oman – one of my patients – and by a series of dreams.

My family were initially surprised, but accepted my conversion. After 9/11, however, my relationship with my sister-in-law changed and I am no longer welcome in their home. I have friends for whom my conversion is an accepted eccentricity, but I lost many superficial ones because of it..."

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via THE GUARDIAN

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QUESTIONS WITH REVERT NAILAH VICTORIA EDWARDS.

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THE GREAT MOSQUE OF XI’AN

It is the oldest and one of the most renowned mosques in the country, founded in 742. However, the majority of the existing Xi’an Great Mosque was constructed during the Ming Dynasty and further expanded in the Qing Dynasty.

It was built and renovated in later periods (especially during the reign of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty). It remains a popular tourist site of Xi'an, and is still used by Chinese Muslims (mainly the Hui people) today as a place of worship. Unlike most mosques in Middle Eastern or Arab countries, the Great Mosque of Xi'an is completely Chinese in its construction and architectural style, except for some Arabic lettering and decorations, for the mosque has neither domes nor traditional-style minarets.

Via Wikipedia

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THE GREAT MOSQUE OF XI'AN, CHINA (LONELY PLANET TRAVEL VIDEO)

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Muslims in China

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VINCENT ABADIE HAFEZ

Calligraphy fine art by Vincent Abadie Hafez.

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The legendary Muslim Martial Artist Grandmaster Wang Ziping.

Wang Zi-Ping (1881—1973) was a Chinese-Muslim practitioner of Chinese Martial Arts and traditional medicine from Changzhou, Cangxian county, Mengcun, Hebei Province.He served as the leader of the Shaolin Kung Fu division of the Martial Arts Institute in 1928 and was also the vice chairman of the Chinese Wushu Association. Wang was known for his mastery of Cha quan, Hua quan, Pao Chuan, Bajiquan, and Tai Chi Chuan. Wang developed “Quan Shr Er Shr Fa” (Twenty Fist Method) as well as “Ching Long Jian” (Green Dragon Sword). He was succeeded by his daughter Wang Ju-Rong and his granddaughters Grace Wu, Xiaoping wu and Helen Wu.

  via Islam In China and Wikipedia.

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Islam: Easy Ways To Do Good Deeds in Your Everyday Life.

Video by Hijabi Eilu.

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HANNAH HABIBI

Various artworks by HANNAH HABIBI.

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SARA SHAMSAVARI

Photography by British-Iranian Sara Shamsavari.

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PHARRELL - HAPPY BRITISH MUSLIMS! #HAPPYDAY

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Faith Change: Islam rapidly grows as Christianity declines in UK

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LADY EVELYN COBBOLD

Travelling from Mayfair to Makkah in 1933 at the age of 65, Lady Evelyn Cobbold, an elegant Scottish aristocrat, was the first British born Muslim woman to make the Hajj. Once describing herself “unconsciously a little Moslem at heart” to the Pope, her book Pilgrimage to Mecca (1934) is a fascinating account of her Hajj journey.

“The Ka’ba rising in simple majesty...[requires] a master pen to describe the scene, poignant in its intensity of the great concourse of humanity of which I was one small unit, completely lost to their surroundings in fervour of religious enthusiasm…. I felt caught up in a strong wave of spiritual exaltation….” 

via Emel

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FORMER AMERICAN RAPPER, MC ROUTER ON THE DR. PHIL SHOW

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TURNING MUSLIM IN AUSTRALIA