News of Booth’s conversion surfaced after she was showcased at a rally here under the banner of Global Peace and Unity 2010, attended by several Islamic hardliners. It was a propaganda coup for those who militantly propagate Islam.

Booth (43), who has once figured in a reality television contest, told a section of British media, “I had a delightful experience at a Muslim shrine in Iran six weeks ago. I now pray five times a day and occasionally go to a mosque. And I haven’t had an alcoholic drink for 45 days.”

Booth now covers her head and neck with hijab when outside her home (and doesn’t rule out wearing a burqa in future), no longer eats pork and reads the Quran every day. She conceded that her decision to convert might create a controversy. “Every action sparks a reaction,” she said.

Cherie Blair, a practising Catholic, and her husband Tony, who converted from the Church of England to Roman Catholicism in 2007, were unavailable for comment.

Last month, Booth accused Blair of lacking impartiality in his current role as Middle East envoy. Having earlier protested against Britain’s involvement in the 2003 United Stated-led invasion of Iraq, she said her brother-in-law could not be a balanced negotiator between Palestinians and Israelis because he was prejudiced against Muslims.

Read more: Blair’s sister-in-law converts to Islam – The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/Blairs-sister-in-law-converts-to-Islam/articleshow/6805951.cms#ixzz13MAYyAb9

More about her : Click Here

Quran Explorer – [Sura : 1, Verse : 1 - 7]

The Turkish press and many of that country’s people are eagerly following every step of the U.S. president’s trip to this predominately Muslim nation. The Hurriyet English newspaper’s special section on the president’s trip covers everything from Obama’s policy speeches to how the president’s security detail means traffic headaches for local citizens.

Media worldwide covered the speech Obama gave today to the Turkish parliament, in which he declared, “Let me say this as clearly as I can: The United States is not at war with Islam.”

“In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical in rolling back a fringe ideology that people of all faiths reject,” the president said.

America’s relationship with the Muslim world is not just about building opposition to al-Qaida, Obama said. “We seek broad engagement based upon mutual interests and mutual respect. We will listen carefully, bridge misunderstanding, and seek common ground.”

The president also spoke of how the United States has been enriched by the contributions of Muslim Americans. “Many other Americans have Muslims in their family, or have lived in a Muslim-majority country – I know, because I am one of them,” he said.

Turkey is the president’s final stop on his first major international tour. How would you rate his performance abroad?

LESSON 1: Gaining Taqwa (piety)
God legislated fasting for gaining Taqwa, “O you who believe, fasting has been prescribed upon you as it has been prescribed upon those before you, so that you may attain Taqwa.” (meaning of Soraatul Baqarah (2):183) Taqwa in this case means to make a shield between oneself and God’s anger and Hellfire. So we should ask ourselves, when we break our fasts, ‘Has this fasting day made us fear God more? Has it resulted that we want to protect ourselves from the hellfire or not?

LESSON 2: Drawing closer to God
This is achieved by reciting and reflecting on the Quran during night and day, attending the taraaweeh prayers, remembering God, sitting in circles of knowledge and, for those who can, making `umrah. Also for those who can, making I`tikaaf (seclusion) in the last ten nights of Ramadan, so as to leave all worldly pursuits and seclude oneself in a masjid just thinking of God, so as to bring oneself closer to God . When one sins, one feels distant from God. That is why one might find it heard to read the Quran and come to the masjid. However, the obedient worshipper feels closer to God and wants to worship God more, because he is not shy from his sins.

LESSON 3:Acquiring patience and strong will
God has mentioned patience more than seventy times in the Quran and has commanded patience in more than sixteen ways in His Book. So when one fasts, and gives up one’s food and drink, and one’s marital sexual relations for those hours, one learns restraint and patience. This Ummah needs man and women that are strong willed, who can stand upon the Sunnah and the Book of God and not waver in front of the enemies of God. We do not need emotional people, who just raise slogans and shout, but when the time comes to stand upon something firm, they cannot do so, they waver.

LESSON 4: Striving for Ihsaan (righteousness and sincerity) and staying away from riyaa’ (showing off)
Ihsaan means to worship God as if one seeks Him, and even though one does not see Him, He sees all. Hasan al-Basree said, “By God, in the last twenty years, I have not said a word or taken something with my hand or refrained to take something with my hand or stepped forth or stepped back, except that I have thought before I have done any action, ‘Does God love this action? Is God pleased with this action?’ So when one is fasting, one should gain this quality of watching oneself and also staying away from riyaa’ (showing off). That is why God said in a hadeeth qudsee, “Fasting is for Me and I reward it.” (al-Bukhaaree) God singles out fasting from all other types of worship saying, “Fasting is for Me”, because no one knows whether you are fasting or not, except God. For example, when one is praying or giving charity or making tawaaf, one can be seen by the people, so one might do the action seeking the praise of the people. Sufyaan ath-Thawree used to spend the nights and the days crying and the people used to ask him, “Why do you cry, is it due to the fear of God? He said, ‘No.’ They said, “Is it due to the fear of the Hellfire?” He said, ‘No. It is not the fear of Hellfire that makes me cry, what makes me cry is that I have been worshipping God all these years and doing scholarly teaching, and I am not certain that my intentions are purely for God.’”

