Reasons of Christians’ Conversion to Islam An Analytical Deductive Study of the Testimonies of the Ex-Christian Muslims

Abstract

Allah has commanded His Messenger to invite all the people to Islam, a mission that the prophet accomplished perfectly. Consequently, the followers of other religions and those who followed no religion embraced Islam. The Muslims thereafter followed the example of their Messenger and even more people of this class accepted Islam. This paper attempts to identify the factors that conduced to this conversion. Such factors are examined for the purpose of taking them into consideration while calling others to Islam. The paper draws on an eclectic approach with inductive, descriptive, analytical and comparative dimensions. A number of testimonies and reports about such converts are investigated and the reasons that contributed to their conversion is analyzed. Such reasons can be broadly categorized into three categories: reasons related to Islam, reasons related to the Muslims and reasons related to the convert, his religion or his religious community.