{"id":54,"date":"2015-12-22T11:10:25","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T08:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/22\/after-a-lot-of-research-an-indian-sikh-man-finds-islam\/"},"modified":"2015-12-22T11:10:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T08:10:25","slug":"after-a-lot-of-research-an-indian-sikh-man-finds-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/after-a-lot-of-research-an-indian-sikh-man-finds-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"After a Lot of Research, An Indian Sikh Man Finds Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A disillusioned Sikh man from India has converted to Islam in Afghanistan&#8217;s Jawzjan province and has been named Abdul Rahman, according to a media report there.<\/p>\n<p>Tota Singh has <a title=\"For These Reasons We Convert to Islam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/abcs-of-islam\/articles-of-faith\/for-these-reasons-we-convert-to-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\">converted to Islam<\/a> and has been named as Abdul Rahman in the northern Jawzjan, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Singh arrived from India in Shiberghan, capital of Jawzjan province two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>He was <a title=\"How These New Muslims Found Islam, Professed Faith\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/converts\/new-muslims-found-islam-professed-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\">thinking of converting to Islam<\/a>, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After doing a lot of research, he has finally chosen Islam,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in prison for some time in India and there I finally found that worshipping idols, animals and trees were not rational,\u201d he was quoted as saying by the news agency.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Reaching out to the Whole Family<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Experience Lessons from Converting to Islam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/featured\/experience-lessons-from-converting-to-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\">After feeling the beauty of Islam<\/a>, Abdul Rahman has pledged to persuade his brother and other family members <a title=\"Between Religion and Daily Life in Islam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/muslim-lifestyle\/religion-daily-life-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\">to adopt Islam<\/a> as their religion.<\/p>\n<p>His family has been living in Shiberghan since last two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Abdul Rahim Islamyar, director hajj and religious affairs, said in a ceremony that Tota Singh was named as Abdul Rahman after consultations with religious scholars.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/\">business-standard.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:10px 0 10px 0\"><a href=\"\/\/send\" class=\"wa_btn wa_btn_l\">Share<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[ica_orginalurl]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After doing a lot of research, an Indian Sikh man has finally chosen Islam. 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