WASHINGTON, Sept 11: An American woman who lost eight relatives in the 9/11 attacks has embraced Islam. Elizabeth, now Safia Al Kasaby, 43, lives in Tampa, Florida. She is a former sergeant first class of the US Air Force National Guard. She lost one uncle and seven cousins in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Her grandfather was a Jew and her grandmother was Catholic.
Safia said that in 1997, nearly destitute, she approached a synagogue in North Tampa for help. Officials at the shul wanted to know if she was a member. She was not. They asked her if she was really Jewish. She became disillusioned and for eight years she did not participate in organised religion.
She found Islam in 2005 on the third day of a Moroccan vacation.
At first, Safia’s family didn’t take her seriously and some colleagues at her banking job made fun of her new attire. She dared not pray at work.
Mostly, Safia kept her new faith at home, learning about her religion on web sites and Islamic chat rooms.
After a meeting with an imam at the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area in June, Safia felt more at ease with her new faith. But some in her family are reluctant to accept her new faith. Her eldest daughter, Sylvia, wants little to do with her. A Baptist and young military widow, Sylvia berated Safia when she showed up at her husband’s funeral wearing a hijab.
At home, Safia raises two daughters. Ten-year-old Natalia says her mother’s religion is cool.
Ada, 18, appreciates Safia’s transformation and doesn’t put up with people who make fun of Islam or stereotype Muslims. “I say, ‘Wait a minute. My mom’s a Muslim,’” Ada said. “She’s not a terrorist.”
Safia says she looks forward to the day when her religion is not an issue.
Re: Woman who lost 8 relatives on 9/11 embraces Islam
oh subhana Allah thats amazing "verily Allah guides those who he wishes" i was expecting to read something else but wow mashaAllah... may Allah makes things easier for her
Re: Woman who lost 8 relatives on 9/11 embraces Islam
mashalah great news......
All i hope is for my mums happiness.Shes my light.Shes my dunya.Her tears are my weakness.Her sadness breaks my heart.She is my mirror.A mirror that keeps me alive.Without her am nothing.shes my saaya.How can i leave her.I pray to Allah(swt) to keep me with her forever inshAllah.
Re: Woman who lost 8 relatives on 9/11 embraces Islam
Salaam,
Islam is not for the pen but the poet
Islam is not for the gun and wapons but the soldiers who wield them
Islam is not for the building but for the architect that built it.
Islam is for all of manknd,not what we are..
After sep 11 and the digusting manner in which the western world conducted the war on terro by lies and in admission...Islam and its teaching become the polarization force.
The lie,we cannot...
Inshallah,trully as the western warmonger continue their trend it is good for Islam..
For the fall not far from the tree
Re: Woman who lost 8 relatives on 9/11 embraces Islam
Her grandfather was a Jew and her grandmother was Catholic.
Unless your mother is Jewish your not Jewish. Therefore, this lady was not a Jew, so I could care less if she wished to embrace a purer form of Monotheism then Catholics.
Re: Woman who lost 8 relatives on 9/11 embraces Islam
Alhumdulillah!
Our Lord! Verily, we have heard the call of one calling to Faith: 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed.
Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and expiate from us our evil deeds, and make us die (in the state of righteousness) along with Al-Abrar
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