I was searching online for an automobile part, and click on a site and was taken to an Islamic site; I saw the Quran online version so I downloaded it and started to read. Then on Sunday I went to church where I was attending, the pastor there said something that made me see him in a different light, he was talking about different religions, which he mentioned that Sunday about Muslims and how they forced others by the sword back in the earlier days.

So I went back and researched some more, I have since been reading more about Islam and Muslims online and I would like to get to know much more. So after reading more I decided to take the next step to becoming Muslim. I would like to know how to pray correctly and learn a lot more of Prophet Muhammad and other Prophets.

I would also like to know how I am supposed to behave to a non-Muslim and hopefully have my family become Muslims as well, and also like to know if changing my name is required, also how do I go about choosing an appropriate name.  I'd like to thank you in advance for all your help.