Na Ima Book Review

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The book is an autobiography of Na’ima Robert before and after reverted to Islam. Other than her own story, she also included the story of other revert sisters’ experiences as similar as hers. Hence, the book mainly revolves around the lives of a community of women.
The book contains different range of subjects where Na’ima discusses from stereotypes to submission and self-image, and most importantly about marriage and womanhood as well. The book also emphasizes about how women are being oppressed in the society and how Islam saves them from the oppression.
The book is divided into 2 parts which are the Part 1 is Finding Islam and Part 2 is Living Islam. The first part focuses on finding Islam which she tells the reader about her journey in …show more content…

In the book, we can see how Na’ima appreciates Islam very much since the beginning. Even before reverted to Islam, she already experienced different calm feelings after pondering at the Islamic environment when she was in Egypt. She was mostly attracted to Islamic cultures such as women in hijab and niqab because she felt that it is a symbolic for intellect. She was also attracted to the Muslim worshippers which are everywhere whether in masjid or even on the street that portrays the real devotion to God. She was also amazed at the Arabic words and their beautiful meanings which are completely different from what she learnt from Christianity.
After reverted to Islam, she managed to clear up the misconception of marriage in Islam. Even though it is forbidden to have contact with opposite gender, it does not mean we cannot see our future spouse before marriage. Actually, we can do ta’aruf to choose the right spouse just like how Na’ima did it with her husband before. This shows that everything in Islam has its own beauty and wisdom.

The first Islamic perspectives that need to be highlighted is about being judgmental. We cannot judge people blindly as Allah has mentioned in Chapter Al-Hujurat which

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