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e must also learn the many rules rituals and laws that will pertain to the potential jew examples of issues one must become familiar with are the rules of kashrus the jewish calendar the jewish festivals and the rituals in each jewish prayer the rules on ritual purity taharah and the rules of family purity taharas hamishpokha 2 the potential convert must indicate he she knows what he she is getting into and evince a continuous desire to become a part of the jewish people 3 the potential convert once prepared must be examined by a panel of rabbis beys din who will ask questions to test him her and to make sure he she is truly accepting the yoke of heaven qabbalas ol malkhus shamayim if he she passes the panel approves he his conversion 4 men must undergo circumcision bris milah if they are not circumcised or undergo a symbolic bloodletting hatafas dam milah 5 the convert must immerse in a mikvah tevilah b miqvah to become ritually pure after all the requirements are met the beys din will issue a certificate certifying the person s conversion the convert is also given or chooses a hebrew name for various purposes jews use a formula of hebrew name son daughter ben bas of father and sometimes hebrew name son daughter of mother the latter is used mostly for prayers of healing in such a case converts will use avraham abraham for the father s name and sarah for the mother s name indicating their spiritual descent from the patriarch and matriarch there is also a tradition among orthodox rabbis to thrice reject a person s request to begin the process of converting to judaism this is to ensure the person really really wants to become a jew now the contentious issue is under whose authority can or ought one to convert the government of israel does not recognize conversions done under non orthodox rabbis in fact the situation has become worse the government of israel recognizes only those us conversions that were under the auspices of a certain list of orthodox rabbis conversion under orthodox judaism is harder longer and more intensive while conservative and reform judaism relaxes some of the requirements orthodox judaism does not and so the issue remains are people who convert under a reform rabbi not really jews the orthodox would say that would be the case the reform jews understandably and obviously would be highly offended and would disagree orthodox judaism doesn t have a monopoly on the definition of a jew however this is what it seems the government of israel is saying in any case this is how the conversion process works in judaism permalink leave a comment conversion in judaism part ii theory december 8 2010 at 12 30 am judaism why would someone want to become a jew there are a number of reasons 1 many people perhaps the bulk convert to judaism because of marriage whether for familial acceptance or a desire to unite the family under one religion non jewish partners do convert rabbis make sure they say their spiel on ensuring the person is converting out of love of judaism and not for any other reason such as marriage but that s all they can do and even if someone is converting because of marriage and not because his her heart is in it rabbis probably recognize that it s better for the children in any case to be raised by two jewish parents even if one is not thoroughly jewish the statistics of the affects of mixed faith marriages with jews with judaism eventually being forgotten alarm rabbis enough that they permit this to happen why am i talking about rabbis more about this on friday 2 some people actually do fall in love with judaism and desire to become a part of the religion the people the history people find fulfillment in judaism this is not a new phenomenon as the talmud comments on conversion indicate evidently some people were lukewarm in their dedication and devotion but others although born non jewish feel fulfilled in judaism conversion in judaism thrives in the west where it is common for people to leave the faith of their birth for another religion so people feel more open and daring to join judaism in the east leaving the religion of one s birth is a far trickier matter there is a theory among some jews that those with a nefesh yehudi jewish soul are drawn to judaism most are born into judaism others must find it and join it a nefesh is jewish yehudi when it was present at mt sinai as god gave his revelation all jewish souls participated in that event some souls were not born into a jewish body so the body must change its status to agree with the soul thus there is no such as a conversion to judaism but rather the recognition of having a nefesh yehudi and bringing oneself into compliance with that this is somewhat similar to the theory in islam that there is no conversion to islam it s a reversion because all souls are born muslim but one cannot simply declare oneself as jewish almost all forms of judaism reform reconstructionist conservative orthodox conservadox have a process a person needs to go through in order to officially convert to judaism or to be recognized as a jew permalink leave a comment conversion in judaism part i history december 6 2010 at 12 30 am judaism contrary to what people may think judaism had a pretty active missionary program at one point in time egypt was a major hub of jewish culture and activity they weren t all descendants from people born to jews many were converts or children of converts the talmud discusses conversion to judaism it would discuss it if it weren t a phenomenon worth discussing for that matter the talmud s views on conversion are interesting but that will be discussed on wednesday furthermore there is the phenomenon of the god fearers a group of people who agreed to one degree or another with the claims beliefs and practices of judaism but did not fully convert perhaps the most famous convert was ruth from the epynomous book from the bible who was a moabitess but then essentially converted to judaism but conversion to judaism no longer occurs at the pace it once used to people don t really complain today as they did then that people joined for mercenery reasons or corrupted judaism the reason that is often given is because of the persecution jews experienced people didn t want to convert and then jews began discouraging conversion to avoid claims that they re out to convert the world one reason many people were taught not to trust jews or associate with them was because one would be seduced into their ways but now the phenomenon of conversion to judaism is increasing a lot of it is in the modern movements such as reform judaism and conservative masorti judaism but it s rising in orthodox judaism as well more on the differences between forms of judaism will be discussed on friday permalink leave a comment on mosques august 25 2010 at 10 38 pm arabic islam islamism the west so a lot is being said about a mosque that someone wants to build on ground zero although we this blogosphere community do not believe in moral authoritah truth is truth and truth is knowledge of things as they are and as they were and as they are to come d c 93 24 i suppose i have some things to say from my studies and experience 1 comparing building a mosque on ground zero is not equivalent to building a synagogue in makkah the reason is that makkah indeed the kingdom of saudi arabia has laws in place banning such places of worship no such laws exist in new york city furthermore ground zero is not a qiblah