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 Sahiba
Assalaam
alaikum wa Rahmatullah.
I
have just read your article How
to Stop Being a Violent Person and agree with you totally. I am from
a small West Indian island - Trinidad - we have a rising problem with
crime especially among the youths. We have a population of only 1.3
million and yet we rank among the top 10 countries in the world for
murder and kidnapping. As a mother I can understand what the young
people are facing in this world. I look forward to reading more of your
articles. Keep up the good work and may Allah bless you with knowledge
and the ability to continue working for His cause.
June
19,
2005
Momtaz
Assalamu
alaikum
I
have read your article Tips
on How to Overcome Low Self-Esteem on Islamonline.com. I thoroughly
enjoyed it. I have found your article to be helpful as I am a person
suffering from low self-esteem.
June 19, 2005
 Halimah
Assalamu
alaikum!
You
told me to be in touch so now I congratulate IOL for a beautiful and
very useful article: Living
in a Violent Society: Survival Tips
June
19, 2005
Shafat
Assalam
alaikum, I read your inspiring write up Tips
on How to Overcome Low Self-Esteem which gave me good insight
into what I am myself going through.
June
19, 2005
Usman
Assalam
Alaykum
I
read your article on Islam-online.net Tips
on How to Overcome Low Self-Esteem
. It is indeed a thoughtful insight in how essential self-esteem
is. I just forgot the meaning of self-confidence and self-esteem. I just
pray Allah Almighty to grant me again these two key ingredients in life.
June
17, 2005
 Living
With a Void: Life Before and After Accepting Islam
Vimmi
Yasmin Banu
Sister
Naseema Mall's write-up deserves all credit because of her candor
in sharing the reality of being a Muslim. I felt that someone is
speaking my language and thoughts that had remained dormant in my state
of mind. We are reading umpteen articles about non-Muslims
embracing Islam and their journey in seeking the light of a true
religion. But for me, that most imperative aspect—we Muslims
seeking our religion called Islam—is often missing.
Even
I was born as a Muslim by default; I never understood the meaning of the
religion. I just believed that Allah is one and every religion preaches
only peace. I never failed to go to temples, churches and so on,
emphasizing that “One is the Religion and One is the Almighty.”
Luckily,
when I moved to the
Middle East
, during the vicissitudes of my life, I was really pondering the
religion that I am following. Fortunately for me, Islam entered in many
phases as my colleagues spent innumerable man-hours explaining the
beauty of Islam. Today my life begins and ends only with
Islam.
As
sister Naseema emphasizes, my self-esteem has been elevated and my
perspective of life has changed. Our religion has to be addressed
in a proper manner. The most significant aspect is teaching Muslims what
Islam is. When we are the ambassadors, Islam can be spread by
leaps and bounds. Islam was spread to more than three continents in the
span of a few centuries, so now during this era when information and
media are at our finger tips, what more do we need?
We
are a nation and we should strive hard to become a positive force
and demonstrate the beauty of religion in every aspect of our lives.
June
2005
Manal
Zoubeidi
It is beautiful. I really thank you for
such topics that are being discussed and for this wonderful, simple, and
touching language.
Keep the good work going.
June 2005
Cherine
Makram
I am very pleased to be a part in the
volunteer youth network
and I would like to contribute in lots of activities through this
network.
May 2005
 Why
Do I Feel so Bad? Part 2.. It's All in the Mind
Naila
I
would just like to thank you for your deep and meaningful depiction of
today's society. I, too, have had those very thoughts conveyed in mind.
It's good to know that I am not the only crazy human being on earth!
When I read and talk to people of similar minds, it reaffirms my belief
in Islam and the need for this beautiful religion in a decayed society.
Unfortunately, I feel Muslims are not doing this religion any justice
and have fallen into the hands of the secular world. Still I take great
comfort in changing myself for the better and pleasing Allah as much as
I can, since what counts is my relationship with Him and knowing that He
guides me. It is the only way I survive in this depressive,
non-communicative and non-compassionate world I live in. Fortunately, I
have been blessed with insight and I have friends who are similar in
mind.
May
2005
In
My Shoes
Huda
I
was deeply touched by the resilience and patience that sister Amatullah
was able to maintain throughout her struggle. I used her journal
entries as a basis for a lesson I gave to my youth group about
thankfulness and piety. Our masjid's sisters committee has also arranged
a day of reflection centered around the Amatullah theme. She was, ma sha’
Allah, an inspiring Muhsinah, and I know that I personally learned a lot
from her.
This
past Saturday Sister Amatullah passed away. “Inna lillahi wa inna
ilaihi raji`un” (To Allah we belong and to Him we return.) May
Allah make her grave a place of rest and peace for her, and make her one
of those that are under His shade on the Day of Judgment. Ameen.
I
thought it would be appropriate for some notification to be posted
regarding her condition, as so many followed her story and were affected
by her journal entries.
April 2005
 Ahmad
Mohammad
I
have just read the wonderful poem on our noble Prophet (peace be upon
him)
Come
- I'll tell you something true. May Allah reward you
abundantly. May He also give you the ability and wisdom to do more.
February
2005
 Asel
Baigubekova
I
really appreciate your work and I read your stories, poems from the
site. I like it very much and really your stories raise my spirit.
Sorry, I did not introduce myself: My name is Asel and I am from
Kazakhstan. Maybe you heard about this country? The languages of the
country are Kazakh and Russian. So, I tried to translate your story An
Easy Way to Paradise into the Russian language because my sisters don't
know English.
February
2005
Youth…Problems
Ibn
Harriet
I
would just like to say I enjoyed reading the live dialogue that was
hosted by Mrs. Anisa Kissoon. I found it very informative, beneficial,
and reassuring. I feel another live dialogue concerning the issues
discussed would be again, very beneficial to the youth so I hope the
brothers and sisters at IslamOnline could encourage Mrs. Anisa to pick
up where she most positively left off.
August
2004
 ‘Lost
Voices’ - A competition for youth between 13 – 25 years
Leila
Lately
I have grown so engrossed with the volunteer's site. It has given me so
much zeal and insight about volunteering. It has helped me to take that
one step that I was hesitating to take. For that I want to thank you
(volunteer's resource network staff) for the efforts you all have
supplied, to youth and non-youth everywhere in the world. Also I would
like to extol all those who participate. Without them we wouldn't have
what we have now.
I never knew I could be so attracted by poems. After trying so many
poems lately for the competition, as a result of that I came up with one
poem about volunteering, which I would like to share with everyone. It's
not for the competition, just a simple one giving picture to what
affects a person before, during and after volunteering. Thank you.
August
2004
Abdulrahman
Mohammed
We
would like to network with you as your fellow Muslim youths from
Nairobi, Kenya. We are a community-based organization known as Altaawon
Islamic Youth Organization. Our objectives are education, da`wah, and
micro-enterprise as a means of sustaining our projects. Currently we
have managed to establish a library and an Islamic youth resource centre
in Korogocho, the third-largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
We are in the process of expanding to other areas within Nairobi, so we
wish to network with your organization in matters related to da`wah and
education and later we can have for the benefit of our Muslim ummah. We
know your strengths and may Allah continue giving you energy to serve
Islam.
July
2004
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Muhammad
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