Posted on 03/04/2019 4:43:50 AM PST by robowombat
Why I converted to Islam – Roman Catholic priestPublished on
The autobiography of a Roman Catholic priest, Idris Tawfiq, who became a Muslim about 15 years ago, has emerged online.
Tawfiq was reported to have died after a period of illness on February 3, 2016 in the United Kingdom, UK but before his death, he had written his experience on how he converted to the ‘religion of peace.’
Although the reason for releasing this on the same day, one year after he died cannot be ascertained, ‘AboutIslam’ is reporting that until his death, he was head of religious education in different schools in the UK for several years.
“I enjoyed being a priest helping the people for some years. However, deep inside I was not happy and I felt that there was something not right.
“Fortunately, and it is God’s will, some events and coincidences in my life led me to Islam. I used to think of Egypt as a country of Pyramids, camels, sand and palm trees. I actually took a charter flight to Hurghada.
“Shocked to find it similar to some European beaches, I took the first bus to Cairo where I spent the most wonderful week in my life. This was my first introduction to Muslims and Islam. I noticed how Egyptians are such gentle, sweet people, but also very strong.
“Like all Britons, my knowledge about Muslims up to that time didn’t exceed what I heard from the TV about bombers and fighters, which gave the impression that Islam is a religion of troubles. However, getting into Cairo I discovered how beautiful this religion is.idris1
“Very simple people selling goods on the street would abandon their trade and direct their face to Allah and pray the moment they heard the call to prayer from the mosque.
“They have a strong faith in the presence and will of Allah. They pray, fast, help the needy and dream to have a trip to Makkah with the hope of living in heaven in the hereafter.
“On my return I resumed my old job of teaching religion. The only compulsory subject in British education is Religious Studies. I was teaching about Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and others.
“So every day I had to read about these religions to be able to teach my lessons to the students, many of whom were Arab Muslim refugees. In other words, teaching about Islam taught me many things.
“Unlike many troublesome teenagers, these students set a good example of what a Muslim could be. They were polite and kind. So a friendship developed between us and they asked if they could use my classroom for prayers during the fasting month of Ramadan.
“Luckily, my room was the only one with a carpet. So I got accustomed to sitting at the back, watching them praying for a month. I sought to encourage them by fasting during Ramadan with them, even though I wasn’t yet a Muslim.
“One day I headed to the biggest Mosque in London, to hear more about this religion. Getting into London Central Mosque, there was Yusuf Islam, the former pop singer, sitting in a circle talking to some people about Islam. After a while, I found myself asking him” ‘What do you actually do to become a Muslim?’
“He answered that a Muslim should believe in one God, pray five times a day and fast during Ramadan. I interrupted him saying that I believed all this and had even fasted during Ramadan. So he asked:idris2
‘What are you waiting for? What is holding you back?’ I said: ‘No, I don’t intend to convert.’
“At that moment the call to prayer was made and everyone got ready and stood in lines to pray. I sat at the back, and I cried and cried. Then I said to myself: Who am I trying to fool? After they ended their prayers, I headed to Yusuf Islam, asking him to teach me the words by which I announce my conversion.
“After explaining its meanings to me in English, I recited after him in Arabic that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I couldn’t hold back my tears.”
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What flavour kool aid did he drink?
Convert or die flavored Kool Aid.
Into the comfort zone for pedophiles.
And besides, it gives him better access to children..
No one gets upset when he buggers a 10 year old boy?
As expected, all emotion here. He was inspired by things that describe real Christianity, and fake Taqiyya Islam. He doesn’t describe being inspired by Moslem theology or by quotes from the Koran.
“Unlike many troublesome teenagers, these students set a good example of what a Muslim could be.”
As if muslim yutes gang raping European women isn’t a problem.
A priest called Idris Tawfig?
One day he was just feeling super rapey, and there was too much scrutiny on catholic priest to be comfortable, and he was not interested in becoming a public school teacher
He was star struck by Cat Stevens.
One needn’t know much to convert and deep study is actually discouraged for the average person.
Into the comfort zone for pedophiles.
He no longer has to be concerned about “possibly” being exposed in the Catholic church.
“direct their face to Allah and pray the moment they heard the call to prayer from the mosque.”
Muslims don’t bow to face Allah five times a day, the bow to Mecca the capital of the Islamic empire 5 times a day. It is loyalty to the empire, not “religion”. It is a segregated city with a death penalty for non-muslims who’d dare enter.
He never knew God in the first place, or he would not have traded Him for a ‘religion’ that is anti God and world domination as the goal.
For a “man of god” he’s not too bright!
Brain tumor, I'm guessing. Seriously, I have seen how they affect people.
What hogwash. What an emotional basket-case.
Let's ask Lara Logan about those gentle! sweet Egyptian Muslims.
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