direction of prayer perhaps more metaphysically understood as an axis mundi the closest comparison is building a serbian orthodox church in srebrenica 2 however the plans to build the mosque at ground zero is absolutely reprehensible and frankly can be construed as un islamic i should disclose that i am technically a mureed or follower of mowlana shaykh muhammad nizam adil al haqqani qaddasa llaahi sirrahu the leader of the naqshbandi haqqani sufi order he teaches a form of islam that is very different from what we usually encounter i will weave some of his perspectives below let me explain what is this proposal doing it is causing immense negative publicity for muslims what strides certain muslims groups have made in building relationships of trust bridges of understanding have been made futile with these acts it is causing unrest and verily chaos in other words it is causing fitnah and what does the qur an say al fitnatu akbaru mina l qatl 2 217 fitnah is worse than killing so what these muslims are doing is worse than killing because it s causing unrest and chaos from the perspective of muslims these muslims are defaming and desecrating islam and are besmirching the honor of islam such acts are utterly un islamic by the way if the sentence according to sharee ah for murderers who do qatl is execution what should the punishment be for those who spread fitnah the logical conclusion comes to only one decision now make no mistake it is more likely than not that the people behind this mosque believe muslims have nothing to do with the acts of september 11 2001 this is their attempt to assert their innocence to prevent ground zero from commemorating islamist terrorism 3 furthermore muslims cannot ram freedom of religion down our throats without accepting its full consequences that impact muslims thus they loose all right to demand the banning of blasphemy against muhammad b abdillaah the prophet founder of islam if they want to use the freedom of religion to build a mosque others may use their freedom of religion to mock muhammad b abdillaah mowlana shaykh hisham al kabbani mowlana shaykh nazim s khaleefah or representative in the united states has stated that most islamic institutions in the united states are run by the salafiyoon fundamentalist radicals i think this issue demonstrates this do not accept any innocence feigned by these causers of fitnah every self respecting muslim would denounce them every wise non muslim would tell them to drop their plans what grounds do we have 1 security i guarantee guarantee that this mosque will be attacked or vandalized this desecration of ground zero sanctified by the blood of thousands of martyrs will not go unnoticed of course the muslims will point that out as another sign of western intolerance and will undoubtedly pin it as a conspiracy by fox news and its ilk 2 decency if the muslims expect to make any progress in the united states they must play by the rules that will win them friends their tactics in europe asserting their cultural and religious rights won t work here it wins no friends and thus the muslims relations with the non muslims will worsen even if we are intolerant the way to overcome our intolerance is to befriend us not offend or attack us figuratively or literally 3 need there is no need for a mosque really mosques are conveniences not necessities catholics usually need certain accouterments in order to celebrate the mystery of the mass altar for which there are specific regulations including the implantation of a first class relic crucifix jews same thing torah bimah aron hakodesh all muslims need is a clean area and maybe a rug a group of muslims can and do gather in a room to pray when they wanted to make a prayer room for muslims at my alma mater they didn t erect a separate building they just had a room where there were some books qur an etc and a chair or two that s it there is nothing that makes a mosque a necessity let alone necessary on ground zero as muslims as fond of saying just because we can do something doesn t mean we should oh how the tables have turned permalink 2 comments conversion in islam part iii how it s done june 7 2010 at 12 30 am islam conversion in islam is very easy and simple all it requires is stating the testification of faith الشهادة ash shahaadah which happens to be the first pillar of islam ركن الإسلام ruknu l islaam plural اركان الإسلام arkaanu l islaam this testification is made of two parts the first part testifies that there is no god but god allah the second part testifies that muhammad muhammad b abdillaah the founder prophet of islam is the messenger of god random note most south asian translations translate the first part as saying that nothing worthy of worship other than god and the usual translation of the second part calls muhammad god s apostle i don t know why south asians prefer apostle to messenger i personally find messenger to be more accurate and easier to understand the testification must be said in arabic furthermore this is not the shahaadah one finds ubiquitously in the islamic world it s a special version in the usual shahaadah the first part says لا إله إل الله laa ilaaha illa llaah in the testification it begins with اشهد أن ash hadu an i testify that in the usual shahaadah the second part says simply محمد رسول الله muhammadu rasooli llaah in the testification it begins with وأشهد أن wa ash hadu an and i testify that and continues with محمد عبده ورسوله muhammadan abduhu wa rasooluhu muhammad is his slave and messenger with this in front of witnesses the conversion is done there are some suggestions which are often followed many converts take a muslim name some legally change their name others don t some don t change it for propaganda purposes they look and sound like non muslims and have a non muslim name thereby winning non muslims trust and then preach about islam to win converts i heard this during a conference aimed at teaching about propagating islam although unless one s name is obviously anti islamic christopher ramdas etc the change in name is not required one is also obligated to take a bath غسل ghusl which with the shahaadah purifies one of all sins i ve been to a few conversions to islam while the time is takes to take the shahaadah is about the same it takes to be baptized into christianity the attendant ceremonies and observances make conversion to islam somewhat underwhelming i d suggest muslims take a look at conversion in christianity or judaism and modify it accordingly not that the actual rite has to change but the attendant observances should change a bit to make it more glamorous and inspiring a lecture which more often than not revolves around the lecturer s accomplishments in life and number of converts and less on the convert to be and coaching the convert to be in saying the shahaadah does not give the rite the dignity it deserves but that s just my opinion permalink 2 comments conversion in islam part ii theory february 24 2010 at 12 30 am islam islam teaches that each person is born a muslim for some due to circumstances namely the corruption of the child s parents the child grows up in a false religion thus when a non muslim converts to islam they say he she is reverting to islam in other words the person is returning to his her original religion his her religion of birth literally islam teaches that upon conversion a person s sins are forgiven it is as if he she is reborn quite often conversion occurs for marriage that is a non musl...