Newfoundland Muslim looking forward to Human Library event
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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 12:24 PM NT
Last Updated: Jan 21, 2013 3:39 PM NT
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Alan Hillier and his father were driving home to Griquet on the snowy Northern Peninsula highway in 2003 when he dropped a big piece of news.
"I said, 'Dad, I'm actually a Muslim now.' And he said 'Oh. Okay.' I said 'Well, yeah, I pray differently now. I believe a little differently. And he said 'Oh. Okay, Well, good enough.'"
Hillier figured his dad might have been in denial.
"A bayman converting to Islam is pretty strange," Hillier admitted.
Hillier became interested in Islam after having some Muslim students as roommates while he was studying at Memorial University.
Hillier said it took his family quite a bit of time to accept his conversion from Anglicanism to Islam, but now they're supportive.
Hillier has taken his conversion seriously, studying the Muslim holy book — the Qur'an — praying daily, even going on the traditional Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
He is looking forward to talking with anyone who has questions about his path to Islam at the CBC Human Library event, at the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre on Saturday, Jan. 26.
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