American Solider Converts to Islam in Fallujah Mosque

American Solider Converts to Islam in Fallujah Mosque

By Dr. Hamid Abdullah. Edited by Rob Gibran

June 28, 2005

At The Mosque of Mohammad's Presence in Fallujah, George Douglas has become
the fourth U.S. soldier said to have converted to Islam. Douglas changed his
name to Mujahed Mohammad and declared Islam the best religion, 'for its
teachings of forgiveness, nobleness, love, righteousness and courage.'

Baghdad: Eyewitnesses in the city of Fallujah reported that an American
soldier publicly adopted the Muslim faith in one of the city's mosques, with
a crowd of people and clerics in attendance.

Dr. Ziad Al-Fahdawi, a witness to the event, said that the soldier, George
Douglas, recited the two creeds ["There is no god but God, and Mohammad is
His prophet"] in The Mosque of Mohammad's Presence after asking the mosque's
imam to witness his conversion to Islam.
Douglas was reported as saying that he is certain that Islam is the best
religion that a person could espouse, for its teachings of forgiveness,
nobleness, love, righteousness and courage. When Douglas was finished with
his declaration, the mosque attendants shouted "Allahou-Akbar" [God is
Greater] and embraced and congratulated him.

The American soldier then changed his name, as of May 30th, from George
Douglas to Mujahed Mohammad. He also explained that he was very moved by
the courage of the people of Fallujah, their stance as Arabs and Muslims,
and their readiness to defend their country and to die for the liberation of
their land, no matter what pretexts the invaders give for their aggression.

Douglas is the 4th American soldier to embrace Islam in Iraq. Officer
Patrick Bett [sp?] declared his conversion to Islam in civil affairs court
in the Karakh district and then married Samar Ahmed, an Iraqi doctor who
worked at the hospital where the American officer was on duty in August of
2003.

The American officer said that he did not convert to Islam for Dr. Samar,
but because he was convinced that the Muslim faith is the best of all
religions.

Two soldiers from the 1st Armored Brigade, Sean Blackwell (27 years old) and
Brett Duggan (37 years old) also converted to Islam following the U.S.
officer's conversion.

American forces have already mounted two attacks on Fallujah, the most
violent and destructive of which came in November 2004. Fallujah was also a
witness to some of the ugliest crimes committed by the American Army against
the people of that city, including when an American soldier murdered an
injured man near one of the mosques.

About 70 percent of the city's houses have been completely destroyed. This
has forced large numbers of the city's population to erect tent cities for
shelter, where they have been dwelling in ever since.

Source: http://watchingamerica.com/iraq4all000007.html


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