Swiss antagonist of minarets embraces Islam: The Nation Feb.23, 2010
published Jan.30, 2010
RENOWNED Swiss politician Daniel Streich, who rose to fame for his campaign against minarets of mosques, has embraced Islam.
A member of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and a well-known politician, Daniel Streich was the first man who had launched a drive for imposition of ban on mosques minarets, and to lock the mosques in Switzerland. The proclamation of Streich’s conversion to Islam has created furore in Swiss politics, besides causing a tremor for those who supported ban on construction of mosques minarets.
Streich propagated his anti-Islamic movement far and wide in the country, sowed seeds of indignation and scorn for Islam among the people, and paved way for public opinion against pulpits and minarets of mosques.
But now Streich has become a soldier of Islam. His anti-Islam thoughts finally brought him so close to this religion that he embraced Islam. He is ashamed of his doings now and desires to construct the most beautiful mosque of Europe in Switzerland.
The most interesting thing in this regard is that at present there are four mosques in Switzerland and Streich wants to lay the foundation for the fifth one. He wishes to seek absolution of his sin of proliferating venom against Islam. He is thinking of a movement contrary to his previous one to promote religious tolerance and peaceful cooperative living, in spite of the fact that ban on mosques minarets has gained a legal status.
This is the greatest quality of Islam that it comes up with even greater vigour, when it is faced with confrontation.
Abdul Majeed Aldai, the president of OPI, an NGO, working for the welfare of Muslims, says that Europeans have a great desire to know about Islam. Some of them want to know about the relationship between Islam and terrorism; same was the case with Streich.
During his confrontation, Streich studied the Holy Quran and started understanding Islam.
He wished to be hard to Islam, but the outcome was otherwise. Aldai further says.
Recently the question of ban on minarets was put to voting in Switzerland, wherein the Swiss nationals gave the issue a legal status.
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Permalink Reply by Yusuf Ceasar on -
This is GREAT news....Alhamdulillah...
They plan but Allah azza wa jall is the BEST of PLANNERS. Out of the bad thing that happens(bad publicity,etc) to ISLAM comes the MUCH better GOOD. Alhamdulillah!
The carton issue in Denmark came a lot of Danish embracing ISLAM. The 911 issue came a lot of people being curious about ISLAM and embracing it later after studying it and came out a better good with lots of contemporary scholars like Khalid Yaseen, Yusuf Estes, Abdulraheem Green, our ustadz Ahmad Barcelon embracing after 911.Alhamdulillah!
Ya' Allah please bring more non-muslims to Islam. Ameen.
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Permalink Reply by Andoy on
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Ameeeh , Alhamdurillah , islam its cover by blackship from the teaching of the others religion, its inherit from there parents that islam is like this and like that , judging by its cover with out knowing it , anybody who read the koran and hadith with open mind inshallah they will embrace islam
sana nga maging open minded ang lahat ng mga pilipino sa atin, basahin nila ang koran at ang hadith.
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Permalink Reply by khalid Ibraheem Mabute on -
"Say, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allah." But if they tun away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."
-Surah 3:54
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Permalink Reply by Muhammad F.A. Sumaway on -
"INNALLAHA YAHDI MAYYASHA' ILA SIRATIL MUSTAQIM" MA SHA ALLA THIS IS ONE OF THE GOOD SIGNS THAT WILL SHINE IN EUROPE AND IN SHA ALLAH PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT ISLAM IN MAJORITY NOT ONLY IN THIS CONTINENT BUT IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND SPECIALLY IN THE PHILIPPINES .
WHAT A NICE INFORMATION, THANKS BRO.
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Permalink Reply by jibril patriarca on -
Alhamdulillah wa Allahu Akbar.
naalala ko mga brod ang istorya ng ating naging kalipah na si Umar bin Al-khattab (RA) na kahit ang ating mahal na Propeta Muhammad (SAWS) ay nangamba sa kanyang katapangan bago siya yumakap sa Islam sa dahilang isa siya sa mahigpit na kaaway ng Islam at bantog siya sa kanyang lakas na kahit ang leon ay kaya niyang patayin sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga kamay lamang. at katulad nga ng nabangit ni bro federico Muhammad na " katotohanan Gagabayan ni ALLAH kung sino ang kanyang loloobin sa matuwid na landas."
ALLAHU AKBAR ALLAHU AKBAR ALLAHU AKBAR...
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Permalink Reply by Eisa Bautista on -
Assalam alaikum all,
Correction on the comment of Bro Khalid Ibraheem Mabute on Feb 16, 2010. The Surah should read 3:64
Jazak allahu khayran.
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