Parnell will celebrate his 22nd birthday as a Muslim on Friday. PHOTO: REUTERS
South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell in a statement on Thursday announced his conversion to Islam from Christianity, Times of India reported on Friday.
He has also changed his named to Waleed after his conversion to Islam earlier in January this year.
Parnell confirmed in the statement that he has been studying about Islam and will celebrate his 22nd birthday as a Muslim on Friday.
Parnell said:
“While I have not yet decided on an Islamic name I have considered the name Waleed which means Newborn Son, but for now my name remains Wayne Dillon Parnell. I will continue to respect the team’s endorsement of alcoholic beverages. I am playing cricket in Sussex and this is my immediate focus.”
The South African cricket team manager, a Muslim by faith, Mohamed Moosajee said that Parnell’s Muslim teammates – Hashim Amla and Imran Tahir – did not influence his decision to convert from Christianity.
Moosajee said:
“Wayne already decided a few months ago to follow Islam. The decision to convert was his own decision, but I know nothing of the name change.”
Parnell’s fellow players, reportedly said they believed that he is very serious about the conversion and had not ‘touched a drop of alcohol’ ever since he converted to Islam.
He is the second Christian cricketer to have converted to Islam after Pakistan’s Yousuf Yohana (now Mohammad Yousuf) in 2006.
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Godspeed bro!
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Welcome to the light!
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What no comments. No claims about parnell being forced to convert to stay in the team like Muhammad yusuf. Wonder where the “Oh So Liberal” brigade has disappeared now.
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When you STUDY Islam, it has that strange power of filling you with harmony and giving you the answer to every question… alas! we have been studying only Muslims lately, and criticizing Islam for what the MUSLIMS have made it look like.
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Excellent Buddy!
May Allah Bless you and your family!
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I would really be interested in his story! Converstion strories are always a source of inspiration!
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Allah o Akbar
May Allah SWT keep you safe from all hardships…..
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MASHALLAH………….mubur…mubur
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Hope you set a good example. :)
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Congratulation bro. Keep on enlightened yourself with the teachings of Islam. Inshallah the Almighty Allah will further open on you the reality of life, this world and hereafter.
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Nice to know this, may Allah help you to keep on right path.
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I’d love to see NFP pinning this on Hashim Amla, just as he did with MoYo’s conversion when he did NOT take into account what MoYo himself said.
Other than that … good to hear this!
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Maasha Allah….. may Allah bless you, wishing you success always…
Salaams….
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Welcome to Islam. SubhanAllah..Even if Hashim Amla have not forced anyone, he is a clean example of best lifestyle. May Allah guide all to embrace Islam a true religion.
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Masha Allah Great news, just before Ramazad.
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Wellcome brother, you have taken very right decision.
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Dear Waleed,
Many many congratulation for accepting Islam. May Allha blessed on you and your family.
Best regards,
Noman Ali Khan
Pakistan
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Dear ,
(Wayne parnell)
Waleed I m soooo happy about ur this stand and I belive after this step u will be very lucky in any field and Allah will help u in any step of ur life
Inshallah .
Assalam o Alekum.
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heartiest congratulation to Wayne Parnell, may Allah help u for life time, and u get a real gift from Allah inshallah amin…
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Wow thats great news.may Allah protect u n guid u 2 the rite path of life!mwaaah
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Maashaallah SubhaanALLAH ALLAH,U,AKBAR
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islam spreading arrond the world..
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welcome to religion Islam ….may Allah bless u…..
Islam also means “submitting one’s will to the Almighty Creator”. Anyone who submits one’s will to the will of the Supreme Creator is a Muslim. That is the reason, said Dr Zakir Naik, Islam is the fastest growing ideology in the world. An article in Readers Digest ‘Almanac’, year book 1986, gave the statistics of the increase of percentage of major religions of the world in half a century from 1934 to 1984. The article which also appeared in The Plain Truth magazine placed Islam at the top which increased by 235 per cent. Christianity had increased by 47 per cent.
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May god accept your efforts and give you jannah…ameen
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@SAM:
You mean dazzling light Pakistan, Iran and the Arabian peninsula are drenched in right now?
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parnell u can see player like muhammud yusuf who made a world record in 2006 after accepting islam and hashim amla who propebly looks a proper muslim thats y he is number 1 in odi rankings today. parnell may god bless u and give u alot of sucsess in the world and after the world…..
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SubhanAllah
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Welcome brother!!!
