Andrew Tate: Embrace Islam and Go to Jail

Kevin Gates (L), Andrew Tate (C), Amir Junaid (R)

For those who are au fait with happenings in the Muslim world, it is obvious that Islamophobia is systematically enforced by even governments. Former American president, Donald Trump, made that really pellucid. Through the years, western superstars have trooped towards Islam. In 2022, football legend, Clarence Seedoff announced Islam as his faith on 4^th March; Thomas Partey embraced Islam in the same month. In the twilights of 2022, another superstar joined the club. He was Andrew Tate. On October 24 2022, a Twitter account shared a 45-second long clip showing Andrew Tate offering prayers in a mosque with a friend.

Perspicacious minds were not stupefied in the slightest when it broke on 29^th December 2022 that Andrew Tate had been arrested in Romania on allegations of sexual assault and human trafficking and that he will be held till the end of January 2023.

This has happened severally in the past. Western superstars are allowed to do whatever they want however, there is one red line; never embrace Islam. 

Loon and Gates: Embrace Islam and Go to Jail

Ex-rapper, Amir Junaid Muhadith (born Chauncey Lamont Hawkins), was arrested in 2011 and handed a 14 year prison jail term after embracing Islam in 2008. He was silently released on 29^th July 2020 and many reports have advocated for and confirmed his innocence. Clearly, he was only scapegoated.

Kevin Gates embraced Islam in 2016, few months later (October 2016) he was arrested. He was released on 10^th January 2018.

May Allah free all Muslim captives.

The Muslim Who Invented the Flush Mechanism

Modern day toilet

Humans in the past did not think of toilets as it was very convenient  to simply take a stroll into the bushes to ease oneself. Then a time came when people felt the need to have designated areas close by for the purpose of relieving themselves, toilets were born. 

Another Muslim Who Gave Life For Christians

Late Riyanto Sukarmin and the uniform he was wearing

Islam is arguably the most scorned faith on earth largely due to all the  misinformation that have made the rounds since the turn of the 20th century demonizing the faith. Though, the actions of some Muslims have contributed. 

Arguably, the most proliferated misconception about Islam is that it preaches hate for members of other faiths. This has been refuted by several feats of heroics by Muslims with non Muslims being the beneficiaries.

On 10th December, a Twitter account, @KatolikG, inspired by comedy account @NUgarislucu, set up a fundraising effort for a martyr named Riyanto Sukarmin. Riyanto was killed by a bomb in Indonesia on the Christmas Eve of 2000 (December 24th).

On Christmas Eve in 2000, a series of explosions occurred in Indonesia as part of a large-scale terrorist attack by Al Qaeda and their allies. 

The attack involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in Mojokerto, Mataram, Pekanbaru, Batam Island, Sukabumi, Bandung, Medan and the capital Jakarta. The bombings killed 18 people and injured many others.

Riyanto was a member of the youth wing of Indonesia’s largest Islamic group Nahdlatul Ulama’s (NU), Banser. 

He and four of his companions had gone out to protect Christian sites as all was in full gear for the Christmas celebrations when they got a call about a suspicious package at the Eben Haezer Church in Mojokerto, East Java. 

On getting there, they opened the package and found that it was a time bomb. They tried to evacuate the Church of worshipers but realized that the bomb was set to go off at any moment. That was when Riyanto showed what he was made of. 

He told his colleagues to back away from the bomb and take cover; he then lay down on the bomb covering it with his body till it exploded. It tore his body apart. 

Born on October 19th 1975, Riyanto was the eldest of seven children born to Sukarmin and Katinem (his parents). His remains were buried at the  Pra Pvtkulon cemetery in Mojokerto. 

The fundraiser was able to raise Rp 106 million (US$7,604), though the initial target was Rp 50 million.

Another group of Muslim duplicated this feat in Kenya on December 20th 2016. Read the story here. 

Imam Abubakar Abdullahi

On July 17th 2019, a Muslim cleric in Nigeria, 83 year old Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, was awarded the International Religious Freedom Award prize in America for protecting 262 Christians by hiding them in his house and mosque when their village came under attack by armed herders.

