ISAF commander in Ghazni embraces Islam
GHAZNI CITY, Nov 1
(Pajhwok Afghan News)
A commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) embraced Islam in the presence of 2000 people in the Andar district of the southern Ghazni province on Thursday.
Cap. Cormier Michel (45) commands 300 ISAF troops in the Taliban-infested district. The Ghazni governor, district chief, provincial council members, local officials, elders, ISAF soldiers and students attended a ceremony marking the commander's conversion to Islam.
The ceremony that lasted well over three hours conclude with slogans Allah-o-Akbar (Allah is Great). Cap. Michel, who changed his name to Abdul Wahed, started his brief speech with Bismillah (In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent and the most Merciful."
During the last five years, Abdul Wahed pointed out, he had been studying Islamic books and he concluded that Islam is the first religion. Stationed in Ghazni for last the last 10 months, he was impressed with the behaviour of his translator.
In a chat with Pajhwok Afghan News, the captain remarked: "Islam is a religion of peace and brotherhood, but terrorists and extremists are bringing a bad name to it." After the ceremony, Abdul Wahed said he had informed his wife in the US about his acceptance of Islam. "My spouse did not show any negative reaction, but recommended not to marry another woman."
Why kill people when you can invite them to embrace Islam? And if they dont, at least they have a better understanding of Islam and will allow a better stage of coexistence between the religions. If extremists sincerely believe that Islam is the right religion, then maybe they should preach it and invite people with it's beauty rather than killing in masses and spreading it by shedding blood. Islam is a religion of peace and many are drawn to it simply by letting it speak on its own without bloodshed.
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