VIDEO: Darkness to Light, "Why I embraced Islaam", testimonials from Muslim converts

[Abdullah al-Muhajir]

VIDEO: Darkness To Light

A revealing film that sets out to discover through the experience of people, who from a variety of backgrounds embraced Islam; what it is about Islam that attracts them, how it changed them and what Islam ultimately has to offer mankind.

Part 1
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light01.ram)
Right click here to download (12.23 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light01.rm)

Part 2
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light2.ram)
Right click here to download (11.01 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light2.rm)

Part 3
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light3.ram)
Right click here to download (3.39 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light3.rm)

[Abdullah al-Muhajir]

I have included this particular thread, which I have also posted at the General forum, in the 'Learn about Islaam' forum so that guests can read and have the chance to download the wonderful documentary within.

[Jam]

:salams

This is a truly excellent documentary :masha: :up:

:wswrwb:

[Marb]

VIDEO: Darkness To Light

A revealing film that sets out to discover through the experience of people, who from a variety of backgrounds embraced Islam; what it is about Islam that attracts them, how it changed them and what Islam ultimately has to offer mankind.

Part 1
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light01.ram)
Right click here to download (12.23 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light01.rm)

Part 2
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light2.ram)
Right click here to download (11.01 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light2.rm)

Part 3
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light3.ram)
Right click here to download (3.39 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light3.rm)




I could'nt watch it, it keep cutting off every few seconds, may be my computer, any suggestions?

thank you

[Randa]

I could'nt watch it, it keep cutting off every few seconds, may be my computer, any suggestions?
Assalam alykum

make the download,then watch it through ur computer
(not through the net)

it then will not cut off inshaAllah

[Randa]

Assalam alykum

Jazaka Allah khyran brother Abu Sabr for posting these videos,

it's wonderful mashaAllah,wa alhamdullah

[AbuMubarak]

A Former KKK Member Accepts Islam
Abdus Salam (Formerly: Clinton Sipes)


The Beginning - Early Life Trials of Clinton Sipes:

I grew up in a dysfunctional family setting in the atmosphere of alcoholism and physical and emotional abuse that came from my father. Without a positive father figure, I was basically developing antisocial behavior and an inclination to violence.

I began to imitate what I was being exposed to. This process of imitating began unconsciously; it affected my interaction with my elder brother, classmates, teachers and animals too. Nothing was exempted from the sadistic outpouring of pent-up anger and rage!

At the age of 13, I fell into association with similar children, but they weren't as driven as I was, I quickly became bored with them and I began to hang out with the adult types who welcomed my willingness to participate with no reservations in anything under the title of alcohol, drugs, crime, violence and racism. The period of reform school (adolescent jail) began, and that environment also shaped me, refining crime inclination to a full-time skill. Violence and racism were honed to razor sharpness - an environment of negativity that fueled my growing rage and hatred of authority, Blacks, Jews and Asians. After three years of this (reformed period) I was released. I was a walking grenade.

Searching for a point of focus to release this rage, I became associated with a paramilitary racist group of young adults. I participated in regular assaults on people and engaged in various criminal activities. At 16, I found myself incarcerated, serving 6 and a ½ year sentence in the California Youth Authority for robbery, assault, and weapons charges. Immediately I fell in step with the gangs of "white supremacy'' and cultivated my anger into pure "Hate" of all people who were not "Anglo-Saxon".

I began correspondence with the KKK and, upon my release from parole, I was a full-fledged card-carrying hate-monger. For the next 3-4 years my activities were heavily involved in Klan cross-burnings, media appearances, night raids of beatings, property desecrations, etc. My parole was violated for possession of weapons and suspicion of robberies.


Search For Peace - Young Adult

With this last violation of parole, at the age of 20, the search for peace began. I had so much rage and hatred inside me for so many years, it was beginning to consume me from inside out. I lashed out at the prison staff in hatred. I had anger and hate literature, graffiti drawings covering half my cell walls, and tattoos covering half my upper body; I was not exploding, but imploding!

In a haze of anger and rage I found myself stripped naked in a solitary confinement with not even a mattress. Only me and a styrofoam cup. I began to review my past and the negatives which brought me to this point of reduction to the lowest terms. While I was there, my daughter was born. I began to assess my future. I began thinking of the many victims' lives I had affected. I could see myself in prison for life if this were to continue into the future. I said to myself, "Clinton, you must make a choice between this evil or a future good." It was clear to me there was no future (of longevity) in this evil. My family - mother, girlfriend, brothers - were afraid of me; I had become alienated from them. I wanted to be loved in a pure sense. I just didn't want to "Hate" anymore.