LESSON 5: Refinement of manners, especially those related to truthfulness and discharging trusts.
The Prophet (may God send His blessing and peace upon him) said, “Whoever does not abandon falsehood in word and action, then God has no need that he should leave his food and drink.” (al-Bukhaaree) What we learn from this, is that we must pay attention to the purification of our manners. The Prophet (may God send His blessing and peace upon him) said, “was sent to perfect good manners.” (Maalik) So we must check ourselves, are we following the behaviour of the Prophet (may God send His blessing and peace upon him)? For example: Do we give salaam to those we don’t know and those we do know? Do we follow the manners of Islam, by telling the truth and only telling the truth? Are we sincere? Are we merciful to the creation?

LESSON 6: Recognizing that one can change for the better
The Prophet (may God send His blessing and peace upon him) said, “Every son of Adam sins and the best of the sinners are those who repent.” (Ibn Maajah) God provides many opportunities to repent to Him and seek His forgiveness. If one was disobedient they can become obedient.

LESSON 7: Being more charitable
Ibn `Abaas said, “The Prophet (may God send His blessing and peace upon him) was the most charitable amongst the people, and he used to be more so in the month of Ramadan when Jibreel used to meet him on every night of Ramadan till the end of the month.” (al-Bukhaaree) The Prophet (may God send His blessing and peace upon him) said, “He who gives food for a fasting person to break his fast, he will receive the same reward as him, without nothing being reduced from the fasting person’s reward.” (at-Tirmidhee)

LESSON 8: Sensing the unity of the Muslims
The Prophet (may God send His blessing and peace upon him) said, “.Those of you who will live after me will see many differences. Then you must cling to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided khaleefahs. Hold fast to it and stick to it.” (Aboo Daawood) In this month we sense that there is a possibility for unity, because we all fast together, we break fast together, we all worship God together, and we pray Salaatul-`Eid together. Therefore we sense that the unity of possible. It is possible for Muslims to be a single body, but this will only be achieved when obedience is only to God and His Messenger.

LESSON 9: Learning discipline
The Prophet (ma God send His blessing and peace upon him) made us adhere to discipline and strictness, strictness that does not lead to fanaticism or going outside the bounds that God has laid down. One cannot knowingly break the fast before the sunset, as this will not be accepted by God. Muslims should learn to be very strict in their lives, because they are people of an important message, which they mold their lives around.

LESSON 10: Teaching the young to worship God
It was the practice of the people of Madina that during the fast of `Aashooraa (which is now a recommended fast of one day) to get their children to fast with them. When the children would cry of hunger and thirst, their parents would distract their attention by giving them some sort of toy to play with. The children would break their fast with their parents. (as mentioned in al-Bukhaaree). So the young should be brought to the masjid and they should pray with their parents, so that they are able to get into the habit of becoming worshippers of God. If one does not encourage children to fast when they are young, they will find it very difficult to fast for thirty days at the age of puberty. This is why the Prophet (may God send His blessing and peace upon him) said, “Command your children to pray at the age of seven and beat them at the age of ten (if they do not pray.” (Haakim)

LESSON 11: Caring for one’s health
Fasting has many medical benefits and it teaches Muslims to take care of their health and too build strong bodies. The Prophet (may God send His blessing and peace upon him) said, “A strong believer is better and is more beloved to God than a weak believer, and there is good in everyone.” (Muslim)

           So Pray for all your Muslim Brothers & Sisters and also for Non – Muslims that they realize what Islam is ?

          I will Pray for all.

1.If a Common Man know what actual Islam  is then he will not beat his wife to Death. ( This is common news now – a -days that Husband beating wife due to Doubts on her ) which is not acceptable in Islam, until and unless you see the proof.

2.If a Common Man know what actual Islam is then he will not drink Alcohol,he will not make others trouble, He will not take Bribe.

For letting others know what actual Islam , first of all We Muslims should follow Islam in Exact way and then lead the others to come in Islam Way.

But now  a days , We pray ALLAH only when we are not in Good Postion, after we get money or assets , we forget ALLAH and will be in Enjoyment Mood. That’s not fair enough. We have to pray ALLAH till our Death.

Sometimes with out knowing us we does some good things and some bad things. For that we can ask ALLAH to Forgive us.He will forgive by praying to him.

Praying means Not only NAMAZ, but also Reading QURAN and should also understand what ALLAH told in QURAN.Giving ZAKAT is also way of Praying to ALLAH.

What ever we does in the way of ALLAH, it will be counted as good things.All we need to do is First Praying NAMAZ five times, Reading QURAN and We have to transform the messages to others also.

There is no one great in this world, because all are created by GOD.

Our Bodies are also not our Assets. This is gift given by ALLAH.

We are being sent here on Earth to Pass the Test and go to Heaven or Fail the test and go to hell.

He is Very Merciful. Pray to ALLAH for yourselves.

Inshallah, Every one will Realize one day What is ISLAM…This sentence is not only to NON-MUSLIMS ,but also for MUSLIMS.

A Islam is an Arabic word which literally means obedience and peace. So ‘Islam’ would mean the path of those who are obedient to Allah and who establish peace with Him and His creatures.

Q What is a follower of the religion of Islam called?

A He is called a Muslim.

Q Who gave the name of Islam to our religion?

A Allah gave the name of Islam to our religion.

Q Can you quote the verse of the Holy Quran where the name of Islam has been given to our religion.

A Yes. In chapter 5 verse 4, Allah named our religion as Islam.

Q What are the main qualities of Islam?

A Islam is a perfect religion. Its teachings are simple and can easily be practised by everyone. It gives reason for each of its commandments and teachings. The Holy Quran, which is the religious scripture of the Muslims, is the word of Allah. This book is exactly the same as it was revealed to the Holy Prophet (may peace and blessings of Allah be on him). Allah has promised to safeguard it.