converting to Islam – Islamic Research and Information Center (IRIC) https://iric.org Sat, 29 Jul 2023 05:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.14 https://iric.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/iric-favicon.png converting to Islam – Islamic Research and Information Center (IRIC) https://iric.org 32 32 Dutch politician who said “Islam is a lie” and “Quran is poison” has become Muslim https://iric.org/dutch-politician-who-said-islam-is-a-lie-and-quran-is-poison-has-become-muslim/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dutch-politician-who-said-islam-is-a-lie-and-quran-is-poison-has-become-muslim https://iric.org/dutch-politician-who-said-islam-is-a-lie-and-quran-is-poison-has-become-muslim/#respond Tue, 05 Feb 2019 02:01:22 +0000 https://demo.iric.org/?p=23983 A former Dutch far-right politician who once said “Islam is a lie” and the “Quran is poison” has announced that he has become Muslim. 

Joram van Klaveren, 39, publicised his conversion to Islam yesterday evening.

Whilst writing a book on Islam, Klaveren said his views on the religion changed before he became Muslim last October, local media reported.

From 2010 to 2014, Van Klaveren was as a member of parliament for the far-right and anti-Islam ‘Freedom Party’ (PVV). He resigned after PVV leader Geert Wilders made racist comments about Moroccan Muslims. Van Klaveren went onto set up his own party but did not manage to win a seat in the 2017 general elections, which led him to quit politics.

His conversion to Islam mirrors that of Arnoud Van Doorn, another former PVV politician who converted to Islam. Van Doorn commended van Klaveren on Twitter, stating that he never thought that he would witness so many former PVV members become Muslim.

Source: 5pillarsuk.com

]]> https://iric.org/dutch-politician-who-said-islam-is-a-lie-and-quran-is-poison-has-become-muslim/feed/ 0 Irish singer Sinead O’Connor converts to Islam https://iric.org/irish-singer-sinead-oconnor-converts-to-islam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irish-singer-sinead-oconnor-converts-to-islam https://iric.org/irish-singer-sinead-oconnor-converts-to-islam/#respond Sat, 10 Nov 2018 05:18:41 +0000 https://demo.iric.org/?p=24492 The famous Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has converted to Islam and taken the new name “Shuhada’ Davitt.” In a tweet which is thought to be from her account, O’Connor said she had ditched the Catholic Church for good in a message to fans.

The 51-year-old wrote: “This is to announce that I am proud to have become a Muslim. This is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey. All scripture study leads to Islam. Which makes all other scriptures redundant. I will be given (another) new name. It will be Shuhada.” O’Connor also revealed she had received her first hijab with the help of a friend in Dublin. “My best friend, Elaine just gave me my 1st Hijab and she got chills all over her body when I put it on,” she wrote.

American theologian, Dr Yasir Qadhi was one of the first to offer his congratulations.

He said: “I’m very happy to hear Sinead O’Connor, the famous singer from Ireland, has converted to Islam…  May Allah bless our sister Shuhada and make her a role model for her people, and all of us!”

Source: 5pillarsuk.com

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