I moved to Montana, was arrested for burglary, sentenced and served 2 and ½ years of a 5-year sentence, and was released on parole, which I successfully completed. I became involved with human rights groups and started my own human rights group - C.H.E.R.E (Children Escaping Racist Environments). My goal was to reach out to help them escape the environmental circumstances that had overwhelmed me once. I wanted to give back where I was once a problem, but I was still involved in crime. I took part in possession of explosives and was arrested by the Federal Government and sentenced to 35 months in Federal prison.


The Search for Truth

It began upon my arrival at Federal prison. An African American offered to assist in my cosmetic needs. He was a Muslim and Muslims are commanded to help those in need. It struck my interest to check this Islamic thing out. But I was under the impression that this was a religion exclusively for African Americans. I was thinking, no way can I become a Muslim, I'm white!

Still I asked this brother for some literature on Islam. I found out about the universality of it, how it transcends color, ethnicity and race. It sounded real, pure. It began to appeal to me. This brother invited me to Jumuah service. I was given a Quran, and as I read the translation I felt the purity of it, the truth of it. There was no hocus-pocus, no spookism, no mysticism, just plain, simple understanding "Truth." When I heard the adhan (the call to prayer) I felt a closeness to God that penetrated my heart and soul.

After some research and study of the Quran, I discovered its total infallibility, no contradictions in it. There are religions based on believing in certain sciences, multiple deities, the religion of three-gods-in-one. I was a thinking man and none of them made any logical sense to me.

Here was Islam, based on the belief in one God, Who created the creation itself out of nothing, and the fact that this book I was reading (Quran) had not one vowel or language character changed in over 1,400 years was a miracle in itself. Thus, I was sold on the oneness of God and the unity of Islam.

Christianity has and still is undergoing changes, in the Bible and in the Christian doctrines, and cannot even begin to claim originality of the Bible that is read and taught out of today. There is only one God and one religion, and that religion is "Submission" to the One God. This is the meaning of Islam.


A Metamorphosis: Clinton Sipes into Abdus Salam

As you have read, the life of Clinton Sipes was one of hate, crime and violence, the very things that bring about the total destruction of a human being.

After years of falsehood, half-truths, following others on the road to destruction and leading others down the same road, and then, from within a place (prison) where more than 1,000,000 people are cast away - the same environment that once honed my anger and hate to razor sharpness, was now the place where Islam greeted me and proceeded to change me into a "Servant of Peace." Islam filled the spiritual void by teaching me my beginning and end; has given contentment, a peace, and a serenity to me that these words cannot adequately describe. My purpose is clear, my direction is straight. Islam has, through its truth, taught me humility and the true worship of Allah (God). I learned that from Allah we came and to Allah we must return. Allah created all things animate and inanimate, microscopic and macroscopic, the finite and infinite. Nothing creates itself, but is created by Allah.

On the last day, it will not matter if I was black or white, rich or poor, powerful or weak in power; nor will it matter about all mankind. Rather it will be all about one's deeds, good or bad, for which an individual is personally responsible and will be punished and rewarded accordingly. No one can die or be punished for my sins or be rewarded for the good I may do but me. I am responsible; I must answer when asked. I became aware of this truth and declared openly: There is no god but God (Allah) and His last messenger was the Prophet Muhammed ibn Abdullah al-Mustafa. Thus in essence, my life has returned to infancy where truth and purity begin. Alhumdolillah!

In, closing, the metamorphosis has now come full circle. I have found "Truth" in Allah, all praises to Him, creator of mankind, angels and jinn, and all that exists in the heavens and earth. Allah, to whom all praise is due, has 99 names or attributes; one attribute is Salam (Peace). The Creator is originator of the very existence of peace; there is no peace but the Peace of Allah (God), to whom all praise is due. I have found this Peace; I am now Abdus Salam, the slave and servant of the Originator of the one and only source of Peace, Allah, the Most High, to whom all praise is due.

[AbuMubarak]

Why are so Many Women Converting to Islam ?



According to "The Almanac Book of Facts", the population increased 137% within the past decade, Christianity increased 46%, while Islam increased 235%. In a recent pole in the (US), 100,000 people per year in America alone, are converting to Islam. For every 1 male convert to Islam, 4 females convert to Islam, Why?


Why are The Christians Converting ?


