Islamic Proselytism

How to Convert to Islam and Become a Muslim

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Converting to Islam is easy. This article explains how to convert and become a Muslim in a simple way. In addition to that, it gives a brief overview of Islam, the faith of 1.7 billion people, and sheds light on the benefits of converting.

"We did not send before you (O Muhammad) any messenger but We revealed to him: ‘none has the right to be worshipped except I, therefore worship Me.’" (Quran 21:25)

"We have not sent you (O Muhammad) but to all mankind as a giver of good news and as a warner, but most people do not know." (Quran 34:28) "Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers." (Quran 3:85)

Becoming a Muslim is a simple and easy process. All that a person has to do is to say a sentence called the Testimony of Faith (Shahada), which is pronounced as: I testify "La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasoolu Allah."

These Arabic words mean, "There is no true god (deity) but God (Allah), and Muhammad is the Messenger (Prophet) of God." Once a person says the Testimony of Faith (Shahada) with conviction and understanding its meaning, then he/she has become a Muslim. The first part, "There is no true deity but God," means that none has the right to be worshipped but God alone, and that God has neither partner nor son. The second part means that Muhammad was a true Prophet sent by God to humankind

Comments: As one of the "losers" it strikes me that Islam proselytizes at the end of a gun or the blade of a sword. Examples seem to abound (warning ... stacks of bloody bodies). To be fair at times Christianity has done the same (see Crusades and Spanish Inquisition).To be (or become) a Muslim one must reject the Deity of Christ and the Trinity and:

O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter aught concerning Allah save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of Allah, and His word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers, and say not “Three”—Cease! (it is) better for you!—Allah is only One God. Far is it removed from His transcendant majesty that he should have a son. His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender. The Messiah will never scorn to be a slave unto Allah, nor will the favoured angels. Whoso scorneth His service and is proud, all such will He assemble unto Him (Surah 4:171-172, emp. added).

They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden Paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil‑doers there will be no helpers. They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is no God save the One God. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve. Will they not rather turn unto Allah and seek forgiveness of Him? For Allah is Forgiving, Merciful (Surah 5:72-74, emp. added)

This leads to the essense of Christianity:

• God is Triune (not time to defend it now but for a full treatment consider: Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith and The Forgotten Trinity
• Jesus IS God. Much evidence but briefly: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1). He is the only begotten Son.
• He died to save sinners: "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief" (1 Timothy 1:15)
• He rose victorious over the grave: "For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time." (1 Corinthians 15:3-8)
• Christians do not worship Allah .. we worship Christ. 
• Both Christianity and Islam may be error (obviously as a Christian I believe New Testament Christianity to be true!). But both Christianity AND Islam cannot both be true

Related: Persecution of Muslims who convert to Christianity