I Suspect My Wife is Not a Virgin: What to Do?

Questions Assalamu Alaikum? Before I married my wife I asked her if she is a virgin and she said she is a virgin 100 %, but when I met my wife she is not a virgin, she lied to me. Should I have to leave her? I want to marry another virgin woman. What did Islam say about...

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New Muslims: Tips for a Happy Marriage (Part 2) (Based on Real Stories)

Elizabeth, accepted Islam 9 years ago, and married a Moroccan after she had been Muslim for about 4 years.Since she had been Muslim for almost half a decade at that point, she had learned a great deal, and was fully practicing Islam in every way she could according to...

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New Muslims: Tips for a Happy Marriage (Part 1) (Based on Real Life Stories)

Finding your mate can be a difficult challenge in itself, and also trying to learn more about them can become an even more challenging task. However, after tying the knot, a new challenge emerges, which can be the hardest of them all - to develop and maintain a happily...

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Advice to New Muslimahs Considering Marriage

I still find it strange to this day that, whenever I meet a Muslim for the first time, one of the first things they usually say to me is:“We must find you a husband!”Over the years I have learned how to deal with this situation and can even detect the thought coming before...

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Challenges Faced by Western Muslim Women Converts

Once the celebrations around the conversion have died down, a new sister starts to learn how to live as a Muslim and become part of the Muslim community.This adjustment period can take a couple of years until they have worked out the path they feel most comfortable following...

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Why Do Westerners Convert to Islam? (Interview)

Transcript of part of an interview conducted by Dr. Tariq Ramadan with sister Batool al-Toma, director of the New Muslims project at the Islamic Foundation, UK, in the weekly TV program “Islam and Life.” In the interview, sister Batool, herself a convert to Islam, explains...

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I Found My Ultimate Freedom Being a Muslim Woman Sister's Christina's Journey to the Truth

I said Shahadah, it will be ten years in December.I took Shahadah when I was 47 years old. I considered myself to be a good Catholic lady, but I always would go to church and pray to God.I couldn’t pray to Jesus, it just didn’t feel right, and I would always talk to God.I...

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Divine Love: Muslim-Christian Differences

All religions fulfill several functions. They try to establish a relationship between man and the larger Reality of which he forms a tiny part, orienting him within the immense universe that he inhabits. Usually Buddhism is an exception as much as Buddhists refuse entering...

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