Conversion to Islam

Conversion to Islam means accepting Islam as your religion and not following any other religion or belief. To convert, a person needs to declare the Shahādah, the Muslim profession of faith, stating, "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah" (Arabic: أَشْهَدُ أَن لا إِلٰهَ إلَّا الله و أَشْهَدُ أَنَ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُول الله). In Islam, it is believed that everyone is born Muslim.^[1]^[2]

Circumcision (khitan) is a cultural practice in Islam, not mentioned in the Quran but in hadith.^[3] Most clerical opinions state that circumcision is not necessary when someone enters the Muslim faith.^[4]

↑ Bennett, Clinton, ed. (2015). The Bloomsbury companion to Islamic studies. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4411-3812-5.
↑ Kaverina, N. V.; Markova, G. A.; Chichkanov, G. G.; Chumburidze, V. B.; Basaeva, A. I. (1975). "[Nonachlasine--a new drug for treatment of ischemic heart disease]". Kardiologiia. 15 (7): 43–48. ISSN 0022-9040. PMID 1569.
↑ "Khitan". Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_4296.
↑ Reeves, John C. (2004). Bible and Qurʾān: essays in scriptural intertextuality. Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature). Leiden Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-12726-5.

[1] Bennett, Clinton, ed. (2015). The Bloomsbury companion to Islamic studies. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4411-3812-5.

[2] Kaverina, N. V.; Markova, G. A.; Chichkanov, G. G.; Chumburidze, V. B.; Basaeva, A. I. (1975). "[Nonachlasine--a new drug for treatment of ischemic heart disease]". Kardiologiia. 15 (7): 43–48. ISSN 0022-9040. PMID 1569.

[3] "Khitan". Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_4296.

[4] Reeves, John C. (2004). Bible and Qurʾān: essays in scriptural intertextuality. Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature). Leiden Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-12726-5.

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