Rerooted

Originally born in Zimbabwe, Mark (@Think Revert)  had a regular Christian upbringing but could never quite get his head around the idea of worshipping a human being. His parents separated and he moved to England with his mother. During this time he becomes even more despondent from the Christian religion and leaves it altogether. Mark thinks his only option after this is living a hedonistic lifestyle (chasing a life of pleasure).Mark befriends his flatmate, Kamran, at University where the hedonism continues, however, his pursuit of pleasure was stifled via a near death encounter with alcohol poisoning. This experience further exacerbated the spiritual gap in his life and it was around this time his flatmate Kamran opened up to Mark about researching further into Islam. Mark's initial reaction was stupefaction but with each passing day as they dug deeper and deeper into their research their true purpose of life was being unveiled to them. There was only so much research they could achieve on their own an

Sam Burr is a polyglot who's learnt five languages but it was specifically the Arabic language that had the biggest impact on the way he lives his life now.Support the show

Uthman Mahmood began his journey in the Dawah under a decade ago when iERA were running a Dawah campaign during the London 2012 Olympics and he wanted to get involved. From then on he was swept away in the fervour for the Dawah and went on Dawah trips all of the UK training others on how to share Islam or explaining Islam to non-Muslims within city centres. However, a nerve was struck when one of the attendees referred to him as an Ustadh and from then on he knew he was punching above his weight (something else which speaks about on this episode and how he overcame the struggles of being overweight).Support the show

Sakina Bint Erik is a Canadian revert who accepted Islam in the mid-'90s. From a young age, she realised that there were inconsistencies within her Christian faith and sought out the truth as she always believed that there was a God. She initially lived in a non-Muslim area but when she moved to a more diverse city - Ottawa - she befriended a group of Muslim sisters from all different walks of life. This bond of sisterhood resonated with Sakina.Support the show

In this episode, Yusha Evans lays out a vision of where the Dawah is moving (yes, in the gaming scene) and how the Muslim Gamers League is making waves. Learn more on https://muslimgamersleague.comSupport the show

Nadeem Ashraf speaks about how Muslims should get involved in the Dawah, learning from his mistakes and the common pitfalls when sharing Islam with non-Muslims.Support the show

Hamza Myatt is a prolific polemicist and revert to Islam. He is best known for his theological debates in Speakers Corner but not much is known about this Welsh man of his life prior to Islam and how he was looking into the religion around the time of the tragic events of 9/11.Support the show

Over the years you've probably recognised Esa Khan filling your Facebook feed within exotic locations sharing the message of Islam with native tribes. Esa has been at iERA on and off for several years but Dawah was an intuition from an early age for him. Learn about Esa's Dawah journey from his beginnings in Bangladesh to highlighting inconsistencies within atheism with his thought-provoking videos and his digital entrepreneurship now.Support the show

Ben took his shahadah 9 years ago and for Chris, it's only been 9 months. In this episode, they compare and contrast their journeys; post #shahadah, dynamics of dealing with all sorts of ‘New Muslim Mentors’ and losing non-Muslim friends.Support the show

In this episode of ReRooted Ben Iqra discusses his interesting journey towards Islam and his former life as a punk.Support the show

The iERA team discuss tips on how to utilise the #Quran​  in the lead up to #Ramadan​ for both as a tool to interact with non-Muslims and for self-development for the #Dawah​.We also have a special guest from Texas

In this episode, student of Knowledge Asif Uddin (unfortunately an avid Liverpool fan) gives an insight of holistically what true #Dawah is. He also shares some of the experiences his attendees for our Step-By-Step #NewMuslim Webinar series have been faced when reverting to #Islam and how they overcame such struggles.Support the show

In this revamped format of the ReRooted podcast series; learn more about what happens behind the scenes in iERA and how the Dawah is facilitated around the world. In this episode iERA's HQ team discuss the Dawah Training filming and how the guest (Chris Connolly) took his shahadah during the filming!Support the show

Musa & Imran discuss Dawah during the pandemic, and how social media can be the perfect dawah vehicle for these trying times.After listening to this episode, Do you want to learn how to give Dawah? visit https://www.training.iera.orgIf you, or anyone you know is interested in learning more about Islam, visit https://www.onereason.org#dawah #iera #islamSHOW LESSSupport the show

Jordan took his shahadah in 2017. In this episode of ReRooted, Subboor and Jordan talk about the "new Muslim experience", how his mother found out he was a Muslim by watching an Ali Dawah video and other stories. This episode also entails Jordan's journey to becoming a daiee after his shahadah and some of the new Muslim mishaps he's had along the way.Follow Jordan on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqIL...We have new Muslim webinars underway, take part if you want to learn the basics of Islam https://iera.org/webinars-2020If you, or anyone you know is interested in learning more about Islam, visit https://www.onereason.orgWant to learn how to give Dawah? visit https://www.training.iera.org#speakerscorner #revert #newmuslimSHOW LESSSupport the show

Kicking off Season 2 of ReRooted, Imran Hussein and Subboor Ahmad discuss the most tried and tested dawah technique in the world - The GORAP method. This episode will empower you to convey the call of Islam with confidence and compassion, God Willing.Are you a Uni Student? https://www.iera.org/uni-webinarAre you a New Muslim? https://www.iera.org/learn-islamAre you a Daiee? https://www.iera.org/dawah-webinarAre you interested in Mentoring? https://www.iera.org/mentorshipIf you, or anyone you know is interested in learning more about Islam, visit https://www.onereason.orgWant to learn how to give Dawah? visit https://www.training.iera.org#rerooted #season2 #gorapSupport the show

Musa Adnan, the host of ReRooted, is the guest this time. Moving on to the next leg of his journey, Musa explains his reasons why he will no longer be the host of ReRooted... but does this spell the end for the show? Or is there yet, more to come???We would like to sincerely thank you all, the viewers and supporters for joining us on this journey so far. It's been emotional, insightful and whole-heartedly endearing.If you are reading this, let us know what you thought of the series in the comments section. Is ReRooted worth a season two? Who do you think will make a good host if ReRooted does get re-booted? All these are questions on our minds, as they probably are in yours... let us know your thoughts below in shaa AllahIf you, or anyone you know is interested in learning more about Islam, visit: https://www.onereason.orgWant to learn how to give Dawah? visit https://www.training.iera.orgSupport the show

John Fontain has been spreading the word of Islam around the world for years. In this episode of ReRooted, we hear elements of his own journey to Islam and get some deep-rooted advice about how dawah is perceived in the west, and the developing nations and how Islam should be propagated to different peoples of varying social differences.If you, or anyone you know is interested in learning more about Islam, visit https://www.onereason.orgWant to learn how to give Dawah? visit https://www.training.iera.org#rerooted #iera #podcastSupport the show

In this episode, we learn why the revelation of Allah, the Qur'an, is a great source for inviting people to Islam. Ustad Jamal is Musa Adnan's teacher, and close friend. He has learnt all 10 recitation styles of the Qur'an and teaches Qur'an studies in East London Mosque.#Quran #rerooted #dawahIf you, or anyone you know is interested in learning more about Islam, visit https://www.onereason.orgWant to learn how to give Dawah? visit https://www.training.iera.orgSupport the show

Subboor Ahmad and Musa Adnan discuss why online dawah is more fruitful today than ever before and how it came to be so.If you, or anyone you know is interested in learning more about Islam, visit https://www.onereason.orgWant to learn how to give Dawah? visit https://www.training.iera.org#iera #rerooted #dawahSupport the show