Christian Scientists are declaring the Koran is from God. Visit Here for Christian and atheist Scientists who convert to Islam and why: http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/library/jesus-say/ch13.html

The Christian Bishops and Priests are admitting that Bible has tensions. http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/library/jesus-say/ch2.1.html

Jesus is a Muslim: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/4229/jam.html


The question still remains, why are more women converting than men to Islam ? Perhaps they realize their Soul is worth the Factual Research.


Why are more Women Converting than Men to Islam ?



The Bible says "The Birth of a Daughter is a loss" [Ecclesiasticus 22:3] The Qur'an says both are an Equal Blessing [Qur'an 42:49]



The Bible Forbids Women from Speaking in church [I Corinthians 14:34-35] According to Qur'an, women can argue with the Prophet [58:1]



In The Bible, Widows and Sisters do Not Inherit Any Property or Wealth, Only men do [Numbers 27:1-11] The Koran Abolished this male greediness [Qur'an 4:22] and God Protects All.



If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives [Deuteronomy 22:28-30]

One must ask a simple question here, who is really punished, the man who raped the woman or the woman who was raped? According to the Bible, you have to spend the Rest of Your Life with the man who Raped You.

The Prophet Muhammad Says [Volume 9, Book 86, Number 101] Narrated by Aisha: " It is essential to have the consent of a virgin (for the marriage) " Would the Christian men reading this prefer the Women they know to Be Christian or Muslim?



The list goes on and on, to hear from some of these Converts, including Nuns, and Many Famous People, visit here; http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/newmuslims/

For more Information and Statistics, visit here:
http://www.albany.edu/~ha4934/sisters.html




Please send all replies to missionislam@onelist.com.
For further information check out our website at http://www.missionislam.com. (http://www.missionislam.com.)

[AbuMubarak]

http://www.uga.edu/islam/countries.html

[Jam]

:salams

:jkk: Akhi AbuMubarak for the posts, truly inspiring.

I could'nt watch it, it keep cutting off every few seconds, may be my computer, any suggestions?Yes your network connection is probably not fast enough. As stated above, right click and download the files (using the secondary links) onto your computer, then you can watch them without needing your computer to keep streaming the video over the internet, inshAllah!

:wswrwb:

[Qassami]

VIDEO: Darkness To Light

A revealing film that sets out to discover through the experience of people, who from a variety of backgrounds embraced Islam; what it is about Islam that attracts them, how it changed them and what Islam ultimately has to offer mankind.

Part 1
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light01.ram)
Right click here to download (12.23 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light01.rm)

Part 2
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light2.ram)
Right click here to download (11.01 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light2.rm)

Part 3
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light3.ram)
Right click here to download (3.39 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light3.rm) Jazaaka Allahu khayr al jazaa bro for the links :up:

[Qassami]

Yvonne Ridley says "I thank Allah I was captured bythe most evil and brutal regime in the world and not by the Americans"

http://islamonline.net/English/News...article06.shtml (http://islamonline.net/English/News/2004-12/05/article06.shtml)



CAIRO, December 5 (IslamOnline.net) - Yvonne Ridley, the British journalist who made international headlines three years ago after her dramatic capture and release by the ousted Taliban regime in Afghanistan, believes her life completely changed to the better, thanks to Islam.


What started out as a purely research about Islam following her release turned into a soul-searching trip that culminated with the firm conviction that Islam is not about oppression or violence, but rather peace, tolerance and understanding, she recently told Malaysia’s English-language The Star newspaper.

Embracing Islam in August 2003, the Sunday Express journalist admitted that she used to “work hard and play hard” and was a “prolific drinker”, but found herself now healthier, happier, and more content.

“And my girlfriends can see this, and they ask: ‘What is this that has changed your life so much?’ And I say it’s Islam. And they say: ‘No, really, what is it?’

Ridley was in Malaysia last week to raise funds for the UK-based Islamic social service organization Al-Khaaem.

“The whole experience had taught me a very valuable lesson, and that is not to believe propaganda that powerful people in powerful places want us to believe.”

On Sept 28, 2001, Ridley, then 43, was trying to cross illegally into Afghanistan from Pakistan.

She was held captive by the Taliban. She was eventually released (http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2001-10/09/article8.shtml)in October and went on to write about her unique experiences in a book entitled “In The Hands of the Taliban.”

In the book, she spoke about how she was treated with great respect (http://islamonline.net/English/News/2002-08/27/article53.shtml)and courtesy by Taliban members, who used to call her “guest” and “sister.”