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Welcomes you to join… ET should also cover conversion of Islam to Christainity happens regularly in African Countries like Kenya etc… Daily almost 16,000 Muslims are converted into Christanity by Greed words or by Force according to Independant sources..
http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/sina31103.htm
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Mubarak
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@Neutralist:
All the answers? Really?
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Welcome!! Congratulations
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mashallah subhanallah
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i m so happy that u accept Islam and you will be the most successful person in your life. and ALLAH helps you in every field of life.
inshallah
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Jaza kallah, i am very happy to know that Parnell is now muslim.
May allah bless him.
Nd we should proud we r muslim. Thanks to my almighty.
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wellcome brother to the religion of peace we appreciate u
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Great news. Welcome to islam.Recommend
Asa, Not converted but Reverted to Islam and although against popular belief but Name change is a choice not a necessity, my friends.
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Mashallah . Allah give you more success.
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no one can force anyone to convert. this is such an orientalist concept, that somehow muslims ‘force’ non muslims to accept islam. ‘let there be no compulsion in religion.’ does this verse appear in any other religious script? no, it appears in the Quran. and wayne parnell is no kid that hashim amla would ‘force’ him and he would be ‘forced.’. this is surely of his own volition, and i commend him for his intellect and faith in what we all know is the true path to Gods mercy in this world and the next. Recommend
I insist! please do not get influenced by those who preach cultural & orthodox Islam rather to acknowledge the real truth not only read the Qur’an yourself but insist on references when a quote in thrown your way and remember the journey is from the inside to outside rather then changing your appearance but depriving others even their basic rights which unfortunately is very popular amongst us :( And lastly whatever decisions take please try to first understand the reasons why Allah has allowed or disallowed certain things by a thorough research of the respective topic :)
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@Dodo yes
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May allah bless u. Great news. subhanallah.
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May allah bless u. Great news. subhanallah.Recommend
congratulation.BTW,for the knowledge of commentetors,islam is not the fastest growing religion in the world.you can confirm it from any neutral source.Recommend
masha allah.. ….may allah help u in every stage of life..
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welcome,my bro….to the world of islam.world of botherhood.
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Congratulations! You are so Lucky that ALLAH ALMIGHTY send His blessings upon you:)Recommend
@Maricruz:
I would like to know the answer to how the clouds are formed, how does the climate change effect the crops. How does the global warming is causing all the havoc. What causes earthquakes. Please answer these in light of Islam not using faith based answers but scientifically testable answers please.
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jazakAllah,
Dear brother asalam mu alaikum,
May allah fills ur heart with the light of islam and gvs u long lasting pleasure of being muslim, i appreciate ur move, and lemme tell u to all here who comment against islam, plz read Al quran and trust me u will cm to knw what islam is… And i promise to all.. U wil all embrace islam..
Plz do cm to kashmir..
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actually being in usa and talking to people about islam is like talking to rocks or some one with no brain, but believe me there are people who are guided by Allah and mashallah brother parnell you are a lucky person who has been guided, you will feel it as you go along with..congratulation bro…May Allah bless you
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Welcome dude to the Religion of light!!!!
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Dear,
Welcome in islam Mohammad Waleed Parnell…
May allah bless you. Great subhanallah. mashaallah
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welcome in the true religion….
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MashAllah :) It’s SO nice to hear that. Allah is great and islam will definitely rule the world inshAllah
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This is mentioned in Quran as “Have you not seen how God makes the clouds move gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a stack, and then you see the rain come out of it midst. He send down from the sky mountains (of clouds) having hail in them then He afflicts with it whomsoever He will and turns it away from whomsoever He wills. The flash of its lightning seems to snatch away the eyes.” (Quran, 24:43)
This is about just one verse about Cloud. If you want more you can ask some knowledgeable Muslim or you can go to read Quran in English on http://quranexplorer.com/Quran/Default.aspx
(select translation of Mufti Taqi Usmani)
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Before the answer to your questions Dodo. the question is that is there any thing in this universe or on earth like clouds crops earthquakes are under our control. If you ponder upon you will realize that how delicately and in a fashioned way this world is made. Some of its rules cannot be changed like day and night time. You can’t stop the clouds to rain or hail. So who is controlling this.
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in my opinion its strange that when we talk about any other field or topic about life we usualy study and research then talk about it, but when it comes to religion no one does any study and research. anyone wants to talk about any religion should read basic scripture of that religion first then talk about that religion. religion is not an idealogy or philosphy, its about finding out about creator of everything and follow the guidelines provided by creator.
