Mahdi Bray .. American Muslim imam

Mahdi Bray .. American Muslim imam



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Islam Story







Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 14:31






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I have been a Christian .. This is true .. Originated in childhood center system resembles the apartheid regime in South Africa, there was racism in America and the separation of the races, and although I was a Christian was happening in the church on Sunday to disperse, was sitting eggs in place and blacks in place, do not accept the Christian blacks.

This racism has had a significant impact on a child, and was being tossed my house with stones by a group racist were not you in the presence of blacks in the region, making it all my life interested in social justice, and I went to a lot of places in my journey to search for justice; civil rights movement in the Church , the national movement in Africa, socialist and leftist movements, etc., and finally thought of capitalism when I started my work in the rock 'n' roll.

I learned a lot of things by entering into these movements, although this felt that there is still a vacuum in my heart, this vacuum has an end when I was working in rock 'n' roll with rock stars, and got a lot of money, and I had a great wealth The pain, though my heart was still empty.

In the days of my studies in college friend gave me a Pakistani copy of the Koran translated meanings into English, was covered with a plastic bag, and he said to me: "This will help you book .. give him to you, but Oadena something, wash your hands before reading it, and put it in a clean place , do not enter the bathroom, do not leave it or put it on the ground. " The promised this promise, and gave me a translation "Yusuf Ali" of the meanings of the Qur'an, and his campaign with me every place I went to him for seven years, and when you're in the profession of rock 'n' roll you I'm reading from time to time, but did not enter the words my heart yet.

One day in 1972, I stood in front of the mirror, and I took a look and remember that little boy, and I began to think my parents taught me and my mother honesty, integrity, respect for women, modesty. All of this has gone from me .. My heart was empty .. But he longs to something; so I opened a copy Yusuf Ali of the meanings of the Qur'an, opened Sura No. 55 Ar-Rahman, and there I read verse seventh, which says: God I put the balance does not exceed it {the sky lifted and balance status} [Rahman: 7], I felt that the rocks fall on my head. Here I knew that justice does not come from Martin Luther King, Che Guevara, Malcolm X, or any of these .. Justice comes from God.

And I wanted to be part of this justice, and fled myself to God Ghafoor, I did not know how to say: "There is no god but Allah", just say: O God, I want to be a Muslim. Therefore completed my reading of the Al-Rahman, and found the yes of God we how we thank these blessings, and I started to cry not because I'm still sad, but I found something wonderful, I found Islam, and now I'm a Muslim 30 years ago.

I did not find Islam, I was God who guided me to Islam, and there was no place in America I can study when Islam; because Islam was still small there, and there was no mosque. I started to read the books, I was initially reading through characters into English, when you say: "I ask forgiveness from God," I Antgaha "Ostghafrollagha".

In the end I went to the Islamic Center in Washington, the largest mosque there, and was a day of Eid al-Fitr, I did not know the meaning of the word "Holiday", and everyone was shouting: "Eid Mubarak." I thought they say: "Eeat Mubarak", I did not understand what they're saying I understood what they say: "Food Mubarak", and this is my story with Islam.

Source: the teachings of Islam.