BIBLE SONG OF SONGS 5:16; Muhammad mentioned by name…

Isaiah 42:1 “Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one whom I delight; I will put my spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nation. Let the settlements where Kedar (Ishmael’s 2^nd son) lives rejoice. Let the people of Selah sing for joy. Let them shout (Muslim’s call to prayer; “Allah’hu Akhbar”) from the mountaintops; let them give glory to the Lord and proclaim his praise in the Islands. The Lord will march out like a mighty man, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal, with a shout, he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies.” 

http://beyond666-acson005.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-chosen-one-muhammad-in-bible.html

Satan At The Wailing Wall

...no comment :-)

MIND-BOGGLING TRUTH: Qur’an vs. Scientific American (I’m still in shock)

...you can only be what Allah has decreed (destined) you to be.

My skin crawled while I was reading a specific topic of the March issue of Scientific American because it reminded me of a Qur’an verse referring to an individual’s “BOOK OF DECREES/BOOK OF LIFE” that we Muslims interpreted as predestination. It gave me Goosebumps because scientists are now able to transcript our genetic make-up even before an individual is born through the pregnant mother’s blood mixed with the father’s saliva.

The transcript of your gnome (DNA) is your “Qur’an Book of Decrees/Book of Life” at the time of your birth, which will determine the color of your skin/eyes/hair, intelligence, and health. In short...the future of your entire life is precisely prerecorded just the way the Qur’an says it would be, and you can have a copy of your child’s book of life for a price. It’s mind-boggling; it gave me Goosebumps.

Beware the Destiny Test

Unborn children will soon have their genes mapped. Without proper guidance from parents, the tests could prove calamitous.

SNIP:

Any woman who undergoes such a test will quickly learn that there is no such thing as a perfect baby. Parents will encounter hundreds and, as the science progresses, thousands of instances in which a particular variant of a gene may statistically suggest (but not guarantee) their child’s future. Will the child-to-be one day suffer from melanoma or diabetes? What about obsessive-compulsive disorder? Moreover, clues will emerge in whole genome scans about not only health prospects but personality as well—whether she is likely to become an introvert or be able to carry a tune or star in high school sports. Whole-genome scans will tell parents a story about a particular future for their child—a future that those parents may not be rooting for.

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

March 2013

ISLAM

Qur’an: ‘No calamity befalls on your selves but is inscribed in the book of decrees before we bring it into existence...’ (Qur’an 57:22-23)

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh): ‘Once the fetus is formed in the womb, an angel is sent to blow the soul into the fetus and is ordered to record four matters: its sustenance, life span, deeds, and whether he will be lucky or unlucky.’

‘...and know that if the whole world were to join hands in order to benefit you with something, they couldn’t help you except what Allah already wrote for you, and if they join together to harm you, they wouldn’t be able to harm you except by what Allah ordained for you. The pens are lifted, and the inks have dried on the pages (of the preserved tablet) and (if I may add: on the transcripts of your gnome).

Subhan’allah!

https://www.amazon.com/Nosca-Khalid/e/B01NA7APYQ

BIO-LUMINESCENCE: Wonder of Nature!

Wow; I actually swam at one time many years ago in the “red sea” (KSA) with the bio-luminescence that I thought at first to be a reflection of the starry night until I dive into the sea. Imagine scooping the sea with your hands and experience the mass of tiny lights flowing off your hands and between your fingers. It was like wading through the stars with your legs making ripples bursting with lights. I had not the slightest idea what were those lights in the sea until weeks later after so much searching for words to rightly describe it for my diary; bio-luminescence it is :-)  It was absolutely magical reminding me of my life as a kid growing up in the country side back in Mindanao (Philippines). We used to play in the midst of millions of fireflies that used to cover an entire tree near my uncle’s house. Imagine a big Christmas three covered entirely inside and out with tiny flickering lights. (Watch newly embed 2 minutes video)

BBC: AMAZINGLY BIZARRE AND WEIRD ACTS OF NATURE…(1/2)

I can’t believe it is the first time for me to hear of these bizarre acts of nature; it is amazingly weird.

When “War is Peace”: "NOBEL for PEACE" Awarded to War Criminals

George Orwell was correct when he wrote in his classic book “1984” that “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery and Ignorance is Strength.” 

