In January Muslims and Islam were once again thrown into negative spotlight by events in Paris which once again portrayed Muslims as uncivilised killers.
However even during this media spotlight, just like all previous times, some people researched Islam, read about our Prophet 
and his life and saw beauty and truth. Even during this period of negative portrayal of Islam, people converted to Islam.
We cannot control if people accept Islam or not, but we can play our role to show them the truth. The majority of the world is not Muslim and there are many people who may be prevented from researching Islam due to the negative portrayals of Islam.
There are many non Muslims who will be swayed by the beauty and peacefulness of Islam if they were to research it and read up about it, but these people may not do so because of the negative media portrayal, or even interactions with Muslims which have been less than ideal.
We have been granted the gift of Islam, but this is not a guarantee - if we do not cherish it, this gift can be taken away from us. Likewise, Islam is not transmitted through family, tribe of genes, its enlightenment can reach anyone.
Many people can be swayed through islam by reading about the Prophet Muhammah and his life. However even here there is much negative portrayal that people will have to fight through to get to the truth.
It is our duty to make sure that non Muslims atleast have the opportunity to learn about Islam and the prophet (saw).
It is also necessary for us to make ourselves into good muslims not only to present a good image to non Muslims but to save our own selves and increase the practice of Islam in our communities.
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New Blog posts in January 2015
3 January 2015 - My father's accent - Spoken word
3 January 2015 - To my brothers - Spoken word
6 January 2015 - Germany - Anti Muslim rallies and counter rallies
8 January 2015 - Paris "Charlie Hebdo" Killings
11 January 2015 - David Cameron to stand with Netanyahu "against terrorism"
13 January 2015 - Charlie Hebdo decides to honour its dead by offending over 1.5 billion people
14 January 2015 - It's a Monkey!
26 January 2015 - Gadhafi agreed to abdicate & go into exile before 2011 coalition assault/lynching
New Polls in January 2015
6 January 2015 - What do you make of plans for mandatory reporting of "Terrorist Toddlers"?
New forum Topics in January 2015:
4 January 2015 - Anti-terror plan to spy on toddlers
7 January 2015 - Black Flags of Khorasan/Afghanistan
10 January 2015 - This Muslim Man Saved Several Hostages During The Paris Kosher Market Siege
11 January 2015 - How can we tell the saheeh ahaadeeth from the fabricated ones?
13 January 2015 - Angela Merkel takes part in anti-islamophobia rally
17 January 2015 - multi level marketing and pyramid schemes such as ACN
19 January 2015 - Islam and the Secular West
19 January 2015 - Which order do you read the Quran
23 January 2015 - King Abdullah passes - King Salman takes the reigns
23 January 2015 - Kenyan grandmother at school with her great-great-grandchildren
27 January 2015 - the sealed nectar
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