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I enjoyed being a priest helping the people for some years.
However, deep inside I was not happy and I felt that there was something not right. Fortunately, and it is God’s will, some events and coincidences in my life led me to Islam.
I used to think of Egypt as a country of Pyramids, camels, sand and palm trees. I actually took a charter flight to Hurghada.
Shocked to find it similar to some European beaches, I took the first bus to Cairo where I spent the most wonderful week in my life.
This was my first introduction to Muslims and Islam. I noticed how Egyptians are such gentle, sweet people, but also very strong.
Like all Britons, my knowledge about Muslims up to that time didn’t exceed what I heard from the TV about suicide bombers and fighters, which gave the impression that Islam is a religion of troubles.  However, getting into Cairo I discovered how beautiful this religion is.

Very simple people selling goods on the street would abandon their trade and direct their face to Allah and pray the moment they heard the call to prayer from the mosque. They have a strong faith in the presence and will of Allah. They pray, fast, help the needy and dream to have a trip to Makkah with the hope of living in heaven in the hereafter.

On my return I resumed my old job of teaching religion. The only compulsory subject in British education is Religious Studies. I was teaching about Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and others. So everyday I had to read about these religions to be able to teach my lessons to the students, many of whom were Arab Muslim refugees. In other words, teaching about Islam taught me many things.

Unlike many troublesome teenagers, these students set a good example of what a Muslim could be. They were polite and kind.  So a friendship developed between us and they asked if they could use my classroom for prayers during the fasting month of Ramadan.

Luckily, my room was the only one with a carpet. So I got accustomed to sitting at the back, watching them praying for a month.  I sought to encourage them by fasting during Ramadan with them, even though I wasn’t yet a Muslim.

Once while reciting a translation of the holy Quran in class I reached the verse:

{And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they have recognized of the truth.}(Quran 5:83)

To my surprise, I felt tears welling up in my eyes and I tried hard to hide it from the students.

The following day, I was taking the underground and noticed how terrified the people were. I was also afraid of the repetition of such acts in Britain. At the time, the Western people started fearing this religion they blamed for terrorism.

However, my previous experience with Muslims took me to a different direction. I started wondering ‘Why Islam? Why do we blame Islam as a religion for the action ofterrorists who happened to be Muslims, when no-one accused Christianity of terrorism when some Christians have acted the same way?

One day I headed to the biggest Mosque in London, to hear more about this religion. Getting into London Central Mosque, there was Yusuf Islam, the former pop singer, sitting in a circle talking to some people about Islam. After a while, I found myself asking him” ‘What do you actually do to become a Muslim?’

He answered that a Muslim should believe in one God, pray five times a day and fast during Ramadan. I interrupted him saying that I believed all this and had even fasted during Ramadan.  So he asked:

‘What are you waiting for? What is holding you back?’  I said:

‘No, I don’t intend to convert.’

At that moment the call to prayer was made and everyone got ready and stood in lines to pray.

I sat at the back, and I cried and cried. Then I said to myself:

‘Who am I trying to fool?’

After they ended their prayers, I headed to Yusuf Islam, asking him to teach me the words by which I announce my conversion.

After explaining its meanings to me in English, I recited after him in Arabic that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I couldn’t hold back my tears.

‘Gardens of Islam’

I decided to write this book “Gardens of Delight: a Simple Introduction to Islam” to give non-Muslims an idea about the basic principles of Islam. I tried to tell people how beautiful Islam is and that Islam has the most extraordinary treasures, the most important being Muslims’ love for each other.

The Prophet says:

‘Even a smile to your brother is a charity.’

asuustrike2009:
Then that's who you're from your write up

Olodo
I won't reply you again
Underage

asuustrike2009:
Mannerless pikin. Is how you reply people?

That's how i reply people that are dumb
Dumb ass

Una no dy confirm details before talking stupidly


“It has nothing to do with any Christian group because up till now, I have not received any application requesting registration of Christian Students Society.
“And once they do that, we are ready to register them. Even as at last week, we said the two religious group to be recognised by the university will be the Muslim one and one from Christian side.
“Up till now we are to receive any application for the registration of any Christian association in the university from any group.”




That's what the university authority said
Sorry to say o.o
But y'all Christians are the ones initiating this religious war of a thing
Always quick to justify Muslims
Which shouldn't be so

asuustrike2009:
Are you OK?

Mumu
“It has nothing to do with any Christian group because up till now, I have not received any application requesting registration of Christian Students Society.
“And once they do that, we are ready to register them. Even as at last week, we said the two religious group to be recognised by the university will be the Muslim one and one from Christian side.
“Up till now we are to receive any application for the registration of any Christian association in the university from any group.”






Kai
All.ye religious bigots
May all of you see heaven

Y'all just making unnecessary noise

When oau placed a ban on the Muslim association in their school
No noise
Are Muslims allowed freedom to worship at covenant or at Babcock

Lol
Let's call a spade a spade
They banned the Christian stuff cause if some reasons

I'd go with jammeh on this one
First off there was an election which he promised that he will make it fair and credible and i believe her kept to his words as there were no cases of violence
Results got released he accepted defeat
He later retraced his statement and challenged the electoral body (a situation that happened everytime in nigeria)
I think there said some figures were miscounted which was true but even with the miscounted figures jammeh still lost
ECOWAS without thinking about how jammeh felt or without even hearing his own side decided that he should go
For Bleep sake the issue is an internal affairs ECOWAS them are not allowed to interfere in internal affairs of their member state except if it poses intl threat which it was not posing at the time
A fact he stated he said that ECOWAS just had the mindset that he should leave they didn't even care to listen
He refused which i believe is not new to Nigerians(to refuse to leave office)
They decided to go all James bond on him by calling military action in his country
He being who he is decided that he wasn't gonna leave that only God could move him
Now when things were about to get dirty he Would have gone all Gbagbo on them
But he kept to his word being a compassionate leader he decided not to allow blood to flow
I think jammeh is an hero

Lol...mine was just stupid...i was a small not then.i didn't know my brother was a sickle cell patient so there was this day he insulted me
Mumu me now said...you that it is everything you're always sick always going to the hospital wasting daddy's money
Fam I went to heaven and came back

Till date..that was the only time my dad beat mw

Dreal11247:
Every agenda to islamise this country shall fail woefully and everyone that will stop at nothing but to islamise this country shall die in Jesus name Amen

may I remind you
the person that received him
the vice president
is a pastor

so you're saying a pastor is also into the islamisation
Smh
receive sense by fire by force