Elizabeth Choose Islam after eight Tragedy Victim Relatives 11/9

He was often called by his birth name, Elizabeth. Even now, he had to replace all the official documents to be Safia Al-Kasaby, new identity after becoming a Muslim.
News he had converted controversy in the United States. Maklumnya, many things that can not connect why then he settled his belief in Islam.
Not disconnected? Yes. Safia, 43, was of Jewish descent and Puerto Rico. His grandfather is a Holocaust survivor who fled to Puerto Rico. They were hiding in a house of worship.
He is also a former first sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. And, here it is, Safia lost eight relatives - one uncle and seven cousins ​​- in the September 11 attacks were Muslim seat as a "suspect" in 2001.
But for Safia, all connect-connect. Precisely after September 11 tragedy grief, he sought to know about Islam. Confidence in him grew increasingly discredited Islam in the U.S., he felt was wrong there.
"I do not care who did it," he said. "I only care why the sudden hate Islam. I do not hate Islam or Muslims hate. For me to be angry about what happened to the twin towers would be like me hating all the Germans who killed Jews. "
The more he devoured books about Islam, the more he fell in love with religion published by the great man, Muhammad. He was more agitated. Finally arise courage, in 2005 or four years after the tragedy that took his family, he bersyahadat.
As Muslims, Safia felt the tension around him: curious stares because she was wearing a headscarf or veil and shopkeepers who suddenly asked for additional identification every time he went to the shopping center.
Even officials at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo rejected the initial request of her husband, a man from Egypt, for a temporary visa. Safia considered to have another hidden agenda in marrying Egyptian men.
New religion has also expanded the gap between him and his family. His mother, three sisters and one daughter, Sylvia, questioned his choice.
Sylvia even want nothing to do with him. Sylvia berated Safia all out when she appeared at her husband's funeral wearing a veil and carrying the Koran.
But he was lucky, another one of his children, Natalia, supports choice. "Religion is selected mama really cool," he said.
The girl's 18-year transformation appreciates Safia confidence. He often can not stand with those who mock Islam or Muslim stereotypes. "I said," Wait a minute. my mother was a Muslim, "he mimicked when he interrupted his colleagues. "And he's not a terrorist."

source: kisahmuallaf.com