My name is Bobby! A journey to Islam
Dr. Mouhamed N. Tarazi
December 2012
"Takbeer!,” someone sitting next to me on the floor of the mosque shouted. It was so loud that I nearly jumped off the floor.
Everybody in the mosque and I happily yelled in unison "Allahuakbar" (God is the Greatest)
"Takbeer," a second person shouted louder from behind me.
"Allahuakbar," we all repeated.
Then a third brother screamed even more loudly, for the third time "Takbeer"
We all loudly repeated "Allahuakbar."
Several months ago, over Thanksgiving break, my wife and I went to visit her family in San Francisco California. One evening there, after dinner my brother-in-law, Hassan, took us all to the local mosque for Isha (night) prayer and a short halaqa (study circle). Right before leading the prayer, Imam Abdullah asked us to stay after the prayer to witness Bobby taking the shahada (declaration of faith)....Read More