Tag: Mecca
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ISLAM ON THE RISE; Converts, a Boom in Births Help Swell Rank of Muslims
Sunday, November 09, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN NADIA BARNES RECITED the shahada, or central principle of Islam. “La ilaha illa Allah, sa Muhammadun rasulu Allah,” Barnes said after Imam Muhammed Salem Agwa: “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammed is the messenger of Allah.” The 23-year-old fashion designer and finance student descended from…