Islam today, said Sarah Joseph, an editor, has been distorted. A lot of information about Islam that far from the truth. "If I read a leaflet about Islam, maybe I do not want to convert to Islam. I am interested in Islam after reading the Koran and Hadith," she said co-founder of Emel magazine this.
Sarah is a British Muslim women who embrace God's religion is not from the path of descent and family. The woman who is now 33-year-old began to study Islam and read the creed at a very young age, 16 years old. Curiosity that led her to read a lot of Islamic literature.
Before deciding to convert to Islam, she spent one year to dive in the Qur'an and Hadith. In contrast to some friends of her converts, at the beginning of Islamic learning, she actually avoiding to meet with fellow Muslims or those who have swapped the Muslim religion before. She wants to convert to Islam growing awareness from within themselves, not because of the influence of others.
"I was impressed by the exceptional character, patience, honesty and integrity of the noble Prophet Muhammad (SAW). When he decided to become 'seekers of truth' is sincere in the truest sense of the word, Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, leading to straight path, "she said, calling the letter quotes the Qur'an Ash-syuara (42) verse 52.
One again, she was impressed how Islam to build equality between men and women. "People like Khadija, Ayesha, Sumayy'a and Nusayba - may Allah be pleased with them all - fought alongside their brothers in Islam to create a just society and the fear of God," she said. The men and women in the community of Medina, she said, struggling together for God.
Sarah Joseph is now known as a writer, broadcaster, and lecturer on Islam in both the UK and internationally. She was raised in a devout Catholic family and educated.
Her mother, Valerie Askew, Askew's successful running Modelling Agency, a modeling agency. Her father, a famous British accountant.
About her past, she was reluctant to say much. She simply stated, "I grew up in a world where all people slim and beautiful."
Sarah was educated at St. George's School, Hanover Square, Mayfair and St. Thomas More School, Sloane Square, Chelsea. She achieved a bachelor's degree from the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King's College London.
She claimed not like the East-West dichotomy or Muslim-Infidel countries. "People can say that I come from the house of Pharaoh, but not in the house of Pharaoh is Pharaoh's wife, a pious woman, who sees the truth and they follow her, even though Pharaoh threatens them with torture and death. And of course, there is Moses, who also placed in the house of Pharaoh by God, to then be called to spread His message, "she said.
She called 'her home', England, has a pious and good in it. Also the people who, if exposed to the truth, will follow. "The truth may now disguised and hidden from them. And not just by the media, but also by the Muslims themselves who conceal God's message in their culture and tradition that is not Islamic, and in their anger," she added.
Now, through the Muslim lifestyle magazine, Emel, she spread the peaceful message of Islam. On the other hand, she also "dress up" Muslim women to be a publicist for her religion. "Islam is beautiful. Our task reveals the beauty of Islam and a mercy for all," she said.
Source:www.republika.co.id
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