When “War is Peace”: “Peace Prizes” Awarded to War Criminals:

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the notorious war criminal responsible for an estimated 3 to 4 million deaths during the Vietnam War including the bombing of Cambodia was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973.

President Barack Obama was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize although he was in office less than a year.  Obama has expanded Drone wars in Pakistan and Yemen, opened several US military bases in Colombia and one in Chile, he ordered a war in Libya without congressional approval, maintained a military presence in Iraq and escalated the war in Afghanistan.  He said the Nobel Peace Prize is a “Call to Action”, meaning more war.

The Nobel Peace Prize has also awarded three Israeli Prime ministers that have systematically committed numerous crimes against Palestinians that includes Menachem Begin in 1978, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres in 1994.

Please read full article:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34076.htm

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Hubris : Selling the Iraq War

Often times I wonder why Iraq have not sued USA and its allies to pay reparations for the destruction of Iraq in a war that is based solely on lies but hey; on second thought…USA and its coalition of the willing have handed Saddam’s neck on a silver platter to the oppressed but majority Shiite (Shia) of Iraq who are now lording it over in Babylon. The real beneficiary like or not of the fall of Saddam are the mullahs of Iran. I will not be wrong to call it divine retribution for Saddam’s invasion of Iran in 1979; a divine retribution that includes Saddam’s allies: USA/NATO and the Gulf Arabs. It reminds me of the Clint movie; “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly” shooting each other's at the end.

The Insanity of Christian Zionism!

I think this post makes a lot of sense with the Christian “Holy week” in the offing. I want to open Christian’s eyes to what Jews really think of Jesus then 2,000 years ago and now while the Christian west are not only dying but pays as well for Israel’s crimes against humanity. This is one of Dr. David Duke’s many short videos.

A traffic accident led me to Islam...

QUOTE: I called my mom in the Philippines and told her; mom I became a Muslim and she was very sad and said; you did not go to the United States to become a Muslim and I said, “But I am mom.”

JEWISH RACISM: NON-JEWS EXIST ONLY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL

Quote: The only reason you non-Jews exist is to serve the Jews. You have no place in the world-only to serve the people for Israel. It is moral for a Jew to murder you and steal your heart or liver if a Jew needs one.

(Wow! Are we not lucky being not Americans or Europeans that perfectly fit a Jewish perception of what a non-Jew should be…servants of Israel?)

LARGEST ROCK TO HIT EARTH IN MORE THAN 100 YEARS

Meteor that crashed in Russia is largest space rock to have hit earth in more than a century, claim scientists | Mail Online:

Meteor that crashed in Russia is the largest to have hit earth in more than a 100 YEARS, claim scientists

·         Experts say the meteor weighed 100,000 tonnes and was 55 feet wide

·         The rock created a 50-foot hole in a frozen lake near Chelyabinsk

·         Scientists say they have located 53 tiny fragments of the meteor 

·         Stones have magnetic field and emit unusually high traces of radiation

By MATT BLAKE and MARIO LEDWITH

FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280920/Meteor-crashed-Russia-largest-space-rock-hit-earth-century-claim-scientists.html

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9 11: THE BIG CLUE EVERYONE MISSED

I agree. This is a very significant proof that everybody missed. What twin towers collapse this stupid man is talking about? Note how these people were talking about collapsed buildings before any building crumbled but there is another one missing here. In another video; a reporter was handed a note to read and started talking about collapsed “building 7” while in the background; building 7 was still standing. She read the report seconds early before “building 7” was demolished. The "untruth" will never set you free. USA will forever dwell in the belly of the beast. Imagine the millions of Muslims they made to suffer for these acts of evil. (9 minutes video)

ALIEN /UFO OR RUSSIA: who shot down the meteor…?

