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Canadian professor embraces Islam
Says
media presents Islam in distorted way
Sunday April 01, 2012 10:54:40 PM,
IINA
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Jeddah: A
Canadian university professor converted to Islam in Saudi Arabia,
saying he had found a completely different religion from what is
depicted in the West.
David Woelke, an English language teacher at King Abdul Aziz
University in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah, converted to
Islam amidst applause and chanting by the audience at an Islamic
conference in the city.
“I used to go to church quite often in my country and noticed
there is a big difference between the two religions….I have found
that the media in the west is presenting Islam in a deformed way,”
said Woelke, who changed his first name to Dawood, according to
Saudi newspapers.
“I decided to embrace Islam because I was convinced of it…I had
first decided to study it from the cultural point of view but when
I came to Saudi Arabia, I found the picture is completely
different from that depicted in the West….the more I knew about
Islam, the more I became attached to it…in the end, I found myself
convinced of it and decided to embrace it.”
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