Why Did They Become Muslims

ascribed to them and reinforced with the slanders that Turks were
mendacious, deceitful and venal people and that they had been
oppressing the minorities, with the Islamic culture, which was their
source of education, and the final step was to conclude that a
Muslim could never be as honest as a Christian. Did the Islamic
religion really deserve the blame? I could never believe it.
Eventually, I decided to resort to a Muslim man of religion to
acquire true information. In the meantime, I looked for Islamic
books written by Muslims. Some Muslim religious men living in
Britain found the books I needed and sent them to me. When I
read these books, I saw what a pure religion Islam was, how
brilliantly it shone throughout the Middle Ages, how brightly it
illuminated the dark Christian world, how, unfortunately, in the
wake of a general inattention to religious principles growing in the
process of time, the Islamic world gradually lost its vigour, and the
recent efforts to restore it to its former state. Today’s scientific
improvements could find no place in the Christian religion.
Conversely, they are in perfect concordance with Islam.
Consequently, the blame for the decline that the Islamic world has
been suffering falls not on the Islamic religion, but on today’s
Muslims, who have fallen short of fulfilling the requirements of
this pulchritudinous religion with due strictness. I no longer had
any doubts as to the merits of the Islamic religion now. So I
embraced Islam willingly.
Today, some European philosophers and writers argue that
religions are unnecessary. You must be sure that arguments of this
sort ensue from the preposterous tenets of Christianity and from
its superstitions which would never receive a welcome in the
twentieth century. The Islamic religion, on the other hand, does
not contain any of such toxins.
Christians can never understand why Islam should meet with
such universal acceptance, and they call Muslims ‘eccentric
people’. This is an entirely wrong accusation.
My final remarks are these: I chose Islam because it is a religion
which is both theoretical and practical, easy to understand and
logical, perfect in every respect, and an exemplary guide for
humanity. The Islamic religion is, and eternally will be, the best
way that will lead man to the love of Allâhu ta’âlâ and to happiness
in this world and the next.
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