We're visiting indigenous communities in the mountains of Luzon where over 400 people have accepted Islam recently. It's such a remote place (they don't have electricity) our van couldn't even get there. We had to ride a "kolong kolong" & it had its fair share of issues 😅 1/9
Upon arrival, we sent a messenger pigeon to the community to let them know we're sharing iftar with them on that day so they know we'll be there in a few hours inshallah. We have a da'iya that speaks the local dialects and went through the importance of prayer with them again 2/9
We also coordinated with a local NGO that provided them with Ramadhan food packs with the help of the local military (providing transport) as well. 3/9
We then walked through the river and had a recreational break with them. A few months ago we were picking crabs from a river in the Amazon with #NewMuslims in the Ecuador. And now we're doing the same in the mountains of the Philippines. 🦀 4/9
Alhamdulillah a woman was waiting for us in the village to take the #shahada as well. We received many fruits as gifts and then the team did another session of the prayer course. We then prayed dhuhr together. 5/9
🥸 Our team made a surprise visit to to the mountain to check if they would pray on their own. They were so happy when they heard them delivering the Adnan loud at dhuhr and were gathering together to pray. 6/9
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This is Charles. He recently accepted Islam but was apprehensive about the news with his wife — who was known to have a negative perception of the religion. When iERA organised a Dawah session in the village and asked the Muslims to invite their family and friends.
Charles hoped this would be a good opportunity for his wife to learn about Islam and Muslims; “Let’s go and hear what these Muslims want to tell the villagers,” he casually proposed to her. His wife agreed and they both attended the talk.
The iERA team delivered a Dawah presentation using the GORAP methodology where they explained to the villagers the existence of God (G), His Oneness (O), the Final Revelation (R) and Prophethood (P). The villagers in attendance seemed to enjoy the talk.
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A former pig farmer: "I am the Chief of this village but I left Christianity and reverted to #Islam then after learning that Islam is about cleanliness & hygiene... I therefore gave away all the pigs for free, I didn't even sell them, I just didn't even want to see them..."
If you ask any #NewMuslim what they wanted the most in this world — chances are — it'd be for their parents to be blessed with #Islam. Most New Muslims will also tell you that it's a balancing act when sharing the message of Islam because tempers may flare and... [1/8]
our emotions can get the best of us.
Ustadh Sugimoto knows all too well the trials and tribulations of what a New Muslim experiences when giving Dawah to his or her parents but he was a man on a mission however impossible it may have seemed. [2/8]
Why did it initially seem impossible? Firstly, Sugimoto's parents are at the tender ages of 75 (father) & 70 years old (mother) & secondly, all of Sugimoto's previous attempts were abysmal failures. Only a month ago, he was speaking to his father about Islam and then within [3/8]