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*ALHAMDULILLAH*
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Congratulations Brother,
Welcome to the Religion of Peace, May Allah fill your heart with his Love and the love of Holy Prophet(Peace Be Upon Him).
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Aslam-o-alaikum…i m very happy 2 9 dat …i proud of him…as a muslim…May Allah bless u …
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Wow, after going through the comments, I can safely say that the people of Pakistan are seriously brainwashed. How sad. Identity politics to the extreme.
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Subanallah !! May Allah give u the power and strength to follow this gr8 religion with the full heart and may Allah gives guidance to all !!!
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Masha’ALLAH
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What would be the fate in Pakistan of a Muslim converting to Christianity? Probably worse than death!
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Good for Wayne but it would be better if the muslims convert to Islam and follow it. So much attension to getting non muslims to convert while we are not practising true islam.
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May Allah Almighty keep you steadfast on your new path!
I have also have great respect and admiration for his team mate Hashim Amla, especially, how he handled with dignity and forgave a popular commentator who called him a ‘terrorist’.
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At 1st I say :Alhamdulillah…
Really,I’ve no word…just I say Almighty Allah r keep u right place in right time….we’r all muslims say congratulation in peace of religion…some request 4u plz u’ll be obey just holy Qur’an & follow sunnah of our leader
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may ALLAH bless u and your family and may ALLAH have mercy on his hardships and give him strength to obey the rules of islam AMEEN
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we should say :Alhamdulillah…
Almighty Allah bless u…Recommend
assalam o alikum
Thanks to Almighty Allah That he had choosen u for right Path
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Asalam-o- Alaikum dear brother.
Welcome to the Religion of peace.
May Allah bless you with his countless blessings.
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Welcom waleed and congregulation for accepting the ISLAM. ALLAH bless u. Love u a lotRecommend
welcome …
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Mashallaha Brother its very fascinating to hear your journey to Islam please do a YouTube interview about how you become Muslim i am very keen to know!… a very warm welcome to I.S.L.A.M……….. peace
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Subhan Allah May Allah bless u we say wel come to u in islam bcoz islam is a very simple but complete religion in all of religion’s and that every know better then me even non-muslism are accepted that. if any one want to get place in paradise they want to follow up the rule of islam
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Masha Allah… congratulations!! Welcome to Islam!
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@Tahir Khan:
The verse you quoted from Quran does not have any “divine” or scientific knowledge in it. A kindergarten kid can tell you what’s written there just by spending an afternoon looking at the skies/clouds in the rainy season. It doesn’t say how the clouds are formed (evaporation) or how does that lightening actually occurs “that snatch away the eyes.”
As far as “pondering” over things is concerned, there’s a scientific explanation of what causes all those things that you mentioned. No one needs to “control” it. Its a natural phenomenon that happens when certain conditions are met. Earthquakes, storms, rains (albeit not in form of water) happens in a number of planets all across the solar system. There’s no delicacy in how the earth is formed there is a lot of chaos if YOU look closely and read the scientific data.
But just for argument’s sake, why does the all beneficent, all loving, all caring God kill thousands of innocent children in earthquakes, storms and other natural disasters? Didn’t those victims deserve a chance to live and enjoy a life on this planet?
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May you have the best life ever now! We are with you! 3 billion people are with you. You will never be alone. Stick to the truth that is Islam.
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Mashallah May Allah bless you
and Mabrook to all Muslims for this great reversion
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ALLAHU AKBAR
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Dear Brother waleed Glad to hear u convert in islam may Allah Bless you and protect you in ISLAM Ameen and also ramdan kareem Mubarak to you.
Shahid Muzammil
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Assalam o Alikum
Dear Brother Welcome in the islam a peaceful religion.May Allah bless you & your family.Aameen
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Assalam o Alikum
Dear Brother. Welcome to islam a peaceful religion. may Allah send his blessing on u and ur family.
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SubhanAllah
god bless you
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Dear Brother, Assalamu Alikum
Allah gave you a good way that will ensure happy life in the both world
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Masha Allah!!!!!!!
Great Waleed
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@Ashok:
Well dear you should say on rite path not brain washed, everyone has given him congratulations, so whats wrong with you?Recommend
@sumeet:
For your information:
According to Guinness Book of World Records, Islam is the world’s fastest-growing religion by number of conversions each year.
So, if you r talking about growth due to birth rate than no one can beat you people :)Recommend
Well i m happy with the decision of parnell. But too satisfied that no one forced him to accept islam , thiz is his own will to do so. Congrats to himRecommend
Mashallah . Allah give you more success
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Welcome to islam, hope you will be a better muslim. Since you have converted to islam after thorough study and understanding.
