You were in jail at a very difficult time cuz you went there through Ramadan right and you were fasting and you know they were you know just a terrible time to be you know obviously going yeah your first Ramadan too um you converted to Islam a few months prior um shout out to
Tam KH by the way he was a gracious host out there in Dubai um shout out to him uh can you take us through what led you to uh converting to Islam and how was that first month uh your first Ramadan in prison you talk about fraternity and
Brotherhood like I just described and there’s no bigger fraternity or Brotherhood than Islam that’s the bottom line of it it’s it doesn’t matter what color you are it doesn’t matter where you’re from you’re all Brothers in Islam and it truly is a beautiful feeling and I think I came on
Your show and spoke my respect for Islam before I reverted I’d have respected it for a very long time and I think if you’re truly a religious person and you do believe in God you’re going to see the attractions of Islam I’ve had conversations with very devout very
Strict Christian Christians and when I talk to them they debate Christianity versus Islam against me and it’s quite a friendly debate but when I say aren’t you jealous of the fact that we stick up for what we believe in and you Christians allow yourself to be mocked
Endlessly I see in their eyes they’re infuriated everyone is jealous of the fact that Islam means what it says and says what it means unapologetically because that’s a masculine trait it’s A Warrior’s religion and if you’re a warrior and you want to say what you mean and mean what you say you’re going
To feel massive respect for Islam and I respected it for a long time and I guess if you respect something long enough you end up believing in it and the conversion comes afterwards and my Ramadan was in jail I don’t know if this is completely true and I don’t want to
Talk like an Islamic scholar cuz I’m not but if you’re at war or if you’re in a particularly difficult scenario you don’t have to fast but I decided to fast anyway and to respect it and I got my meals and I was given my three meals a
Day and I would pick out the bits of food that was edible and I would cover it up with a little piece of plastic and I would sit there all day long with the plastic over my paper plate and flick the roaches and flies and make sure
Nothing touched it until until it came time to eat eat I didn’t eat before Sunrise cuz I didn’t have food Before Sunrise I could only eat once a day when the sun went down and uh it was quite a beautiful feeling I read the entire as
Much of the Quran as I could I don’t know if I finished the entire thing in that month but I finished the entire thing in jail and between reading the Quran and protecting my food I I felt very fulfilled during that month it was probably one of the easiest months in
Jail Ramadan I felt yeah I felt fulfilled I knew what I had to do I had to pray I had to read the Quran I had to protect my food I had to make sure there wasn’t insects in it by the time it came to eat I eventually got to eat it with
My brother and we sat there and we ate it and it was quite a fulfilling time I was very sad when it ended I was very I was genuinely sad when Ramadan ended and I was still in that jail so did did Islam help you stay strong in jail I
Would open the Quran on random pages every day I would just open it and I’d find a quote which I found applicable to the situation I was in so I would leave it up to chance but I guess God was trying to give me particular messages
And every single time I opened that book there was a passage or a message on the page I randomly selected that made me feel better every single time and the best one and my favorite one is my favorite in the whole Quran so far is just because you say you believe does
Not mean Allah will not test you um you’re a Believer does not mean your life gets easy absolutely not just because you just because you say you believe does not mean you will not be tested and I saw as a test I actually saw the fact that I went to jail quite
Quickly after my reversion almost I was going to ask you about that test do I really believe and that’s why I decided to respect Ramadan am I going to just throw it all out the window because my life’s gotten hard or am I going to
Stick to what I said I believe in and show that I believe truly and God was watching and God was paying attention as was I and I feel very fortunate to have spent radan in jail do you know the story of Job in the Bible I do but you
Can tell it for the context similar scenario God took everything from him he had everything you could think of family cattle house land carts if they had carts back then and God made a deal with Satan he said listen if you contempt my servant he turns away from me you can
Have him but I guarantee you he won’t turn from me you will take everything away so Satan came down to earth took away his family they all died cattle all gone land house gone he had sordes he was stricken to the to the ground couldn’t walk could talk was in terrible
Shape but he never for forsake God the whole time and long behold God said see my servant never turn away from me bless him 10 times over so the struggle that we go through every day in life is tough but if you stand firm in what you believe like what Andrew did
You’re rewarded 10 times over yeah and I mean we can talk about it religiously but it’s also we cuz cuz it’s fresh and fit let’s apply it to a relationship scenario yeah a girl loves you of course she loves you when she’s going to the restaurants and you’re not in jail and
You’re taking care of her and her rent is paid and you’re buying her Handbags and you’re entertaining her her and you’re spending time with her and everything’s fun and great of course she loves you but does she really love you when it ends you find out if she really
Loves you just like you find out of job really believed when the hard times come and then you’re going to see who really loves you and who doesn’t that’s when you’re going to learn a lot about people and you can apply that to nearly all scenarios on Earth and I see that all
The time I I I see I don’t use Tik Tok at all but occasionally I’m unfortunate enough on Twitter you catch these couple gold Tik toks strs and and it’s kind of embarrassing for well not kind of I apologize it’s not often I’m wrong but I
Was wrong there and I want to make an apology to the world it’s very embarrassing it’s not kind of it’s very embarrassing for the man these couple gold Tik toks it’s it’s pathetic and the reason it’s so pathetic because you know what her idea of course it’s her idea
And she’s public it’s so gay and she’s publicly cucking him and she’s making him act a particular way and she’s showing the world that she has her men [ __ ] whipped and the whole thing’s the whole thing’s embarrassing but I sit there and it’s like oh couple gos and
They’re in the MDES and they’re hugging and they’re holding hands and they’re running and they’re smiling and I sit and look at this [ __ ] and I say if he went to jail she’d be [ __ ] someone else in 4.3 days couple goals couple go it’s bollocks there is no couple and
There is no love in the good times I mean okay girls love you when things are good of course they do but it doesn’t mean anything you think maybe not maybe I’ve been around the block I’m not stupid when I’m on my private jet and
The 10 out of 10 beauty queen goes I love you duh we’re on a private jet on our way to the Swiss out of of why she doesn’t even realize that she’s saying it because of that she’s saying it because she feels it but I’m man enough to understand that it’s
[ __ ] okay you love me now but we’re going to see and and that’s the way it is with with faith and relationships and friendships and everything else in the world you learn a lot about the truth that you’re at the bottom and if you’re ever at the bottom or if you’re watching
This and you’re at the bottom right now just pay attention can I add to what you’re saying this is very important CU I think for guys when it’s going good and she tells you that she loves you and she’s there for you it’s great but I
Guarantee you or I say you know what guys out there test your girl you know what say no tell tell her to do something important for you and see what she does after that cuz my thing is if she can follow your lead when you say no
To her she’s there for you but if you said if know to her she’s like oh no I don’t know I’m sick my belly hurts whatever does she really love you that’s what I think always add right now to whatever she tells you yeah right now
That will help you there go always add right now guys and that will really that’s the gem I love you right now yeah I miss you right now and we’ve seen it girls say I love you and then they say 10 years later oh he raped me yeah it’s
Crazy right well I I I would argue that the woman who’s accused Vince McMahon told him she loves him 100% guarantee see see you got a brand new [ __ ] BMW $20,000 on surgery come on man vys man’s A smart business man money stopped this why you don’t pay in the first place you
Never pay yeah there you go that’s why you don’t pay man that’s why you can’t do that [ __ ] speaking of uh you know paying and sponsorships Etc guys
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