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I accepted Islam because one day at a bookstore I picked up a Qur'an and read Al Fatiha.

Those 7 verses changed my life forever. Alhamdulillah

WOW. But once you picked up a Qur'an... reading Al Fatiha was inevitable as it's on the first page!

Some non Muslims find browsing the Islamic section in a bookshop daunting... I approached one once asking him "are you interested in Islam?" and he told me that he got interested as there was a Muslimah in his college and he had been asking her some questions. He told me he knew Islam is the truth; everything was making sense to him: the prayer, the way they dress; etc... I don't know whether he is Muslim today but I told him then to contact the local masjid. Observing him before I spoke to him - he was looking around checking (I think) no one who might know him might spot him reading an Islamic book! Or he was planning to steal! I think he was a little embarrassed.

You must have noticed a similarity with the Lord's Prayer? We expect them to be similar as the source "Allah" is the same!

Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins;
for we also forgive every one
that is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.

Luke 11 version (KJV)

http://www.lords-prayer-words.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Prayer