I have always suspected from the moment I saw on the news the meteor allegedly exploding before hitting the ground as weird news. Why would it explode for no reason except that earth’s alleged protective layers made it explode? Isn't that even weirder? It breaks big ones but not smaller meteors that we pick on the ground. Am I wrong to suspect that our so called protective atmosphere is in fact artificially engineered placed around earth specifically to yes; protect life on earth but who built it? Is it not possible that after the death of the Dinosaurs; our alien ancestors may have engineered a plan to protect earth and yes; shoot down meteors and asteroids big enough to cause massive damage? Unless Russia openly admit and demonstrate how they shot down an incoming meteor travelling at a tremendous speed; I WILL ASSUME THAT ALIENS SHOT IT DOWN. Watch this ½ minute video…

THE LIGHT WAS DIRECTLY OVER MY HEAD :-)

I went to the mosque in the middle of the night when nobody was there. I wanted to pray to Allah to make it easy for me and show me that I was doing the right thing. I switched on the light (…laughed) and the light was directly over my head :-)

MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD

MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD

This is a 2 minutes trailer of the HBO documentary believed by many to be the reason the Pope resigned. You can watch director Alex Gibney interviewed on “Democracy Now” and many other sites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlqqDBGBraQ

Meteor hits central Russia...

This is for real: hundreds hurt 3 critically when a meteor hit and exploded over central Russia. Remember that a big one is coming in days but we are assured that it will not hit earth but what if this one is a part of that group of meteors? It is actually closer to earth than most of the satellites out there floating above earth anyway even if it does smack earth; it’s not really that big. It will cause damage but it will hardly cause a dent on our planet unless it hits a major city.

Amazingly humane! Lion embraces and Kisses woman friend

Wow! I like to keep this in my blog. It is unbelievably heartwarming :-)

The story is; the woman found the lion in a very dire condition sometimes back. She brought the lion home and nourished it back to health until she was forced to bring the lion to the zoo for better care. She came to visit after a long time. Observe how the woman tapped the cage which must have been their means of communication and notice how the lion reacted. 

REAL CUTE...love Google Earth

YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH GOOGLE EARTH FOR THIS :-)

SIGNS OF THE TIMES: OBAMA’S NEW CIA CHIEF CONVERTED TO ISLAM…

What in heaven’s name is happening…? Why are so many people converting to Islam? There is an authentic ‘ahadith’ where the Prophet (s.a.w.) foretold that one of the “signs of the end of times” is the conversion of people to Islam by droves and legions.

Obama's choice for CIA chief 'converted to Islam' says former FBI agent | Mail Online:

Barack Obama's choice for CIA chief 'converted to Islam' former FBI agent claims

·         John Guandolo claims John Brennan converted while in Saudi Arabia

·         Former FBI agent says Mr Brennan visited Mecca and Medina during Hajj

By KERRY MCDERMOTT

The incoming head of the CIA converted to Islam while working as a station chief in Saudi Arabia in the 1990s, a former FBI agent has claimed.

John Guandolo, who retired from the FBI in 2008, said in a radio interview that John Brennan - who has been nominated by Barack Obama as the new director of the CIA - visited the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina accompanied by Saudi officials who may have persuaded him to convert.

Please read full article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277524/Obamas-choice-CIA-chief-converted-Islam-says-FBI-agent.html

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British Journalist Yvonne Ridley Converts to Islam...

Yvonne Ridley is a British Journalist who was married to a Muslim for 5 years but did not become a Muslim because she would not allow her husband to bring the subject up. She thought she knew enough of Islam until they drifted apart. Because she is a journalist covering south Asia; she fell into the hands of the Taliban. She promised the Taliban leadership that if they let her go; she would read the Qur’an and to fulfill her side of the bargain…she did. The first thing she looked for in the Qur’an was which part where it says the extent of how far a husband can beat his wife and she was shocked. What she found was the rights of women that didn’t exist in the west until 50 years ago. People in the west spend months and years resolving rights of men and women in courts in cases of divorce or the rights of women in cases of inheritance but 1,400 years ago; it was already clearly defined in the Qur’an. This video is worth 56 minutes of your time :-)

New Zealand lawmaker calls for Muslim flight ban...

Yea right and Christians are inquisitors who tortured, brutalized and burned people who did not believe that Earth is flat and the sun rotates around earth or Napoleon or Hitler or Bush/Chenney or Melosivic/Mladic who slaughtered millions of Jews, Muslims and others. Wow; before you or any other freaks criticize Muslims…please look in the mirror because Muslims are none of the above and…9/11? I think I need to vomit…

New Zealand lawmaker calls for Muslim flight ban - Yahoo! News Maktoob:

New Zealand lawmaker calls for Muslim flight ban
AFP

A New Zealand politician has labelled young Muslim men a terrorist threat who should be banned from Western airlines, sparking condemnation from Prime Minister John Key on Tuesday.

