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it's a religion um that's all I already
know I don't really know much about it I
know much about Islam I would like to
know more about Islam and maybe that's
something I could think about doing
especially now you stopped being the
straight
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nman I think at this very moment of time
I think around 20 to 25 people a month
are converting to Islam only in this
most and the reason is
that you know the the propaganda and the
islamophobia activities which is the
very bias media is you know uh Onslaught
on Islam and against Muslim this is the
reason that what people see because we
as Muslims whatever happened to us um
you know we we refer everything to Allah
almighty God and we truly believe that
he is on our side so um alhamdulillah
this is reflected upon people mind when
people see that oh what is Islam what
people are talking why people are
talking about Muslims and all this and
they go and search books search on the
internet read Quran the truth become you
know obvious to them themselves and then
they accept Islam and they become
Muslims and we see whenever there is a
false acquisition of Islam and Muslims
in the media we see as a result that
week we see more and more people
becoming Muslims
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before I become a Muslim what I used to
do was cuz I was still interested in
Christianity cuz I was raised a
Christian I wanted to like if I wanted
to follow something wanted to follow it
fully so what I done was I used to have
SP like an hour a day half an hour Bible
half an hour Quan so like for a week
this went up and I remember the first
time I read Sur F like it just every
every ey made sense and they really got
to the end cuz the K was reading was an
English translation so it says and not
of those who who are who are who have
earned youra I looked at Jews yet I
thought yeah who the Jews I said of
those who are St Christians yet as a
Christian at the time like like you felt
it it's like every every eye I was
reading was like a like a punch in the
punch in the stomach I could feel it
inside him I knew it was the truth just
the way it starts that this is the book
of which there is no doubt I knew about
the Quran before as a Muslim so what
happened in time was it be from instead
of half an hour Bible half an hour Quran
go to 20 minutes Bible 40 minutes Quan
and then 50 minutes Bible 45 minutes
Quran and then after a while I stop
reading the Bible and just started
reading the
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Quran my opinions uh of what a Muslim
was before I
reverted uh was was quite basic really
thought that all Muslims were of Asian
origin thought they were either
Pakistani or
Bangladeshi uh so mainly Asian yet
obviously apart from Yousef Islam and
and Muhammad Ali that that's about it
really I didn't have a a view of what a
Muslim was apart from them being Asian I
do read Quran um in the English
translation at the moment cuz I don't
know how to read Arabic I should imagine
that once I do know how to read it I'll
be able to appreciate appreciate it a
lot more um obviously obviously because
it's in quranic Arabic it's it's a
miracle within itself I think it's
important to to read Quran because it
answers everyday questions it's a it's a
guide book for for Life basically um and
the way it's written the miracle in
itself I mean for example in one of the
suras it says about uh the fetus being
like a leech like clot I mean how, 14400
years ago how is that going to be known
I mean scientists have only recently
just been able to prove things like that
with advanced technology so it's just
it's just amazing the way it's written
and it's the true word of Allah so you
know it's the best book to
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read GR in
broccoli which is in southeast London
it's a lowi income area of high crime
rate and when I was young I used to go
to Sunday school so I saw another thing
that interesting me in Islam was all of
the stories of all of the prophets and
Messengers that I learned about in
Sunday school I learn about here Islam
means the acceptance and continuation of
Judaism and Christianity therefore in
Islam we actually accept all the
previous Commandments of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala and the books of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala which which are
mentioned in in in the Old Testament and
in the New Testament and obviously we
believe that they were true prophets of
Allah subhah waa whether it is David
Moses Jesus and and a Muslim would mean
that a person who actually follow the
true Faith continuing that link
consistent link or chain of the Faith
from previous religions and coming to
accept you know the message of Muhammad
sallahu alaihi
wasallam I remember it was New Year's
night and I went to church with my mom
and you got back and my mom said to Mom
said to me um like why didn't you go up
and get yourself saved I said I don't
get myself say what to become Muslim she
like oh my gosh you want to become like
them and
you know you know you know Indian and
stuff like this is Indian people
religion yeah so I'm like no it's not
like that Mom you know it's it's not
like that at all and then when I
actually took my shahada and went home
oh said to me cuz sometimes I'll I'll go
in late all of the time all of the time
like I didn't have a time period when I
would have to get be in the house but
this one night I went in the house mom
said to me where have you been said I've
been to the Bosque she go what said sh
she go oh my my God you're going to
become a terrorist and blow yourself up
on the chain and you're going to do all
this like I said no Mom it's nothing's
not like that so first reactions to me
becoming a Muslim wasn't good so Mom
didn't like it at all I'm not sure if my
family would Embrace Islam I'd love them
to but like I said cuz I'm the youngest
in the family it's kind a bit difficult
to give them down sometimes so I try to
approach it from different angles but
sometimes it's like I used to come and
tell me about God and stuff I used to
change your nappies and I used to come
your picky head and stuff and you a
little you know the first person I told
was my mom um she's really understanding
alhamdulillah uh she she understood you
know what my intentions were it was
slightly more of a worry telling my dad
um so I didn't I left it to my mom to
tell him um it was a you know a bit
worried at first but to be honest we've
never really had that sort of
relationship whereby we can openly
discuss things like that anyway so and
to be honest since since he's been told
we've not talked about
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it obviously getting on a train and the
bus with a bag and stuff I
expected maybe a few looks and stuff but
that kind of stuff don't bother me cuz I
was getting that before far a Muslim
anyway you know so I to be walking down
the street as a non-muslim it's like
this guy's going to rob me or you know
what I mean because of the way I was
dressing so dressing like this doesn't
really have an effect on me