Was This Woman Forced To Embrace Islam?

Shuhada Davitt (before & now)

Shuhada Davitt was born as Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor on 8th December 1966 in Dublin Her parents are Sean O'Connor, a structural engineer later turned barrister and chairperson of the Divorce Action Group, and her mother

Who is the Longest Serving Nigerian Sultan?

Sultan

The word 'Sultan' originates from Arabic, it was an Arabic abstract  noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun  'sultah', which means "authority" or "power". 

Later, certain rulers who claimed close to full sovereignty in practical terms without claiming the overall caliphate began to use

Umm Jamal ud-Din Waxes on Despite Criticisms

Umm Jamal ud-Din speaking at an event

Umm Jamal ud-Din recently (August 2017) came under fire by westerners after delivering an Islamic lecture in Sydney wherein she reiterated that it is sinful for women and girls to pluck the hair on their eyebrows in the name of fashion/make-up since Islam condemns any act involving altering the creation of ALLAH. Umm Jamal ud-Din did not bother responding to the backlash since she always knew it would happen. She continues to preach Islam across the globe both in person and via

Who is the Wife of Dr Zakir Naik?

Farhat Naik (right)

The face of Farhat Naik is not known by many because she wears a niqab. Farhat Naik holds a Masters degree in Commerce from the University of Pune in the Mahashrata province of India. 

Professor Azizan bint Baharuddin-The All-round Muslimah

Professor Azizan Bint Baharuddin

Prof. Azizan received her BSc. (Hons) Biology, University of Tasmania, Australia in 1978, MSc. (Univ. College London) and PhD in Philosophy of Science, University of Lancaster, U.K. She specializes in several areas such as environmental and bioethics, science, religion and development; interfaith and inter-civilisational dialogue. She has published widely in all these areas (14 books & monographs and more than 100 articles). She is also active in several NGOs that are connected with development as well as being a member  of various advisory and consultative committees for ministries such as Unity & National Integration, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Women’s and Social Development, Ministry of Science and Technology. Besides annually giving papers at various conferences locally and abroad, she is also invited regularly to give inputs through the local media regarding issues that are of relevance and connected to her areas of specialization. Currently

Meet Mr. Discipline: DAWUD BUTT

Sheikh Daood Butt was born and raised in Montreal, Canada and has always had a desire to learn and
teach Islam. Following secondary studies, he obtained a degree in Automotive Technology and was nominated amongst Canada's Top Graduates of 2002. During this time, he studied with local Imams and was hired as an Imam and Qur'an instructor at a local mosque. He went on to study at the Islamic University of Madinah for seven years, during which he completed a Diploma in Arabic Language followed by a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology and Islamic Da'wah from the Faculty of Da'wah and Usool Ad-Deen in 2010.

Upon returning to Montreal he was involved in various Da'wah activities including giving lectures and khutbahs in English, French, and Arabic. He has always been especially interested

Remembering Junaid Jamsheed Four Years After

Snapshot of Junaid Jamshed

Junaid Jamshed, also known as JJ (pronounced Jay-Jay) was a  Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and Islamic preacher. Junaid Jamshed and one of his wives (Nahya Junaid) were on-board the plane that was travelling from

ADNAN RASHID

Adnan Rashid

Adnan Rashid is active in dawah and has visited over 30 countries for this purpose. He has attained a number of ijazas in hadith from reputable hadith authorities. He attained his BA with honours in history from Birkbeck College, University of London. He has appeared on major Islamic channels such as Iqra Tv and Islam Channel. The Ustadh has taught seerah, tafseer and hadith to hundreds of students through TV and other platforms. He intends to finish the tafseer of al-Quran in the coming years. Ustadh Adnan has worked with renowned dawah organisations such as Mercy Mission, iERA and Convivencia. He has led a number of dawah missions to Africa. He served as Senior Researcher as well as lecturer while working with iERA. He is a very close associate of the Al Kauthar Institute. He has been serving as Khateeb in a number of West London mosques, where he regularly delivers

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