Reading Islam invites you to be a part of the
team. Should you be interested to write for Reading Islam, send us
an email (via the Contact
Us page). We will be contacting you as soon as we receive your
mail. Expect to be asked for a sample of your writing as well as an
updated CV.
Payment for writing is available and negotiated with
the editors after acceptance of the article or the proposal sent.
Copyright Issues
Reading Islam expects writers to submit original
material. If the material submitted to Reading Islam has been
published elsewhere, please make that clear on submission.
Republication of material is allowed only after
permission has been given by both the writer and Reading Islam. The
website respects the rights of writers to protect their work and
will not give other media outlets the right to republish material
until permission is sought from the writer.
All republished material should contain a clear
reference to Reading Islam as the first publisher.
Editorial Guidelines
1. Writer should be as
clear as possible so as not to leave room for misunderstanding.
2. Writer should not
attack or propagate any group's ideology. Should remain as
objective as possible regarding the different sects/groups
within Islam.
3. Writer should uphold
proper manners while discussing areas of contention.
4. Writer should not be
insulting towards anyone regardless of religion, sex, race, or
nationality.
5. Writer should respect
all peoples, regardless of their background, who strive to
implement the human values that Islam endorses.
6. The length of the
article should be between 1000 - 1500 words.
Avoiding Plagiarism
Attribute all information you get from other sources
to those sources, whether they be a person, a web site or another
publication. Footnotes or source listings are to be used to
reference information used in the article as follows:
Book citations
Author. Title, edition. (place of
publication, publisher, year), page numbers
For periodicals: journals, magazines, newspapers,
reviews, etc.
Author. 'Title of the article'. Title of the
periodical or its accepted abbreviation, date, volume (part
number of the issue in which it appears) page numbers
For online material
Author or authoring organization, document date or
date of last revision, 'Title of the Document', Title of the
complete work if any. (The title of the document should be
hyperlinked to the original online source). The date the document
was last accessed at.
Writing your personal story for My
Journey to Islam or In
Their Own Words
1. Word length between
1,000 to 2,000 words.
2. Using offensive
comments to other religions is not acceptable.
3. Comments that are
particularly sectarian or heretical are not acceptable.
4. Any story should
include:
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the name of the convert (preferably both first
& last name)
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where is he/she from? If from the USA the state
should be mentioned
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the religious background of the convert
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his or her first encounter with Islam
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details of the subsequent conversion
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how the conversion changed his or her life
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the reaction of family and loved ones
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the current status of the convert
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