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Aminah Assilmi passed away on March 5, 2010. She was the director of the International Union of Muslim Women, an internationally respected author, an advocate for women\u2019s rights, and a renowned speaker on Islam who educated Muslim and non-Muslim audiences alike. To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return.<\/p>\n

For those of us who grew up in the nineties, her presence will be remembered and dearly missed. May Allah (swt) forgive her, shower His mercy on her, and grant her the highest level of Paradise.<\/p>\n

Read some excerpts of her biography below. You can read her complete story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was enough for her. She came back home and decided not to go back to the class anymore. It was not possible for her to be in the middle of Arabs. \u201cThere was no way I was going to sit in a room full of dirty heathens!\u201d Her husband was calm as usual. He pointed out to her that God has a reason for everything and that she should think about more before quitting. Besides, there was the scholarship that was paying her tuition. She went behind locked doors for 2 days to think about. When she came out, she decided to continue the class. She felt that God gave her a task to convert the Arabs into Christianity\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026At her request, one student gave her a copy of the Qur\u2019an and another book on Islam. With these two books she started on her research, which she was to continue for the next one and half years. She read the Qur\u2019an fully and another fifteen books on Islam. Then she came back to the Qur\u2019an and re-read it. During her research, she started taking notes that she found objectionable and which she would be able to use to prove that Islam was a false religion. Unconsciously, however, she was changing from within\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026But the difficulty that Aminah Assilimi had to go through and the sacrifice that she had to make for the sake of her conviction and faith is almost unheard of. There are few who could rely so much on Allah as she did, standing firm and meeting the challenges, making sacrifices, and yet maintaining a positive posture and influencing people around with the beauty of what she found and believed in. She lost most of her friends, for she was \u201cno fun anymore\u201d. Her mother did not accept her becoming a Muslim and hoped that it was a temporary zeal and that she would soon grow out of it. Her sister thought that she lost her mind. She attempted to put her in a mental health institution. Her father was a calm and wise man. People would come to him for advice and he could comfort anyone in distress. But when he heard that his daughter became a Muslim, he loaded his double-barrel shotgun and started on his way to kill her. \u201cIt is better that she be dead rather than suffering in the deepest of Hell\u201d, he said. She was now without friends and without family\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026After she openly accepted Islam, it became worse. A divorce was now inevitable. This was a time when Islam was little known, much less understood for what it is. She had two little children whom she loved dearly and whose custody should have rightfully be given to her. But in a grave violation of justice, she was denied their custody just because she became a Muslim. Before giving the formal verdict, the judge offered her a harsh choice: either renounce Islam and get custody of the children, or keep Islam and leave the children. She was given 20 minutes to make a decision\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026By accepting Islam, she became a changed person, and a much better person. So much so that her family, relatives, and people around her started appreciating her mannerism and the faith that brought about such changes in her. Despite her family\u2019s initial reaction, she remained in touch with them and addressed them with respect and humility, just as the Qur\u2019an enjoins the Muslims to do. She would send cards to her parents on different occasions, but she would always write down a verse from the Qur\u2019an or the Hadith without mentioning the source of such beautiful words of wisdom. It was not long before she started making a positive influence among her family members\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the entire story here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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