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Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba opens up on converting to Islam
Man Utd midfielder Paul Pogba has revealed why he became a Muslim in his twenties.

Manchester Evening News, 11 June 2019

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has opened up on his decision to convert to Islam.

The France international says he was ‘questioning himself over a lot of things’ before turning to Islam and becoming ‘more peaceful inside’.

Pogba, who recently made a pilgrimage to Mecca during the holy month of Ramadan, says that doing so has helped to make him become a better person.

 Asked what being a Muslim meant to him in  The Times' new Life Times podcast , Pogba said: "It's everything. That's what makes me thankful for everything.

"It made me change, realise things in life. I guess, maybe, it makes me more peaceful inside.

 "It was a good change in my life because I wasn't born a Muslim, even if my mum was. I just grew up like that, respect for everyone.

 "Islam is not the image that everyone sees – terrorism… What we hear in the media is really something else, it's something beautiful.

 "You get to know it. Anybody can find that he feels connected with Islam."

 When asked what brought about his change in religion the World Cup winner admitted he did so in order to help him focus.

 Pogba continued: "It came because I have a lot of friends who are Muslim. We always talk.

 "I was questioning myself in a lot of things, then I started doing my own research. I prayed once with my friends and I felt something different. I felt really good.

 "Since that day I just carried on. You have to pray five times a day, that's one of the pillars of Islam. It's something that you do.

 "The meaning why you do it – you ask forgiveness and be thankful for everything you have, like my health and everything.

 "It's really a religion that opened my mind and that makes me, maybe, a better person. You think more about the afterlife.

 "This life has a test. Like when I'm with you, here. Even if you're not a Muslim, you are a normal human. You have a human relationship and respect you for who you are, what religion you are, what colour and everything.

 "Islam is just this – respect of the humanity and everything."

 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/paul-pogba-man-united-islam-16410983

This app is one of the easiest ways to learn Quranic vocabulary!

      This app is one of the easiest ways to learn Quranic vocabulary!

 Adam I. Seedat

With Ramazan finished,  many of us can easily fall back into a pre-Ramadan routine, with less Quran, less prayer, and even less remembrance of God. One way to keep all three of these things in check is to keep engaging with the Holy Quran.

 Quran Progress offers an easily accessible and user-friendly way of both learning and practising how to engage with the language of the Quran, helping us stay motivated and proactive in our faith. It hopes to help simplify Quranic vocabulary and Arabic for people of all levels.

 The app aims to help non-Arabic speakers and beginners to understand the Holy Quran and truly connect with the holy book. Understanding the words can also help with memorising the Holy Quran, as well as to help improve more advanced students in understanding the explicit meaning of Quranic verses.

 Quran Progress uses a highly effective memorization method, called spaced repetition, to help users quickly and efficiently make progress in learning Quranic Arabic. This spaced repetition method identifies the words that you find most difficult as well as those which you are most at ease. It will then organize accordingly for a personalized learning experience, meaning that you don’t have to worry about creating your own revision plans: Quran Progress does it for you.

 “Allah has sent down the most beautiful among the accounts, a Book of which [certain verses] resemble each other and are oft-repeated…” (Holy Quran 39:23)

 The Holy Quran is composed of nearly 80,000 words. Studies show that only 4,000 unique words are used, however, meaning that plenty of words are repeated throughout the Quran. This means that if you understand the words of the Surah Al-Fatiha, you already understand 10% of the Quran.

https://themuslimvibe.com/faith-islam/in-practice/this-app-is-one-of-the-easiest-ways-to-learn-quranic-vocabulary

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Hollywood Iftar Encourages Creators to Reject "Stereotypical Stories" About Islam

 By Alexander Modiano

 The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2019

The third annual event was hosted by the Muslims on Screen & Television Resource Center, Unity Productions Foundation and the Writers Guild Foundation.

 On Wednesday night the Writers Guild Foundation and Muslims on Screen & Television Resource Center (MOST) welcomed influential film and television creators to the 3rd annual Hollywood Iftar.

 The London Hotel in West Hollywood played host to the event, a collaboration between the Writers Guild Foundation, Muslims on Screen & Television Resource Center and Unity Productions Foundation.

 An iftar is a sacred sunset meal Muslims use to break the daily fast of Ramadan.

 Wednesday’s iftar was open to both Muslim and non-Muslim members of Hollywood in the hopes of fostering a better understanding of Islam by those who create film and television. Writers and producers like Greg Daniels (The Office), Joy Gregory (Madame Secretary) and Chip Johannessen (Homeland) mixed and mingled with members of the Islamic community to learn about the nuances of Islamic culture and traditional Muslim practices.

 Greg Daniels, showrunner of The Office and Parks and Recreation, says he first experienced the Hollywood Iftar a couple of years ago, after attending a master class with Arab TV writers in Abu Dhabi.

 He says he strongly believes in the need for television writers to familiarize themselves with different cultures. “I think it's important for all writers to learn about as much as they can just to have their writing reflect the world accurately,” Daniels told The Hollywood Reporter before alluding to the current political climate. “I also think it's important to show solidarity with minority communities, especially now.”

Joy Gregory, the co-executive producer of Madame Secretary, consulted with MOST on a few episodes of her show, including a storyline about an iftar at the State Department. She believes events like the Hollywood Iftar both enable her to create well-rounded Muslim characters and widen her own world view.

 “[This iftar] is enriching on a personal level too, because you realize how few opportunities there are in our sort of narrowly prescribed lives in this sprawling metropolis to interact with a lot of the cultures in the city, but particularly the Muslim culture,” Gregory told THR. "So, I love the spirit of this event, the encouragement to observe the prayer ritual, to ask questions and strike up new conversations. I just think it's exactly the spirit that we need in this country right now.”

 Muslim comedian Preacher Moss hosted the event and cracked jokes about his own first Ramadan. The pre-dinner festivities included a call to prayer — performed by actor Ben Yousef  — before attendees officially broke the day’s fast by eating a ceremonial date.

 Moss spoke with THR on how the organization has given him a greater awareness of not just Islam but all underrepresented communities he portrays on his shows: “We try to provide resources for Hollywood writers, mainly on television programs, to help them tell stories about Muslims that are beyond the stereotypical stories of terrorists and so forth because Islam is dynamic and diverse and there are so many interesting stories besides that.”

 After the fast was broken guests were treated to a buffet and encouraged to ask any questions they had about Islam. Ambassador Cynthia Schneider, now co-director of MOST, delivered the evening’s closing remarks by referencing the power of film and television to fight the country’s growing Islamophobia.

 Image: From left: Cynthia Schneider, Michael Wolfe, Katie Buckland and Alex Kronemer. [Erik Voake]

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-iftar-encourages-creators-reject-stereotypical-stories-islam-1211916