Welcome to Islam: A Convert's Tale

by Lucy Bushill-Matthews

Overview

Written by a Muslim convert and mother of three, Welcome to Islam
captures the occasionally poignant but often humorous reality of being
a Muslim in the current climate: as a convert, a working woman, a
mother, and as an active member of the local community.

Discover
what it's really like living life as a Muslim: praying the ritual
prayers at work in an office when your boss walks in; going on Hajj
with hundreds of Saudi women dressed from head to toe in black; or
explaining to your six-year-old daughter, who is looking at the
pictures in the newspaper, that the bearded Asian Muslim who is being
arrested for terrorism isn't in fact the family friend we all know and
love - just someone who looks extremely similar.

It is rare to
pick up a newspaper or watch the television without encountering a
'Muslim issue' at least once. Lucy Bushill-Matthews' story brings the
faith behind the headlines refreshingly to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350031395
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/03/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	628 KB

About the Author

Lucy Bushill-Matthews has been a Muslim for 16 years and is now married with 3 children under the age of 10. She has run a Muslim madrasah for many years, spoken about Islam with children at primary and secondary schools and those visiting the mosque, and trained teachers, police and other groups of adults about understanding Islam and Muslims. Lucy has also written a regular light-hearted column about being a Muslim mum in the Muslim lifestyle magazine Emel.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Embracing faith

2. Marriage ties and scarves

3. On foreign soil

4. In the 'real world'

5. A Pilgrim's Progress

6. Babes in arms

7. Kids' stuff

8. Fasting and Feasting

9. Love your Neighbour

10. Organised religion

Epilogue: The Rainbow Nation

Glossary of Islamic words

Notes to chapters

Editorial Reviews

Interview with the author, by Lucy Austin Working's people

Mention Book News, November 2008

Interview with the author, by Lucy AustinWorking's people

Mention --Book News, November 2008

Mention -Book News, November 2008

Title reviewed in The Bookseller, 2008.

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