When sharing your faith with your Muslim friends it is important to know about the basics of their beliefs and practices and to share in a manner that is sensitive to their culture and individuality. Most importantly, remember that your are their friend and view the relationship in that light.
Muslims vary hugely across the globe, but there are some basic beliefs and practices that the vast majority of Muslims would view as normative, whether or not they adhere to these closely.
Commonly, there are six articles of faith that Muslims are meant to believe and five pillars of faith they are meant to practice.
Reverts is the Muslim term for people who have converted to Islam from other beliefs and world views. This stems from a Muslim belief that at birth everyone is born a Muslim and it is a person’s upbringing or environment that moves them away from Islam to follow some other faith system. So, when a person turns from another faith to follow Islam they have ‘reverted’ to the faith they were born with and what God intended them to be.
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