Richard Prosser, of the New Zealand First party, also labelled Islam a "stone age religion" in a magazine column, claiming that most terrorists were "angry young Muslim men who hate the West".

"If you are a young male, aged between say about 19 and about 35, and you're a Muslim, or you look like a Muslim, or you come from a Muslim country, then you are not welcome to travel on any of the West's airlines," he wrote.

He added: "I will not stand by while my daughters' rights and freedoms, and those of other New Zealanders and Westerners, are denigrated by a sorry pack of misogynist troglodytes from 'Wogistan'."

Please read full article:

http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/new-zealand-lawmaker-calls-for-muslim-flight-ban-085546493.html

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Betrayal of the Qur’an: Muslim Nation’s submission to UN/USA/NATO/ISRAEL

It pains me and I believe it does pains as well many Muslims around the world to see Muslim nations fought wars alongside K’firs against another Muslim country. Muslim leaders submitting to the will of the United Nations and USA in the destruction/embargo to inflict suffering and mass murder of Muslims is a great betrayal of God, the Qur’an and the teachings of the prophet of Islam. There is no conflict among Muslims that cannot be solved but with half of the Muslims allied with the K’firs waging wars against the other half is unforgivable. Why would a Muslim nation for instance embargo Iran for no other reason than because USA said so or the United Nations passed a resolution to embargo a Muslim country. That in very simple term is a submission to the will of the United Nations and the United States of America; submission to the will of the SHAITAN against a nation of believers. A community of 1.6 billion believers blessed by God with 80% of the world’s most important commodity is a force to be reckoned with but why Muslim leaders act like whimpering lizards with tails between their legs in submission to the will of the Beast of Empire boggles the mind; unbelievably shocking. If the 57 nations of the OIC refuse to be bound by UN resolutions targeting Muslims member state by virtue of oneness in faith; embargo against Muslims will be toothless.

Big Brother’s all Seeing Eye: NOWHERE TO HIDE

Yea! Great; your camera is 16 Million Pixel (MP). Huh! Big Brother’s eye in the sky is 1.8 Billion Pixels. What; did you say billion? You heard it right and at 20,000 feet in the sky; big brother can see you pissing on the side while looking at the same time at your friend soaked in his vomit for drunkenness several blocks away.  Amazing 5 minutes video demo. 

UNCOMMON STORY: France Top Rapper journey to Islam (transcript)

She arrived at our interview with her 4x4 car, her mom, her husband and her little baby.

Diam’s decided to appear for the first time on TV to tell us a very uncommon story how did she move from Rap to Islam, how did she leave her hell of depression to her paradise of Islam. Her veil was the object of controversy without her ever expressing herself on the subject.

She stopped rapping and hasn’t said anything about it so she is now speaking tonight for the first time with her heart open and her words that don’t rap anymore.

TV: Diams; do you want us to call you Melanie or ‘Diam’s’ today?

Diams: Melanie; I have become…just an ordinary woman so I don’t need a nickname anymore.

TV: It has been almost 4 years that you haven’t been on Television. Have you hesitated a lot before appearing on one? Why…because of your veil?

Melanie: For many reasons; already because of the way I am dressed. I know that I will be shocking but also on my apprehension on how you will question me since I know that not everyone is kind, respectful and tolerant.

TV: You are scared that we will question you only about your veil?

Melanie: In fact; it doesn’t disturb me to talk. What disturbs me is the way it’s done. I know that I have an understanding that is not very easy for others to understand. I know that there will be a lot of questioning on this. I was a rapper and so I understand but on the other hand, I gained so much peace and serenity (in my new faith) that I don’t have time to deal with feelings like anger and hate. I prefer staying at home calm and at peace.

TV: Did your hijab (scarf) help you to sort out all that was wrong when you were on stage?

Melanie: Oh yes, it completely healed my heart. I know now what I am doing here on earth (life). I am no longer a free electron or a grain of sand lost in a storm that doesn’t know what he’s doing here. I know why I’m here (on earth). And waking every morning trying to get better is a huge program in one day.

