{"id":356,"date":"2017-01-17T21:12:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T18:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/17\/british-police-officer-islam-defining-point-life\/"},"modified":"2017-01-17T21:12:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T18:12:58","slug":"british-police-officer-islam-defining-point-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/british-police-officer-islam-defining-point-life\/","title":{"rendered":"British Police Officer: Islam Is the Defining Point in My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel wasn\u2019t thinking of becoming Muslim. How Did this British police officer find Islam? How did he learn about the true religion? And what did he find?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s his story in his own words\u2026<\/p>\n<p>That was the first time it really affected me. When it started I just couldn\u2019t stop crying, to be honest. When I was in sujud (prostration) I felt the closest to Allah. You can\u2019t get any closer. So you really feel it then. It was the first sujud I made in my life.<\/p>\n<p>My name is Daniel Binichi. I\u2019m Muslim now for eight years. I was born in the UK, and I\u2019m now 26 years of age. I studied in the city of Bath, and I went to Catholic schools all my life.<\/p>\n<p>I lived in Bath since the age of 13. So I spent all my teenage life here. But luckily for myself the friends who I surrounded myself with weren\u2019t bad. And all that filled my mind was football, going to the park and friends. So it wasn\u2019t that bad.<\/p>\n<p>Before Islam I was a Christian but not a practicing one.<\/p>\n<p>I went to church once or twice a year for Christmas and Easter. And even these visits were just to be with my family. It wasn\u2019t for something specific.<\/p>\n<p>Actually when I was teenager I didn\u2019t have any aims or any goals to be honest. I felt, at that time, what is the point of having any aims or goals! Because life was just for enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel knew Islam through his colleagues in college in Brussels. And before that he didn\u2019t know anything about the religion. His close relationships with his Muslim colleagues made him read about Islam. And unfortunately, when he learned about Islam he found how all his very friends weren\u2019t in fact non-practicing Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>At that point he wasn\u2019t thinking of becoming Muslim. He found himself getting attached to the religion and its practices and teachings\u2026<\/p>\n<p>How did Daniel find his feet in Islam- the true religion? And what did he find? Why did he choose that route rather than any other?<\/p>\n<p>In this very touching informative and heartening conversation Daniel tells Shaikh Fahad Al-Kandari how he converted to Islam and how his life is now after eight years as Muslim\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>_________________________<\/p>\n<p>Source: MercifulServant YouTube Channel<\/p>\n<p>Share[ica_orginalurl]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel wasn\u2019t thinking of becoming Muslim. How Did this British police officer find Islam? How did he learn about the true religion? 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