Thank God It Was Taliban
Ridley told the Star that she really thanked God that here captors were the Taliban and not the Americans.

“When I look back at my experience now, and I see the shocking images of Guantanamo Bay (http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2003-04/23/article19.shtml), and the horrendous images and stories emerging from the Abu Ghraib prison (http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-04/30/article04.shtml), I thank Allah I was captured by the most evil and brutal regime in the world and not by the Americans.”

Ridley, as an anti-war activist at the time, recalled how the US intelligence sent a dossier to Taliban alleging that she was a spy to silence her anti-war movement.


“Had I been shot or executed, this would have helped justify the bombing of Afghanistan. It would have further demonized the Taliban. I was told by one intelligence officer: ‘Don’t take this personally. It wasn’t against you,’” she said laughingly.

In an interview with IslamOnline.net before accepting Islam, Ridley said that the wonderful thing about Islam (http://islamonline.net/English/News/2002-08/27/article53.shtml)was that “you have a direct link with God. You don’t need a conduit or a middle person. Peace and love to all.”

Ridley has become a fervent anti-war campaigner since her release.

She has supported the Stop the War Coalition and traveled around the world addressing anti-war gatherings.

She is a founding member of Women in Journalism and the patron of British organisation Stop Political Terror, which looks into the welfare of Muslims in Britain, especially those being held in the notorious Belmarsh and Woodhill prisons.

Ridley still writes for the Sunday Express and also for Muslims Weekly in New York.


She is currently involved with the Islam Channel, a satellite broadcast that started about a year ago in Britain.


Hijab in Parliament

An active member of the nascent Respect (http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-06/15/article07.shtml)political party in Britain, Ridley hopes to be the first female Muslim politician wearing a hijab in the parliament.

“I stood as a candidate in the European elections and we got a quarter of a million votes nationally,” she told the paper.

She continued: “It didn’t translate into a seat but we are going to be fielding candidates in the general elections which may be held in May next year.


“What is particularly significant is if I am successful, I would become the first female Muslim politician to sit in Westminster and probably the first woman wearing a hijab to sit in the houses of parliament.”

But Ridley knows that there is still a long way to go, though encouraged by the support of many Britons, who believe that Prime Minister Tony Blair has let them down.

“There is a ground swell of support from people who feel as though they no longer have a voice in the party headed by a British prime minister who appears to prefer to take his orders from Washington rather than from the people who elected him.”

[Jam]

Bump :D

[Salman Al-Farsi]

VIDEO: Darkness To Light

A revealing film that sets out to discover through the experience of people, who from a variety of backgrounds embraced Islam; what it is about Islam that attracts them, how it changed them and what Islam ultimately has to offer mankind.

Part 1
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light01.ram)
Right click here to download (12.23 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light01.rm)

Part 2
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light2.ram)
Right click here to download (11.01 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light2.rm)

Part 3
Click here to watch (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light3.ram)
Right click here to download (3.39 MB) (http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/light3.rm)

Assalam Alaykum

Very good, Shukran for sharing these links. Sister Sussane Hafezi is also a contributor to Salaam Magazine, which I am reading at the moment. :)

[King Aragorn]

:jkk: akhi.

I didn't know that Ridley had converted to Islam! Simply wonderful. I found a BBC article right now after reading this...they seem rather bitter. According to them she could be suffering from Stocholm disease in which hostages take the side of hostage takers...lol.

[Jam]

:salams

I didn't know that Ridley had converted to Islam! Simply wonderful. I found a BBC article right now after reading this...they seem rather bitter. According to them she could be suffering from Stocholm disease in which hostages take the side of hostage takers...lol.Ahh yes, Yvonne Ridley's conversion is well known in the UK :masha: Infact if you are able to get the Islam Channel in France on Satelite TV (we get it on Sky Satelite Channel 836 in the UK, but if you know how to tune your satelite receiver you may be able to get it on Eurobird 1 and Astra 2A,2B on frequency 11,661 GHz X horizontal) you will see she is a regular presenter on there.

In fact she now has a morning show called "The Agenda" on Islam Channel everydayl at around 10am,

:wswrwb:

[King Aragorn]

:salams

Ahh yes, Yvonne Ridley's conversion is well known in the UK :masha: Infact if you are able to get the Islam Channel in France on Satelite TV (we get it on Sky Satelite Channel 836 in the UK, but if you know how to tune your satelite receiver you may be able to get it on Eurobird 1 and Astra 2A,2B on frequency 11,661 GHz X horizontal) you will see she is a regular presenter on there.