TV: Is it true when you say that discovering “your God;” you felt really loved for the first time?

Melanie: Ah! Yes, yes, when you know that you have the love of God, you feel fulfilled.

TV: In your book you’ve written: “people would prefer that I grilled in the same glory as Amy Winehouse.” (Note: Amy Winehouse was the British singer who recently died of drug overdose.)

Melanie: Yes, what I meant was that when I was reading what my critics were saying about me, I wondered if people would have said the same if I ended up like “Amy Whinehouse” or any other depressed artist…would they have said what they said about me? Would have they said that I was a danger to the youth? Is that the danger; to look for peace and to be a good person and wanting a family life? If others decided to destroy their lives; it’s not the same end I’m willing to have.

TV: you loved rap music?

Melanie: Yeah, it was becoming all my life. It was a music genre that didn’t require me to know how to sing or play an instrument or anything like that. What was important was to have things to say and the way you say it. I had something in my heart so I would; I shout it out. It just came out when it had to.

TV: First album when 17 years old?

Melanie: Yeah!

TV: Rap start at 22?

Melanie: uhmm!

TV: You are overall the biggest album seller in France!

Melanie: Yea, it’s crazy. Even I was overwhelmed; just to say it today…I know that no one yet attained it.

TV: And the public loved you; do you miss them?

Melanie: In reality; I never considered my fans as anonymous crowd. For me, everyone is a reflection of my personal life. They always tells me that what I was singing was exactly what they were living. I loved confessing myself to them and they loved doing the same back to me. I suffered from being considered heartless person and that I could no longer have a discussion with someone who suffered.

TV: What shocked us was: throughout your years as Rap Star, we saw your energy and pleasing way of being on stage; even a joy of life but we never imagined that glory didn’t suit you.

Melanie: When I was performing; I forgot my pain that’s true. When I was on stage; it was intense, same thing when I am in the studio besides that; silence, anxiety and loneliness were big inside me. The coming of recognition as a “star” really didn’t fit inside of me. Even if many people considered that I enjoyed this state of life. Yes, I have tried to enjoy this kind of life but I never manage to do so. I tried to have fun in parties, I tried to socialize. I tried to do all these kinds of things but then again, I thought to myself that this wasn’t right…

TV: and yet; you had all the things a star could have wanted.

Melanie: Yeah!

TV: You had the cars, the shoes, the phones, all the wanting.

Melanie: I had everything; I had everything that anyone dreamed of having in a star’s life.

TV: So you were wrong about what you dreamed of?

Melanie: No, I believed in this dream but it was just an illusion in fact I wasn’t big headed but I had all the symptoms. I was so self-possessed that I used to ignore my surroundings for example; we go somewhere and there is a team of 100 people and you leave without thinking to thank anybody. Today; I am conscious of this.

TV: How many albums did you sell in total?

Melanie: Around 3-4 million sold.

TV: How many performances?

Melanie: around 50.

TV: So…a crazy life?

Melanie: A crazy life…

TV: You were able to buy an apartment for your mother? You also bought an immense apartment for yourself but nonetheless; you ended up alone inside it.

Melanie: I cried by myself in fact, that’s what people don’t seem to realize,  that is why, it makes me smile when I hear people saying; “yeah, she ruined her career!” I feel like telling them, “is that really the purpose of life?” How many people suicide or are under psychiatric treatment after attempting to earn a high paying/famous job. I know that’s not true because I was this “business manager, that boss, that big business woman but I was still upset, I was still lonely as ever. I sometimes used to cry like a baby not knowing what I was doing on this earth. “Why me..?” “Why this success…?” “Why this money…?” These were the questions I kept on asking myself.

TV: You were on top of your glory in March, 2008 at the “Victoire de la msique.” You had a standing ovation because you just sang “Ma France a Moi.” 3 weeks before the show; you spent a month in a psychiatric hospital and you returned home 2 days after.

Melanie: What people don’t know is that I was completely destroyed. I was taking pills. I just got out of a psychiatric hospital. I was just doing what I had to do really and then everyone stood up and it was completely beyond me. I felt like saying “stop…you don’t know what you are seeing is just an envelope but inside there is nothing, it’s empty. “I’m empty, I’m sad.” I don’t like my life. I don’t even like life itself.” I felt like yelling on the microphone, “Stop…stop clapping…please just stop!”

