4,500 New Muslims from Europe Perform Pilgrimage
4,500 pilgrims of European nationalities performed Haj as new Muslims.
They all have started off on their new journey toward Islam.
The Organization of the Islamic Community in Europe made extensive efforts to contain all European Muslims under its umbrella as much as it could.
The organization fledged out of a Turkish labor syndicate during the eighties of the last century in Germany to embrace the small Islamic groups dispersed throughout Europe.
Head of the organization Kamal Argon said it organizes a Haj campaign every year for the new Muslims so they perform the pilgrimage and visit the holy sites they heard of or read about.
He said that starting from Sept. 11, 2001, the organization marked a turning point in its formation, where large numbers of people of the European community turned to read about Islam.
“In view of the defamation campaigns of Islam, in the wake of the World Trade Center disaster in New York, many people discovered the truth about the religion of Islam, and found out it is not a religion of terrorism,” he said.
He said many of the pilgrims wanted to live in the holy city near the holy sites, and leave their past lives and countries behind them. The state of affairs of Islam seems depressing today, he said, because of mistakes that some Muslims commit and attacks from the Western media.
Still the organization pleads to all Muslims in Europe not to underestimate the charity works being done and calls for accepting the faith.
Source: News Agencies
The Organization of the Islamic Community in Europe made extensive efforts to contain all European Muslims under its umbrella as much as it could.
The organization fledged out of a Turkish labor syndicate during the eighties of the last century in Germany to embrace the small Islamic groups dispersed throughout Europe.
Head of the organization Kamal Argon said it organizes a Haj campaign every year for the new Muslims so they perform the pilgrimage and visit the holy sites they heard of or read about.
He said that starting from Sept. 11, 2001, the organization marked a turning point in its formation, where large numbers of people of the European community turned to read about Islam.
“In view of the defamation campaigns of Islam, in the wake of the World Trade Center disaster in New York, many people discovered the truth about the religion of Islam, and found out it is not a religion of terrorism,” he said.
He said many of the pilgrims wanted to live in the holy city near the holy sites, and leave their past lives and countries behind them. The state of affairs of Islam seems depressing today, he said, because of mistakes that some Muslims commit and attacks from the Western media.
Still the organization pleads to all Muslims in Europe not to underestimate the charity works being done and calls for accepting the faith.
Source: News Agencies