May allah guide you to follow the teachings of holy quraan. Aameen.Recommend
Welcom You, & Mashallah . Allah give you more success
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Welcome You Brother , Mashallah . Allah give you more success
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This article is not news worthy!
The man’s religion is a personal thing – I am certainly not interested.
Please can we focus on important issues relevant to our society.
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Has nobody noticed yet that the writer of this report says “He has also changed his named to Waleed after his conversion to Islam earlier in January this year.”
While Parnell says “While I have not yet decided on an Islamic name I have considered the name Waleed which means Newborn Son, but for now my name remains Wayne Dillon Parnell.”
Both these statements are made in this same report….. Contradiction? Misquotes?
What is happening to ET?????????
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Assalam-O-Alikum,
Dear brother, I congrats your spirit and courage to accept Islam. You can always contact me if you need any guidence regarding Islam or any misunderstanding.
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Subhan Allah……………….Well wishes for u waleed……
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Dear Brother Assalam-O-Alikum,
I congrats your spirit and courage to accept Islam. You can always contact me if you need any guidence regarding Islam or any misunderstanding.
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masha allah.. ….may allah help u & ur family in every stage of life..
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congrtulations to all Muslims
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@Ashok:
For your information Islam is a fast spreading religion in the World. USA, Israel and India are most worried. Being an indian, I can understand your feelings. i suggest you should also study Islamic religion so that your heart may also be enlightened with the facts of life inshAllah which is lost at present.
Wayne Parnel now Waleed is a seasoned player and toured world with South African team and met people around. Therefore, he is matured enough to observe what is right and what is wrong.
Out of 11 players now MashAllah 3 are converted to Islam – 8 more to go. The day is not so far when majority of the South African Cricket team will be Muslims.
Keep it up what a good present to celeberate Ramzan with this good news.
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Dr. Saleem Siddiqi
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Masha Allah! it’s a great news..May Allah bless u!
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Mabrook. Allah shows the path to the righteous ones. Allah always keep all of us on the straight path.
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there is no need to change the name of Waleed[ new born son] because instead of it you are like a child without of sin. Allah almighty bless you.you are so lucky bcause your past every kind of sins are forgiven, you are so holiest this time. mubarak
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Dear Waleed,
At last you found the reality in this world and real life hereafter, insha- Allah.
Congrats from bottom of my heart…
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Allah is the greatest !!!
Welcome to the real life brother Wayne. Infact this is not the life of our’s … I mean life after death. You have been one of my favorite players and its great to hear that you have receieved allah’s blessings. Your the winner Wayne.
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Askm
Waleed Bhai
I am very happy from you because you have come back of rehmat,s allha
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I am glad to see that despite the negative portrayal of Islam in the media, Mr Parnell was able to discern between what our religion actually is and what it has been made out to be by some.
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for whatever reason he made this choice and i hope he’s happy with itRecommend
Masha Allah! congratulations!
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Mr. Waleed congratulation that Allah accepted you in his Islam. die as a muslim and inshallah you will get Jannah.
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im very glade to hear such a gr8 news..wel cum to the deen of islam.
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im extremely happy and i pray for WALEED to stay blessed for the rest of his life .
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Congratulations to him. May he become a true Muslim and follow the right path shown by Islam.
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Allhumdullilah..!!
We have one more brother with us who has joined the ever increasing ‘Family of Islam’. We are so happy to see that ‘ALLAH’ (SWT) has opened the heart of brother Waleed a.k.a. Parnell confirming to (Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide) I pray to ‘ALMIGHTY ALLAH’ that ‘HE’ guides us all to the Straight Path, the Path of those whom ‘HE’ has Blessed and not the path of those who are on ‘HIS’ anger and nor of those who go astray”… Aamin..
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Waleed I m soooo happy about ur this stand and I belive after this step u will be very lucky in any field and Allah will help u in any step of ur life
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May Allah bless you. Be faith always in Al -Quran and Hadith. . . .
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welcome parnell in islam hope the africans will never mind thatRecommend
Masha Allah..good news!
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MashAllah I am very pleased to know that. May Allah keep him steadfast on this. Whoever commented agaisnt Islam has no knowledge of it.
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you get Islam’ in your hardwork,But we have got Islam our birth time.we can’t anything do to islam.So you are the great ! you will do work for Islam,sure..! May be Allah bless for you and All…
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maasha allah
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Welcum dear Brother..