TV: And you returned to the hospital 2 days after…

Melanie: Yea, I returned 2 days after.

TV: And it’s the downward slope to hell with medications.

Melanie: Yeah, it was the medications and the psychiatrics. They kept trying to sooth my pain but since they failed to do so, they eased the pain and they eased my pain with pills.

TV: And no more inspiration, no more lyrics…emptiness in the mind.

Melanie: No more; no more heart; a heart that beats but is if no use. It doesn’t make you cry or smile, it’s empty.

TV: Until the day you started taking too many drugs because life was unbearable. You were rescued in a narrow escape.

Melanie: Exactly up to the day that I wanted to sleep. Basically, I didn’t really want to die because I never exactly saw death as being a rest personally but I always had this feeling of going to sleep.

TV: To understand how serious this depression was, you were a danger to yourself and nearly for others.

Melanie: Yeah!

TV: It was crazy times, you wrote in your book.

Melanie: Yes, yes…yeah and the pain was big enough for them to prefer keeping me isolated so that I don’t hurt others and I don’t hurt myself.

TV: Then it happened what you described to be the most wonderful thing in your life, is that one night…you were with friends Charlotte who is a catholic and Zouzzou.

Melanie: Soussou…

TV: Soussou who is a Muslim who tells you, “I’m going to pray…”

Melanie: Yeah!

TV: And you tell her something amazing, “I really want to pray too.”

Melanie: “Yeah; me too.” Throughout this whole year where I’ve been cumulating clinic stays, medications, depressions and even suicide attempts. I was always a believer but I had a hard time to hold on…to God. It wasn’t a big thing in my life; it wasn’t something important. I believed in one God just like a creator. From time to time; I often said to myself, “I would really like to talk to God!” The idea just sprung to my mind and then after a while I would just give up and carry on with my life and then all of a sudden; your (Muslim) friend is there and tells you, “well, I’m going to pray” but then I say, “But I want to pray too, I want to talk to God too!” And then she just tells me; okay, come then…” and I experienced something…

TV: And you bowed down for the first time in your life.

Melanie: I bowed down for the first time. I put my forehead on the ground. I felt like…not something you would do to anyone other than God. It was strange to be prostrated. It was just like two mountains fell off my shoulder when I bowed down.

TV: The question we want to ask you…your parents were catholic so why did you choose Islam?

Melanie: I was convinced, well at that moment, I was lost. Actually, I was raised by a mother who didn’t talk much about religion. My grandparents were catholic. Indeed, I have learnt a lot about Catholicism from them. I used to go to mass and all that. I was baptized and confirmed following that; I’ve have friends from different confessions. For me; it was true that the Muslims spiritually stood out. Just to say that I couldn’t exactly see the spirituality in other religious groups but Muslims had Ramadan and such. I saw that they were doing something for God and I want to do something for God too…and that was when I went on a holiday to Mauritius.

TV: Mauritius…?

Melanie: …to Mauritius with the Holy Qur’an in my bag because I was advised to take it with me and read it. It was a book that I opened in; how should I say it: simplicity without even realizing what I was going to read.

TV: Very excited…?

Melanie: And it was the revelation; you can put it that way. Yes, and it was the revelation and the ultimate conviction that God exists.

TV: And at that moment you were still a rap star and you didn’t ask yourself whether it was to be complicated? The prayers…?

Melanie: Only when I wear the Hijab otherwise the prayers weren’t a problem. I just thought that I would do them behind closed doors.

TV: But why did you choose to wear the hijab. Couldn’t you be a Muslim woman without it?

Melanie: Well, no because the more I read about the religion the more I was convinced and then I learnt that it was preferable for the Muslim woman to be discrete…to be modest. Furthermore, I read this verse about the veil (hijab) and I was like “ah, there we go!” I didn’t know I was expected to…wear the veil after all I am saying like it I said it in my book. And then I thought to myself, “no, that’s weird, I can’t do this.” I remembered having walked on the beach and saying to myself, “Melanie, you realize that God is the creator of the sky, the sun and the rain.” He asks you that and you hassle,” and I thought, “Ok, let’s just give it a try.”

