{"id":1265,"date":"2021-04-07T22:11:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T19:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/young-british-convert-to-islam\/"},"modified":"2021-04-07T22:11:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T19:11:50","slug":"young-british-convert-to-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/young-british-convert-to-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Young British Convert to Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\u2018Thanks<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Thanks to my mother who took me to conferences and meetings I came to know Islam.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

According to several recent British studies, the number of Muslims in the UK has increased by 37% over the last six years, while the number of mosques has reached 1,500, al Jazeera.net reported.<\/p>\n

With the fact that hundreds of British people are embracing Islam, the British authorities recently confirmed the numbers of British prisoners and students converting to Islam are on the rise every day.<\/p>\n

During a tour to mosques and Islamic centers there, al Jazeera.net has reported that some of the children who converted to Islam are originally from Brazil, Luxembourg, Panama, and Sweden.<\/p>\n

Tranquility and Peace<\/b><\/p>\n

Interviewing Alexandra, the daughter of Lauren Booth, Tony Blair\u2019s sister-in-law<\/a>, who converted to Islam last Ramadan at the age of 12, she said:<\/p>\n

\u2018Thanks to my mother who took me to conferences and meetings I came to know Islam. Converting to Islam has given me much tranquility and soulful satisfaction.\u2019<\/p>\n

Alexandra remarked how Islam has changed her life forever and certainly for the better:<\/p>\n

\u2018My life is no more the same; now I love God and I fear Him\u2019, Alexander said.<\/p>\n

On the moment of her conversion the girl recalled how the warm senses of peace and serenity washed over her when she uttered the Shahadah<\/i> as if her soul ascending upward saying \u2018I did it. Yes, I did it\u2019.<\/p>\n

More respect and humility are among the many things that Islam gave her, that after wearing the hijab, she feels self-respectful and dignified as she never felt before, she noted.<\/p>\n

\u2018I was lucky starting at a secondary school this year where I\u2019m treated with gentleness and respect. I feel welcome there, that I even have a separate prayer room.\u2019<\/p>\n

Alexandra concluded that it is by the will of God that she became Muslim.<\/p>\n

On her family and relatives\u2019 reactions to her conversion, she said that she hasn\u2019t met her aunt, the ex-PM\u2019s wife, yet.<\/p>\n

\u2018At first it provoked weird reaction; in the first weeks after conversion my father\u2019s family were staring at me strangely. But then they came to treat me very normally.\u2019<\/p>\n

In Love with Minarets<\/b><\/p>\n

Aged 14, George, originally from Sweden, for his part, converted to Islam after reading about Islam and identifying with Muslim families and friends in London.<\/p>\n

George explained that his first relationship with Islam was through minarets, which he then used to photograph, and the Adhan<\/i> (Islamic Call to Prayer):<\/p>\n

\u2018I couldn\u2019t help waiting for the Adhan<\/i> to feel that strange feeling, what made me turn to my father to explain the mystery\u2019, he said.<\/p>\n

‘George\u2019s curiosity to learn about Islam and his love for call prayers has led him to embrace Islam,’ Abdullah, George\u2019s school colleague, then close friend, said.<\/p>\n

\u2018My father\u2019s answer that \u2018it\u2019s just a temporary feeling\u2019 helped only increase my curiosity exponentially. That\u2019s why I turned to `Abdullah for consultation.\u2019<\/p>\n

The boy\u2019s link with Islam strengthened after moving to Abu Dhabi where his father was offered a job in aviation.<\/p>\n

George\u2019s life came to a u-turn on seeing the close, healthy and stable family relations Muslims have, and how they are built on love, respect, remarkable strength and nobility.<\/p>\n

About the biased and sensational way in which Western media deals with and portrays Islam, George said this was part of his initial motivation to study about Islam.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is all this controversy about Islam for?\u201d George asked his father.<\/p>\n

After `Abdullah and Tamer, the school colleagues, helped George learn more about Islam through the internet, he told his family that he wants to be a Muslim.<\/p>\n

George\u2019s family\u00a0didn’t\u00a0oppose his decision, but asked him to think deeply before taking it.<\/p>\n

He did and took the decision, converted to Islam last month in London.<\/p>\n

Real Love<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2018Islam is my real love\u2019 said Sheila Rudd, 15, from South London, describing her relationship with the new religion.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s not a lust, a disgusting glass of alcohol or a drug sold on cheap markets for pleasure.\u2019<\/p>\n

Rudd, who converted to Islam a year ago, enthusiastically declared how happy she is seeing people entering Islam every day in Britain.<\/p>\n

‘It tells that the media lies and bias have failed in distorting the true image of Islam. On the contrary, it made more people learn about Islam and, consequently, choose it\u2019, she said.<\/p>\n

Upon embracing Islam, British converts admitted that they felt inside a deep breath of relief and happiness that were never experienced before.<\/p>\n

According to the British authorities, the emotional, soulful void felt by the British youth is the principal motive behind seeking Islam as propeller for lasting happiness and peace.<\/p>\n

Observers say that in place of failing role of the Church and, accordingly, of Christianity and Judaism in general, and the moral decay and spiritual emptiness in the British society, Islam has become the safe haven of peace, content, and tranquility.<\/p>\n

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Source: Aljazeera.net<\/i><\/p>\n

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