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salam alikom wa rahmatu Allahi wa barkatu

Be an effective Muslim.......how?!

It seems to be an easy answer...but it is not so...for the answer should be a practical one..not words in the air!

Many Muslims are just Muslims for granted..and but this won't be The Muslim who'd affect and has his effect, positively of course!

I visited chat rooms on paltalk..and met some fresh new Muslims who just adopted Islam...and heard them talking about their new feelings and their stories....you'd read about some of them..or may be others on Internet..or in papers ( بس مش الصحف القومية اكيد)....Most of them...or may be all.....stumbled over a real ''effective" Muslim..who was their enlightenment...and the guide to their new path....! Not necessarily this connection who be a direct one...but to be ''affected" by the manners and attitude of someone..in other words , to find the example you'd like to follow! but doesn't this apply to all of us?! we are all in dire need to follow the steps of an '"effective" person..and join the club of "effective Muslims"!

Let's Join the Club!- how to be this 'effective Muslim"?!

Those I call the ambassadors of Islam...They could be you and I...your neighbour,...my neighbour...your friend...my father...my colleague...your workmate....your director...my teacher.....all of them could be the ambassadors of Islam we're seeking for a true nation!

To be an ambassador of Islam is not an impossible mission....you needn't a President to appoint you in a country...but you are already appointed and have your position in work...school...among you friends and colleagues... at home............and on a larger scale , in society!

When one abides by Allah's commandments...and truly carry them out...not feigning....and not our of social hypocrisy....surely he'd affect those around him...without even knowing it.,,,,!

When he works hard and be a pioneer in his field...and helps those around him with his knowledge التي منّ الله عليه بها then...he is an effective Muslim!

When a Muslim teacher knows that those young children are the future of our nation...and he'd save no effort to help them..and discover their talents..and guide them to thr right track, rather than filling their heads with blinding facts and misleading them.....he is then carrying out what Islam has dictated on him!

When you watch on TV a veiled announcer...or a true Muslim speaker..introducing a good programme...that respects our mentality and not just a means to difuse extremist views....isn't she effective then?!

When a Mother teaches her son to preserve his identity as a Muslim..and fight the cultural invasion we're overwhelmed with now....sure...they are bright examples in a gloomy atmosphere...!

When I go to a training course...and have but a slight effect (I hope) on my colleagues...then I have achieved something!

In Syriana...Matt Damon , as a US economic expert, is in one of the the Arab countries,,he is astonished when he sees men there in "long white clothes" (Jilbab) that he wonders how those people work so hard..and have this fortune ,,,though with such clothes they don't seem to work at all...........!
(of course I am not calling for the wearing of Jilbab ..what I am trying to say...those who go to the mosque..or recite Qur'an...or have beards..or she who wears a veil...this is not contradictory to the fact that they are hard workers and not narrow-mionded and by this way they are true Muslims..and are good representitives of Islam...for they stick both to the religious aspect...and the practical life we live...)

In one of my chatting sessions, with a fine American Professor who has many Muslim students and a number of students in the Middle East...he mentioned how he respects and admires the Muslim women who stick to Allah's commandments either through their appearance or self-respect and their morals...yet they are keen students who want to grasp more in the field of knowledge......he said not necessarily they'd be dressed in black....they look most fashionable..and are so eager to promote their nation..and are good representatives of Islam....! Finally he told me of his wish to visit the Middle East soon..and his wish " I want to see the favorite Arabic greeting become a fact..I want to see that when people say, "Salaam" that is what they really mean."

On the other hand..I have met others who said that they would have never thought that Muslims would learn languages..and a girl wearing a veil could speak good English ....they would never have imagined this before...but now they see it as a fact ...and sure this had its effect on some of them ( This happened to me personally...)

Finally ...but not the least ...I remember a friend who is an engineer in one of the leading companies in Alexadria..he spoke once of a project they were working one ..with a group of Americans.....3 of those Americans converted to Islam by the end of the project....was this through lectures,,shouting...dictating rules on them?! he answered none of this happened...they were just affected and impressed with the true soul the Muslims enjoyed and how they went to worksmen went to prayers...and came back to work sincerly...and the co-operative spirit that evolves the whole team work!

I see those as "effective Muslims"

This is what has long crossed my mind......with the hope that I'd be an "effective Muslim" as well........and join the club! so would you join us?!