TV: But God hasn’t obliged you to wear it. There are some Muslim women who don’t wear it.

Melanie: Well, at that time, I didn’t really see the difference between the obliged or recommended so I covered myself but since I didn’t know any Muslim women who actually wore a veil (hijab) so I said to myself, “I’m going to wear a small headband, a hoodie, prove modesty and then after that, it was all about reading and learning more things every day.

TV: Suddenly, your conversion was something very private that nobody else knew about.

Melanie: No!

TV: Nobody else knew?

Melanie: My family and close relationships had been informed when I was deciding to convert to Islam. I informed them. I informed the people I worked with and they knew that I would be overwhelmed by the scandalous media.

TV: By a photo…?

Melanie: Precisely, it was a disaster. We saw those pictures as I was coming out of a mosque…

TV: …and the world finds out that “Diams la rappeur” wears a veil.

Melanie: Yeah, that was…that was stealing. They stole me. They stole a private bit of my life. They stole…

TV: And your mother…?

Melanie: My mother has never seen me dressed like this neither have my grandparents or my uncle or my friends of course, all my close relatives were lost but the people that worked with me…I pretty much lost a huge amount of my team because nobody trusted me.

TV: And they said that you were a risk to a whole generation, to all the young girls who had followed you in Rap.

Melanie: Anyway; when a young girl converts to Islam, people think that she is either indoctrinated or she has been forced by her husband…as if we have no autonomy over our lives or intellectual independence. That’s quite new…isn’t it? That’s what I was accused of, they made me look like someone who always defended women and their rights and that wasn’t true just to say even today, I can still fight for women and the inequalities and the unfairness. I don’t see where the problem is. You see nowadays, these are the confusion that has been made.

TV: The broadmix between spirituality, radical Islamism and terrorism.

Melanie: It’s the broadmix between the ‘ignorant’ and the ‘learned.’ There are people who are ignorant and shouldn’t talk. “When you talk about something, you have to know what you are talking about.”

TV: You wrote that this religion (Islam) is only presented to the world via extremist groups and bombings have extremely shocked you.

Melanie: Yes, completely because that is not what I have seen. ‘I have seen a religion of wisdom, non-violence, peace, sharing and most of all…kindness!” It’s the religion of Jesus, Moses, Abraham, Solomon…of all the prophets. Why do people make us look like that? It is not acceptable for innocent people to die when attacked/bombed. It’s unthinkable that a believer (Muslim) would do these kinds of things.

TV: It is a complicated matter to be veiled in France nowadays.

Melanie: Well…it stays a free country in the sense that I am allowed to wear my scarf and be veiled and all of that but…people’s prejudice, nastiness, case of mind over matter…make one feel tired.

TV:  So why did you leave Rap? Was it a constraint or a choice?

Melanie: No, not really. It’s true bit by bit I realized that I am living a peaceful life now, living a family life.

TV: After all, you have been a mother for a couple months.

Melanie: Yes, I am a mother.

TV: And does it seem impossible for you to rap with a veil?

Melanie: No, I don’t see myself rapping like this. I don’t think I’d fit.

TV: But rapping is not in contradiction with your religion.

Melanie: Not exactly, it’s just that I am living on a peaceful life now. I’ve lost all my old attitudes and emotions. All of a sudden, I realized that I used to write lyrics with very negative emotions such as anger. It was a tool. It motivated me. I’m no longer angry.

TV: What is your daily life now? You have a little girl.

Melanie: Ah! Well, I live in a small village.

TV: You are a mother.

Melanie: I am a mother, I am happy…I am a friend, I am a wife.

TV: Did you find friends from before?

Melanie: Ah yes, I found my friends again…Charlotte.

TV: Did you lose friends during your time of fame?

Melanie: Yeah! I’ve lost a lot.

TV: So do you think this is a break for you? Is it a bracket in your life? And the book ends with the main information saying that you are very happy, now.

Melanie: Yes, ah yes. I am so happy that…I have a joy in my heart that they (media) cannot steal from me neither by photos or attacks…or any of that. I have faith.

TV: Thank you Diams…

Melanie: Thank you too…

TV: Thank you Melanie instead…

Melanie: Thank you too…thank you.

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