The first person to convert to Islam was a woman
Posted by Michel Morvan on
Among the debates that agitate society about Islam, there is one that comes up regularly. It concerns the place that women occupy in this religion.
Without entering into this debate, there is a fact that is rarely disputed, that is that the first person to convert to Islam was a woman .
This is Khadija, the first wife of the prophet Muhammad . Believing immediately in his mission, she is said to have told him: "You can at least call me, before all other men; because I believe in you."
Telling Islam from a woman's point of view is a captivating approach. This is what Aouda Nasri proposes in her play The Word of God , delivering a lively, original and profound testimony.
"I'm just a little student, but I'll allow myself to
give my opinion. Our increasingly populated world, our
Short and busy lives don't need conflict
religious .
We, believers, have the opportunity, and the duty, to
question. Are we ready to accept, in a spirit of
tolerance, the differences of other men?"
