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Saturday, December 23, 2006

Turning Muslim in Texas



George W Bush may be backed by Christian fundamentalists but in his home state of Texas, Islam is the latest big draw. Eric was a Baptist preacher before he became a Muslim 14 years ago. Now he prays five times a day – even in the middle of watching a football game. His wife, Karen, also a convert, is covered from head to toe in the traditional Muslim Clothes. Islam, says Eric, ‘is everything I wanted Christianty to be’. His mother has found it hard to come to terms with her son’s conversion and believes he will return to the Christan faith: ‘Then he will be a dynamic preacher.’ Eric says: ‘Maybe some day she’ll embrace Islam.’

posted by salim @ 10:36 AM   4 comments

4 Comments:

At 5:59 AM, Blogger Karin said...

"Islam is everything I wanted Christianity to be" ... that hits EXACTLY what I feel! I can sypathize very much ... thanks so much for sharing!!

 
At 4:54 PM, Blogger salim said...

Thank you sister for your comment, what you fell is right, because Islam and Christianty both came from Allah.Islam came to correct the mistakes which were added to Christianity.

 
At 6:56 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks so much dear friend and brother ... that's JUST the way I see it! I so much appreciate you highlighted that!

 
At 8:34 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is TOO funny on so many different levels. My favorite quote was when he said that he thought that the only thing holding back most Americans from becoming Muslim was education. So very true since the majority of Americans ARE educated as opposed to the literacy levels in the most populous Muslim countries.

 

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