Posted by George Hassan on May 17, 2001 at 14:21:56:
In Reply to: Re: Greek muslims posted by Aisha Soumas on February 23, 2001 at 17:40:33:
To your response Aisha Soumas.
I am a greek who converted from Orthodoxy and became a Muslim. I have been trying to find out if there any more out there. Although I have met a few Greek Muslims
it is extremely rare to find any. i dont know if you will get this message but if you do I would like to exchange a few words
Inshallah
Salaamu alykum
: : : I am looking for anyone who is greek muslim. If anyones knows anyone that is, please reply. Thankyou.
: : I am NOT a Greeek Muslim (I am a Greek Orthodox christian) but a fairly well known
: : greek (actually cypriot) muslim is the singer formaerly known as "Cat Stevens"
: : Stephen Demetre Georgiou, aka "Cat Stevens" converted to Islam, probably in the late 1970s. As I recall he married a
: : Turkish woman. He is know known as Yusuf Islam. I think that he was Cypriot, though.
: : If you want more information, do aweb search on http://www.altavista.com
: : specifying
: : +"cat stevens" +islam
: : This will pull up, among other things, links to something he wrote titled
: : "HOW I CAME TO ISLAM", and to the Cat Stevens web site.
: : Deb
: I just want to say that i am a real greek muslim
: and i am not of Turkish background, I'm from Mytilene, Lesvos and I know of half a dozen others just like me real greek muslims. If anyone would like to write to me you are most welcome.