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@Hamza Khan
no one can force anyone to convert. this is such an orientalist concept, that somehow muslims ‘force’ non muslims to accept islam.
Really, then Marvi Menon must be suffering from the ‘orientalist’ disease.
http://m.memri.org/14499/show/c7a38dc922cfbf62b02ee8c86759dcbd&t=826c0c9c7dab45b643c5d2b402598c5d
While Wayne Parnell has every right to convert and its good to see his decision has brought so much of joy to the People of Pakistan, suppose some Waleed Khan from Peshawar tomorrow decides to become Wayne Parnell. Will there be an equally vigorous singing and dancing on this site.
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Allah ‘o Akbar
May Allah bring peace to the world and I am sure Parnell’s decision will instigate other non-Muslims to accept islam.
Welcome brother.
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welcome to life bro
waleed
god bless u
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ALLAH O AKBAR.Recommend
we muslims must feel proud and simultaneaously we must learn from it
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we muslims must feel proud simultaneously we must learn from it
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Great decision in ur life
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assalam to my brother and ALLAH’s blessings be upon you, i pray that He shows the right path and guides you to better living.
but i would like to know more and i expect this to be more then just an influence
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May allah bless u. Great news. subhanallah. From WAJID KN
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maasha allah may allah helps my brother to learn everything more about the pure religion and my wishes for waleed and family
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Mashaallaha
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MashaAllah.
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Maasha Allah, May Allah bless him!!!!
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im very happy to know that you are converted to islam wellcome to islam
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thanks good,
it proves that if anbody ready to study islam , he could embarace it, bcs it is highly attractive and peaceful
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congratulations brother
wellcome to the world of Islam…Islam is the bestest religion
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@Sumeet!! By all the reliable sources, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. It has been verified by many independent sources, many of which are listed below.
CNN World News ( 14 November 1997 Report — See link below )
World Christian Database ( 200-2005 Survey — See link Below )
Foreign Policy ( May 2007 Report)
And also, by many other websites like,
People’s Daily Online ( 2 Nov, 2006)
Islam is growing, and the number of adherents of Protestants and Catholics is decreasing. So, as people are accepting Christianity, they are leaving it at a greater rate as reported in leading newspaper. The New York Times ( 25 Feb, 2008 Report)
Therefore, as verified by independent news media, western sources and even by the christian organization itself, Islam is indeed the fastest growing religion in the world.
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Dear Parnell this is good sign that youbecome a Muslim you will be successive in your life after this is my wish for you my Allah bless you in your life be happy than x for accepting Islam
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@Dodo..a very stupid comment you stated that science has proved everything we dont need anyone to control then why do you need leader/figurehead to rule over your country.To tame,to control, to manage and to organise a system then how can this universe will be without any control.Definitely, science can’t provide such thing .You say a child can tell firstly ,a child doesn’t know how clouds are formed and blah blah…because he is a child secondly, all the arrangement and harmony in the universe isn’t because of science.You don’t want to ponder but I do and I want to ask why there are only 9/8 planets are rotating and revolving perfectly firstly why the hell are they rotating and revolving why earth is not the first planet why there is no feasible conditions for life on mercury and other planets.Why does Sun not rise from West/North/South? There are many other Questions which Science can never answer.You scientific people are the people of few words and even unsure about your knowledge and most easily can be challenged.
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Allah hu akbar! May god bless him with peace and tranquility! Ameem :-)
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@DODO…lastly, you asked why GOD kill innocent in natural disaster.Okay its not necessary God want to kill those innocents natural disasters are the punishment for those who deserve it for their wrong doings and Good ones also suffer but God has promised great rewards for all innocents in the life here after.If they are child less than 7 years of age they are exempted from judgement.This is also the part of system.Your science can’t justify its knowledge about these natural disasters if its true knowledge then why its failed to predict and control it because its helpless before the mighty power of Almighty GOD.
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I think you are one step ahead to by born Muslim. You already win a test (had to leave previous culture and face some hardship). Hope you a better Muslim.
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Mabrok, Ahlan brother, you had made a fantastic turning point in your spiritual life, I too just embraced 5 months ago and my only regret was why so late in my time!!!!!!!!!!
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Mash Allah n welcome to Islam bcz u chose the right path
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Dear DODO…..just keep faith on Allah….just pray by ur heart to guide in rightpath…..the scientifical answer u can get from Dr.Zakir’s speach…was held in Sri Lanka the topic was whether the god was existing or not…just check with the internet…Its really a good news Parnell has escaped from Hell fire to accepting Islam…
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