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Pak cricket star announces conversion to Islam
LAHORE Sept 18 : Pakistan cricket star Yousaf Youhana has announced that he had embraced Islam.
After offering Isha prayers at the house of Pakistan Hardware Merchants Association President Sheikh Imran Daud, Yousaf said he had embraced Islam three years back but he kept it secret due to unavoidable circumstances.
The top cricketer said there would be no non-Muslim in Pakistan provided the Muslims became true believers and start following in the footsteps of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW). "This will also tend to initiate a global wave about embracing Islam by the non-believers," he observed. "God willing, soon a day will come when Islam will be the sole supreme religion of the world," he observed.
He disclosed that his wife had also converted to Islam three months ago, and she offered prayers five times a day. "Especially, my wife and I offer Fajr prayers together," he said. Yousaf said he would bring up his children in Islamic environment and was also praying for his parents embrace Islam.
Replying to a question, he said he could not express his feeling about becoming a Muslim. He said his visits to Raiwind changed his view about life and he decided to become a Muslim. He said he was facing no pressure or fear as he believed in Almighty Allah.
He said it was not correct to conceal embracing Islam anymore as he was practically following the teachings of this divine religion. "By the grace of God, I am now very much satisfied and feeling burden-less," he added.
He said he offered daily prayers during foreign visits and also went to mosques in Dubai for saying prayers. He said nowadays he was reading translation of the Holy Qur’aan though he was facing difficulty in reading the holy book in Arabic. He hoped that he would be able to read the holy book in Arabic with ease in few months after learning it from a teacher.