MADINAH: Former boxing champion Mike Tyson, who embraced Islam while serving a prison sentence in the 1990s, is on his first visit to the Kingdom to perform Umrah. He arrived in the holy city of Madinah on Friday to perform prayers at the Prophet’s Mosque. While in Madinah, Tyson met Dr. Muhammad Al-Oqala, president of […]

“My faith means everything to me; it’s the thing that keeps me going every day,” the father of two said. “It’s my core, it’s my soul.”

Highlights from Mike Tyson’s pilgrimage to Makkah and visit to Holy Sites.

Muhammad Ali’s Words of Wisdom http://youtu.be/ytCUWuwTGRg

Canadian Dawah Association invites you to this important event: “Faith in the Face of Hate”!

The world’s oldest known Christian Bible goes online Monday — but the 1,600-year-old text doesn’t match the one you’ll find in churches today. CNN Report

Felicia “Fautimah” Chappelle accepts Islam One of my blood brothers, Abdullah (William Chappelle) is visiting with his Muslim friend. At the time Abdullah and I are adults sharing a small two bedroom apartment. The year is 1995.   During this time in my life I am returning to the Midwest having outgrown the pleasures of […]

Introduction: Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louise Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the family’s eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earl’s civil rights activism prompted death threats from the […]

Interview with Muhammad Ali: Two hours from Chicago, Barrien Spring is a small village of about 2,000 people. The road leading to Muhammad Ali’s house ends there. Al Capone once owned this 88 acre Michigan farm. The MacDonald on the Interstate 94 exit to his home has his signed gloves hanging there.   Ali speaks […]

I never believed in worshipping anyone except for God. Even as a child, the concept that we should worship Father, Son and Holy Ghost bothered me deeply. I could not understand why the son and the holy ghost should be worshipped… didn’t they worship God, too?   As I grew, I was indoctrinated into Western […]

Gathering the Initial Pieces of ‘the Purpose of Life Puzzle’ I once thought my upbringing offered an excellent way of life, especially since I felt satisfied both mentally and physically. As a young man, I lived the life of an average American who had a rather hedonistic lifestyle; I was fond of music, a festive […]

But eventually I started to feel a consciousness within me looking for some sort of consoling. Although I was lost and in the dark, since I never saw the light, I didn’t know the difference between the two. I began to think of “the bigger picture.”