Debtor Diriye - London
British study revealed a growing number of Britons who had converted to Islam in the United Kingdom, noting that more than half of them female.
The study, prepared by the University, "Swansea" the number of people who convert to Islam in Britain has risen from six thousand in 2001 to about ten thousand in 2010, and 62% of them girls.
The number of people who converted to Islam last year alone, 5,200 people, despite the "Islam phobia" and the political discourse and media hostile to Islam.
Experience theShe spoke of Alice to the number of those who converted to Islam, said Alex Mani (16 years) from London, said the proximity of Islam is not new, adding, "I feel happy when I was visiting my Muslim friend Bushra, which is out of Bengali, at her home, I felt happy family living where, and I always wonder about the secret of all this respect, which brings together members of her family. "
The following "in my school I met on the faith of a Muslim of Egyptian origin, and I always visit her at her home in east London, and asked my mother to stay at the home of" faith "for two days and agreed that the month of Ramadan and I was during my stay I see the father as he prayed and was succeeded by all members of the family."
Remember that during the month of Ramadan, Arab families were seen visiting the house of faith, and it remained for two weeks at the family home, and received a call from her mother and ask if they want to go home or stay with the faith of the study.
Surprised the young mother, saying "I converted to Islam, believe me, O my mother," she says, "I form my conversion to Islam is a shock to my family and the family of faith in both, but this met with great encouragement from my family after the knowledge that I entered Islam is my life completely after they stopped smoking and drinking of alcohol. "
And the Mani with her mother to choose new clothes after he decided to wear the hijab.
KnowledgeThe young French Barbara Dinelli (25 years), which finished her university studies in Britain, says it has little knowledge of precedent for Islam by virtue of her friendship with fellow Muslims in her school, but its relationship with Islam evolved through its activities during her undergraduate studies in the "Solidarity Campaign British with Palestine, "and studied at the Institute of Arab Studies at the University of Cadiz in Spain, where she had the opportunity to study Islamic history.
Dinelli and explained that they enjoyed the study of life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and was very impressed with the war in Lebanon in the summer of 2006, and was active in the Students' Union in the last year in the university during the attack on Gaza.
French activist and worked after graduation, and sought to learn Arabic and read the Qur'an correctly, and traveled to Palestine and visited the Dome of the Rock and ears have heard and learned more about Islam.
Dinelli says "two weeks later Aatnguent Islam after reading more about the scientific miracles in the Qur'an, and uniformity and then I realized that there was no turning back."
Dinelli and add - the month of Ramadan, which is silent the past two years - that Islam is life for the better not to have great difficulty converting to Islam by her family, where she had the family home in France make is her father to the mosque for Friday prayers.
Source: Al Jazeera
