Thousands Of British Elite Embrace Islam:

[Ashiq e Rasool]

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ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

Thousands Of British Elite Embrace Islam: Study

LONDON, February 26 (IslamOnline.net) – Jonathan Birt, the son of Lord Birt and Emma Clark, the granddaughter of former liberal prime minister Herbert Asquith, are only two of 14,000 mostly-elite white Britons having reverted to Islam.

The new study by Yahya (formerly Jonathan) Birt, son of Lord Birt, former director-general of the BBC, provides the first reliable data on the sensitive subject of the movement of Christians into Islam. He uses a breakdown of the latest census figures to conclude that there are now 14,200 white reverts in Britain.
Initially, Birt said he had no coherent reasons for reverting, but “in the longer term I think it was the overall profundity, balance and coherence and spirituality of the Muslim way of life which convinced me,” he said.

Meanwhile, it emerged this weekend that Emma Clark, the great-granddaughter of a British prime minister has reverted.

Emma Clark, who helped design an Islamic garden for the Prince of Wales at Highgrove, his Gloucestershire home, is now helping create a similar garden for a mosque in Woking, Surrey, on the site of a car park, said the British newspaper.
Furthermore, fresh evidence came this weekend that Islam has received formal acceptance at the heart of the Establishment.

The Queen has approved new arrangements to allow Muslim staff at Buckingham Palace time off to attend Friday prayers at a mosque.

A member of staff in the finance department is the first to take advantage of it, said the British paper.
Others have come to Islam through love or marriage.
Kristiane Backer, a former girlfriend of the cricketer Imran Khan, said she was introduced to the religion through love but reverted after her break-up.
“Imran sowed the seeds, but when (the relationship) finished (the faith) took on a momentum of its own,” she said.
Many reverts have been inspired by the writings of Charles Le Gai Eaton, a former Foreign Office diplomat, it added.

“I have received letters from people who are put off by the wishy-washy standards of contemporary Christianity and they are looking for a religion which does not compromise too much with the modern world,” said Eaton, author of Islam and the Destiny of Man.
Some prominent reverts are even more wary, said the Times.

The Earl of Yarborough, 40, who owns a 28,000-acre estate in Lincolnshire, declined to discuss anything about his faith.
“I have nothing to say to you,” said Yarborough, who has apparently taken the name Abdul Mateen.

Muslim leaders are harnessing modern campaigning methods to promote their faith. Groups have sprung up on the internet publishing “trophy lists” of white reverts.
The state-funded school in London founded by Yusuf Islam, formerly the singer Cat Stevens, has turned to Premiership footballers to provide role models, said the Times.

Sources close to the school say reverts including Nicolas Anelka, the Manchester City striker, and Omer “Freddie” Kanoute, of Tottenham Hotspur, have made visits.

The trend is being encouraged by Muslim leaders who are convinced that the conversion of prominent society figures will help protect a community stigmatized by “terrorism and fundamentalism“. The Muslim Council of Britain has co-opted Joe Ahmed-Dobson, son of Frank Dobson, the former health secretary, to chair its regeneration committee.
“The community has been unfairly targeted and these developments encourage it in a time of difficulty,” said Zaki Badawi, chairman of the Imams and Mosques Council.

[ya habibi]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

And how many i wonder are muslims in ''secret'' unknown to many of their own freinds and family.

A good article, i have read it before.

[Haarith]

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Masha Allah...

... mostly-elite white Britons having reverted to Islam.

Why is "white" mentioned?

Wassalamu 'alaykum

[king786]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D THE WEST IS FINALLY WAKING UP FROM A LONG SLEEP

[Sanam1]

Good positive move

[Sister Nomee]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

A very interesting read, after all Islam is the fastest growing religion on earth at the moment, all I can say is

ISLAM ZINDABAD

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[iqbalashrafi]

Assalam alaikum, thanks for posting this information.

Truth will prevail . The west is frustrated with the life of materialism.It's soul is crying for spirituality
How long they will resist the urge of their conscience. They have come to realize that only Islam will ensure the fallah in this world and the next. Jazzakallah.

[iqbalashrafi]

Apr 29, 2008 19:25:32 GMT Haarith said:

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Masha Allah...

... mostly-elite white Britons having reverted to Islam.

Why is "white" mentioned?

Wassalamu 'alaykum

[sajjad dar ashrafi]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

Subhanallah

[sagaiMadani]

Alhamdulillah, very encouraging news but not at all suprising. We should be proud that we were born Muslims but those who convert or revert to Islam deserve the biggest applause. It is Allah tabarak wa ta'ala who opens the hearts and minds which encourages the human to make the decision. We are all under scrutiny in every day of our lives, the least we can do is to be a living example of Islam in the presence of our non Muslim fellow human beings.

Good Article.

[fariana]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem !!!
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu wa magfiratuhu !!!

Subhanallah !!! Alhamdulillah !!!

WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT :
THERE IS A JUGOSLAVIEN BOY LIVING IN OUR NABERHOOD:
HE WAS GROWN UP HERE WITH PAKISTANI FRIENDS !!!

HE CONVERT SOON TO ISLAM AND MARRIE A MUSLIM !!!

Subhanallah !!!

WHEN THE YOUNG FRIENDS MET AGAIN --- MANY , MANY YEARS LATER , THEY RECOGNICED : NOW THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE
HARAM/ HALAL FULL ---- EACH CHILD HAS GROWN UP AN THERESELVE BECAME TO KNOW , WHAT IS GOOD !!! Alhamdulillah !!!

THEY ARE NOT THE ONLYST IN A WORLD FULL OF CRIME AND NON ISLAMIC THINKING !!!

---BUT THIS YOUNG MUSLIM GENERATION NEEDS NEEDLY
HELP AND ADVICE !!!

IN OUR NABERHOOD WE ARE THE ONLYST FAMILY WITH KNOWLEGE !!! !!! !!! ----- AND THAT BECAUSE WE STAYED MANY YEARS IN PAKISTAN !!!

THE YOUNG GENERATION , WICH IS GROWN UP HERE ,
EVEN NOT KNOWS THE SIMPLEST !!!:

ONE FAMILY WE ARE TEACHING NAMAS AND QURAN , Alhamdulillah !!!---

BUT WHEN W E WERE NOT , THEY EVEN NOT KNOWS THE
NAMAS !!! !!! !!!

---ONE YOUNG BOY COMES FROM MAROCCO , HE IS INJURED VERY MUCH ---: HE YUST ASKED US : CAN YOU ADVICE ME ABOUT ISLAM;
ABOUT HOW TO PRAY ....

THIS YOUNG GENERATION IS HELPLESS , AND IN DANGEOUR
TO LOOSE THEIR RELIGION ---- AS IN THE WEST NOBODY IS INTERESTING IN !!! !!! !!!

WE TRYED TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEM , BUT WE STILL LOOSED !!!

: ONE MOSK WAS CLOSED BY THE UNBELEVERS ---WHAT A PITTY !!!
---THE SECOND WE HAD TO CLOSE , BECAUSE NOBODY CAMES AT LEAST TO LEARN !!! .....

THERE HAVE TO BE SOMETHING DONE , B E F O R E
THEY LOST THEIR RELIGION COMPLEATELY !!! !!! !!!

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu !!!

[sirajudeen]

good article, but i seen very late, any how, thanks for sharing, jazakallah khair