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These two sisters were on their own individual paths of seeking God, until their journey beautifully cumulated in Islam. A rarity, but a rarity truly evident of His Perfect Plan.

Brought up as a Buddhist, Kenichi is familiar to the concept where the gods are represented as statues. He knows Allah is not a statue, so he asks, “Where is Allah? Can anyone explain about Allah?”

"I was born a Muslim but grew up being an atheist. I was formerly involved with gangsterism and skinhead sub-culture. Alhamdulillah. I am a revert practicing Muslim now."

"I didn’t get a strict image of Islam as believed in Japan but rather, I got an impression that people are calm and kind and always keep smiling. I didn’t see anybody hitting children or getting upset."

Eileen's first prayer following her reversion was a funny story. "I was dead sure that I was the first Muslim in the world that can’t pray because she's too stupid. I was looking at the pages and going “No way, man. That’s like, What?? This can’t be done!”

"It was in my nature to be an introvert, but back in those days, I would force myself to be more extroverted just to “fit in” with the crowd. I definitely had a hotter temper too, especially when I was at home, and fights would occur occasionally… I was a quite the rebellious teenager."

“We started to talk about Islam. She told me what would happen at the end of this world and what would happen to non-believers... That night, my value of this world totally changed."

“I don’t believe in blind following – just because I am born to a Muslim family, I would have no choice but to adhere to the practice of Islam. How can we “just believe” without rationalising? God is so Great to give us the capacity to think.”