In fact she now has a morning show called "The Agenda" on Islam Channel everydayl at around 10am,

:wswrwb:
:wswrwb: akhi

I will inshAllah try and get Islam Channel.

[Abdul-Curim]

Masha'allah , the videos were very good :)

[Abdullah al-Muhajir]

Bump.

[INZAMAM]

How Do I Download It To My Hard Disk?i Want To Pass This Video To Others
Please Suggest
Jazakallah Khair

[King Aragorn]

Inzi bhai :)

Right click on the link and then choose SAVE AS. Select the place where you want to download the file on your hard disk. Simple.

If it doesn't work, do ask again.

[INZAMAM]

No Luck Brother
I Am Not Able To Download It To My Hard Disk
I Am Able To Run It Online But Not Offline
Do U Have Any Other Link To Download This Video To My Hard Disk.
Jazakallah Khair Brother

[feyzac]

:salams
i am new here brothers and sisters.and i am very happy for this.
i can't watch this videos and i am very curious about it.do you help to me?

[Maxum]

LInks are NOT working, akhi!

Please, repost tehm or fix them... I would like to save them on my HD and show them to others.

Shukran, akhi... May Allah bless and help you. :up:

[Arsalan]

Coming to Islam! : (True Accounts of people converting to Islam!)

Right click and 'save as'



Why I Chose Islam! (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/audio--Brian--Why%20I%20Chose%20Islam.MP3) (Brian)

Coming to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Br.%20Ali%20Shabaaz--Coming%20to%20Islam.wma) (Br. Ali Shabaaz)

Coming to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Br.%20Imran--Coming%20to%20Islam.wma) (Br. Imran)

Coming to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Br.%20Tyrone--Coming%20to%20Islam.wma) (Br. Tyrone)

Coming to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Bro%20Mutta%20%28Napoleon%29--Coming%20to%20Islam.wma) (Bro Mutta (Napoleon)

Story of Reverting to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Bro.%20Basil%20Abdul-Khabir--Story%20of%20Reverting%20to%20Islam.wma) (Bro. Basil Abdul-Khabir)

Trials and Tribulations of Those Born Into A Muslim Family (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Brother%20Abdullah--Trials%20and%20Tribulations%20of%20Those%20Born%20 Into%20A%20Muslim%20Family.wma) (Brother Abdullah)

A Story Of Reverting To Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Brother%20Muhammad%20Wittin--A%20Story%20Of%20Reverting%20To%20Islam.wma) (Brother Muhammad Wittin)

Born and Raised As a Muslim (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Brother%20Sajjad--Born%20and%20Raised%20As%20a%20Muslim.wma) (Brother Sajjad)

Story of Reverting to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Eric%20%20Schrody%20--Story%20of%20Reverting%20to%20Islam.wma) (Eric Schrody)

Coming to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2003/17-4-04--Azizah%20Mohamed%20-%20Coming%20to%20Islam.MP3) (Sister Azizah Mohamed)

Story of Reverting to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Story%20of%20Reverting%20to%20Islam--Haroons%20Mom,%20Sister%20Suzan.wma) (Haroons Mom, Sister Suzan)

Story of Reverting to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Story%20of%20Reverting%20to%20Islam--Mustafa%20Abdul-Khabir.wma) (Mustafa Abdul-Khabir)

Born and Raised Into Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Abdur%20Rahman--Born%20and%20Raised%20Into%20Islam.wma) (Abdur Rahman)

Prisoner of the Taliban Reverting to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2003/8-4-04--Yvonne%20Ridley%20-%20Prisoner%20of%20the%20Taliban.MP3) (Yvonne Ridley)

[Qassami]

Coming to Islam! : (True Accounts of people converting to Islam!)

Right click and 'save as'

Coming to Islam (http://downloads1.nadeemdownloads.com/ISLAMIC%20SERVER%2001/16-11--Bro%20Mutta%20%28Napoleon%29--Coming%20to%20Islam.wma) (Bro Mutta (Napoleon)
Bro Mutta is from the Outlaws... Tupac's crew... mashaa Allah, he's a practicing Muslim now walhamdulillah!

It's amazing what he said about the amount of muslims rappers in the USA... they make 1 Billion a year :rubeyes:

[Arsalan]

DAWA.tv link seems to be broke.

CHECK it here ( darkness to light vid )

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2596931779946562716&q=islam

[a mu-min]

Jazakallahu Khayran brother!!!

[a mu-min]

Empire of faith (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4222791480425043142)