A former gangster Darren gee gave an interview to Sean Atwood where he talks about prisons in the UK he says that there is only one strength in the prison life and that is Islamic strength there’s only one strength in the whole of the prison system in this country
It’s one strength and no one’s going to master it and that’s the Islamic strength Islam is on the rise in prisons in UK USA Australia and many more countries and it is not by chance extensive research has been conducted and the reasons behind these growing number of conversions
The code of conduct prisoners come from a background of crime and Chaos their poor decisions and Life Choices land them into deep trouble once incarcerated they have to adjust to the strict routine of the prison this is hard for them as they are used to living Reckless
Lives but since Islam offers a strict code of conduct in a structured prayer schedule a lot of converts are drawn to the predictability and routine the religion offers the five prayers the fasting months and the clear distinction between right and wrong help prisoners to adjust to the discipline of prison
Life this is much welcomed at a time when inmates are re-evaluating their choices and trying to make better choices for the future Brotherhood Islam offers a sense of Brotherhood and community that many inmates may not have experienced before there is no concept of race or color in Islam there is no
Discrimination everyone is equal in the eyes of Allah and because prisons can be isolating and lonely converting to Islam can provide inmates with a supportive group of fellow Believers everyone is allowed in no matter where they’re from or what their background is Darren gee further describes that there is no
Hierarchy in the prisons anymore there’s just one group that runs the show and that is the Muslims there’s no hierarchy in the prison system there’s one group that run the prison system and it’s the Muslim fraternity whether you like it or not it’s [ __ ] he believes that the reason why Muslims
Have come to the top is because of their solidarity he talks about how if there is a situation where if one white person is being attacked by six Muslims no one will come to his help but if one Muslim is being attacked by six other individuals all the Muslims will come to
His rescue whether they know him or not if you’re in jail and you’ve got a white boy getting attacked by six Muslims none of them’s helping them even if the normal don’t know the white boy no one’s helping him but if you’ve got a Muslim boy getting back to buy Six individuals
Whether these Muslims no or not they’re going in and helping them and that’s where it’s that’s where their strength is he says that he finds this very admirable and that this kind of loyalty and strength is missing in other religions for now answers but what I do admire is the
Loyalty and the strength and the you know the Brotherhood and that’s that’s what’s missing you know the religions at the moment is the Brotherhood the Islamic Faith’s got and that’s why it’s taken over Redemption Islam offers the promise of forgiveness and Redemption many inmates may have committed crimes that they regret and
Are now seeking a way to make amends they’re looking for a way to lessen their pain and guilt Islam provides that opportunity it gives them a clean slate Islam’s emphasis on repentance and forgiveness can offer hope in a path towards a better future once people realize that by accepting Islam they
Will be forgiven by Allah Almighty they find it easier to forgive themselves as well this gives them courage to try and turn their lives around this point is also put forward by Darren gee he says that once you repent and ask for forgiveness you’re welcome to the Islamic brotherhood wholeheartedly now some scouses
Majority of them convert because of the crimes see in the faith of Islam they will accept anyone into that faith as long as you repent your sins in a famous documentary The Honest struggle Darren Davis now known as Khan also talks about his conversion to Islam in the prison he explains how when
Things got messed up with his life he reached out to the Muslim Brothers in the prison and they gave him a copy of the Quran soon sadik could feel himself feeling peace and Redemption he felt free isolation it could also be said that once people get stuck in a prison they no longer
Have access to the life outside they have few things to distract them and they get a chance to ponder over the bigger questions who created them what is the purpose of their life and how can they improve themselves Islam answers a lot of these questions and gives a new
Meaning to their lives said Davis talks about how his life slowed down in prison and he got a chance to get in touch with his true self once he started studying the Quran things started to get cleared and his life started to get straightened he said that once he said his shahada it
Became clear to him that in his previous life he was living contrary to what he was created to do fear and insecurity prison is no doubt a stressful place to be in you’re broken in fear and in despair you quite literally hit rock bottom and when
People reach that low level of Life they realize that they need direction and they need something to lift them up they need something to help them cope with the fears the prison life has to offer for these people Islam offers a great deal of comfort and security once they
Submit themselves to a higher power they feel much more equipped to tackle life in prison once they submit to Allah all their fears go away these reasons despite sounding reasonable have been criticized by the West in a report that was published in the UK it was stated that some of the
Non-muslims were put under immense pressure to convert they were threatened and faced violence this report further states that in some prisons there is evidence that a group of Muslim prisoners operate as a gang under the guise of religion they had little or no interest in the faith but saw that being
A member of this gang presented an opportunity to them to be anti-authority violent and intimidating some experts suggests that the conversion of non-muslims to Islam may be a way for them to assert their identity and rebel against the dominant culture within the prison system for
Some it may be a way to resist the oppression they feel from the system that has incarcerated them some experts also believe that the reason for converting also include better food during Ramadan and getting time out of cells to attend prayers whether or not inmates accept Islam due to spiritual
Reasons or their selfish needs we shouldn’t be the one to judge them only Allah knows what’s in their hearts and how sincere they are to their faith we should only think the best of them and welcome them with open arms we should pray that Allah keeps them on the
Straight path and bring more people into the folds of Islam I mean but for Muslims who have already tasted the sweetness of Iman these conversions are a testament to the transformative power of the Islamic faith these conversions give us confidence that our religion is indeed the absolute truth and our Lord
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