How The Nightclub Turned peoples Into Muslim? – Full story

The number of persons converting to Islam is increasing. But where exactly does that come from? Currently, about a quarter of the world’s population identifies as Muslim and this is growing by the day.

How The Nightclub Turned peoples Into Muslim? – Full story

So when you turn to Google and search for the fastest-growing religion, you will find Islam topping the charge. As of today, almost a quarter of the world’s population identifies as Muslim. However, it’s also the religion that has been denigrated the most by the media. This is because it’s the only religion that acts like the mafia – it will kill you. Isn’t that strange? On every corner of the internet, you see people converting to Islam, as well as big influential people and entrepreneurs sharing their stories. People like Andrew Tate.

I believe that Islam is beautiful and I think it has the solutions to a lot of the problems we’re facing in the world today. Former Dutch politician Yurav decided to write an anti-Islam book, and it ended up with me becoming a Muslim. Elfie Best and I genuinely felt something in the mosque that I’ve never felt anywhere else – what a beautiful community, what a beautiful, simple religion. This goes on every year; we see an increasing number of Muslims in the population of non-Muslim countries.

But how? Today, I’m sharing a personal story on how this turned me into this. Yes, it’s a slightly different video than what you’re used to seeing from me on this channel. Normally, I just speak about entrepreneurship, mindset, and my business journey. But I think this topic deserves some time because yes, I converted to Islam. But let’s rewind and start at the beginning of my journey.

I grew up like a normal kid in a normal household – parents with a normal income, a mother, a father, and a sister. But when I was 7 years old, things changed. My parents got divorced. I didn’t see my father a lot; my mother had a really hard time managing the situation financially and emotionally. It wasn’t easy. As a boy of just 7 years old, seeing this as a kid, growing up, I went through very impulsive and unwise periods – not making the right decisions, hanging out with the wrong people, and alcohol at a young age.

You could argue that I didn’t have the best or most common childhood, but it was necessary to become the man that I am today because struggle makes a man. You learn by experience, and luckily, I have a great family that supports me, cares about me, and loves me. And after all, I still manage to have a very strong bond with my father. Therefore, I now say alhamdulillah, meaning praise be to God.

But how did this happen? Why does this white guy speak Arabic and talk about Islam? Well, good question. In my younger years, I would never, ever have thought I would become a Muslim one day. But when looking back at my journey, it makes a lot of sense. At 15, and 16 years old, I started to turn my emotions and negative experiences into my motivation. I started building my future self – reading books, listening to podcasts, going to the gym, waking up early, etc.

I became a lot more conscious of the impact of the bad habits I developed during my younger years. I knew that if I didn’t change these habits, my future wouldn’t change either. And during this change, my group of friends started to become smaller and smaller. Some of them thought it was really weird what I was doing, but I didn’t really care because I had this dream in my mind. I became obsessed with growing, learning, and developing myself.

While my group of friends started to become smaller, a few friends never left. And someday, somebody asked me, ‘Did you notice that almost all of your friends you have left are Muslim? Why is that?’ So, I started thinking, and I was like, ‘Yeah, you’re right. Why is that?’ But the answer was very simple. At that age, my Muslim friends were the only ones not drinking, not partying. While all of the other boys in school were talking about how many girls they had, my friends were talking about the universe and the meaning of life.

I mean, Muslims who stick to their religion are some of the most disciplined people I’ve ever seen. I just felt really inspired by these people around me, and I never really considered myself an atheist. I always had the feeling that there had to be more than what we can see with our own eyes. I mean, sometimes I just couldn’t sleep when I was thinking about how incredibly used the universe around us is. Just think about it. Most of us live our day-to-day lives working, eating, and sleeping. But when you take a moment to really think about it, whether you’re a Muslim, Christian, or an atheist, it’s incredible – the scale of the universe, the oceans, the jungles, the animals big and small.

How did this all come to place? What are we? What is the meaning of life? So, even with these Muslim friends around me, in the beginning, my interest was not really focused on the religion itself. It was more their way of life, the brotherhood, the love and respect that slowly shifted my focus to the religion that instilled these traits in them. Still, without the idea of thinking I would ever become a Muslim.

This was because I always had the idea that religion was like an old fairy tale that had already been disproven by science. But the more and more I started digging into it, the more I realized I was completely wrong. So first of all, God or Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala, as we Muslims call it, is not just a man sitting somewhere in the clouds with a magic wand. It’s an indescribable force, the singular and all-encompassing power behind the creation we see around us.

And science proves that even the chair that I’m sitting on right now is made of enormously small and fast-moving atoms. This is called quantum mechanics. And if the electrons in it stop moving, atoms would become unstable, and I would not be able to sit on this chair. But what is the thing that makes these atoms move and stay in their position? You see, what is this force? But I’ll not dive too deep into this, since this video is meant to share my experience, not to convince you.

So, long story short, for every question I asked, I received a powerful answer when digging more into Islam. And when people nowadays ask me why I became religious, I always say two reasons: one, the rules and the way of living in this worldly life we call ‘D’ in Arabic; and two, the hereafter, called ‘So.’ Let’s start with the second one. All life is a test. This is something we can’t argue about. It doesn’t matter if you want to become the greatest sportsman in life or just live a normal, safe life.

We all have to deal with negative experiences. We all have to deal with our emotions and our desires. We will lose people we care about, natural disasters, and so on. We all strive for an abundant life, yet one out of 10 people have burnout; 90% of adults are too stressed. So, whatever you do, you will never be 100% satisfied with this life because you will be constantly tested. I mean, if you’re lucky, you will live 70, maybe 80 years on this planet. It’s gone before you know it. It’s a matter of time, and your clock is ticking. So do mine.

Shouldn’t there be more than just this? I would like to think so, anyhow. But since this life is a test, just like an exam in school, there’s also a final judgment. This is why Muslims, Christians, and Jews around the world are so disciplined and strict with their religion. And this also brings me back to my first reason: the rules and the way of living in this Dunya, this worldly life. Religion provides a manual, and for me, it’s the Quran.

Islam offers comprehensive guidance for all aspects of life, including family, marriage, finance, health, and so on. It gives me a great feeling to build a family and raise my children with love, spiritual guidance, common principles, and a way of living. Nowadays, we put so many different ideologies in people’s minds that families are not united anymore. The divorce rates are going to skyrocket. The youth is doing drugs, losing their virginity at 30, 40, and 15 years old, dancing, and twerking on TikTok to get the most views.

Crime rates are increasing each year. The impoverished get poorer as the privileged get richer. This whole system is everyone acting upon what feels best for them, not for the people around them. Several years ago, when religion was more common, you had to uphold your family name and respect your parents. Everyone was dressed properly; the husband had to work his ass off so the wife didn’t have to work and could take care of the children and the household. The whole morality has changed.

And when you believe life is a test and you will be judged upon that, all you can do is focus on good deeds, be an inspiration, spread love, and help people. And this is what I’m taught by my religion. When I die, the only thing I will be judged upon is my deeds, not the materialistic things, not the girls, not the houses, not the big business. But the impact, the love, the connection, the good intent, the good deeds. This was my personal story I wanted to share with you today.