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Part I – Life Before Islam 17 and opened up a tavern on 39 th Street near Lake Michigan. Ironically, it was rumored on the street that he himself was a dope user. Chapter 3 – Introduction to Islam IN CHICAGO BEFORE I BECAME A MUSLIM I was in Chicago approximately one year before I was introduced to Islam. During this period, I had grown in popularity with musicians, waitresses and people in the streets. I never needed to pay to get into the nightclubs. In fact, they knew me by name and typically allowed me to enter through the back doors where the entertainers entered from. ENCOUNTER WITH ISLAM After a series of frustrating experiences in search of the True God, and surrounded by an environment of hustlers, drugs, and crime, I chanced upon an unusual sight on the streets of Chicago. A man was crying out that Jesus did not die on the cross. I was intrigued enough to ask where I could get more information. The man told me to go to the Muslim Sunrise on 220 South State Street or the mosque located at 4448 South Wabash. Around the year 1946, I decided to visit the Mosque located on Wabash Avenue in Chicago where I met an Ahmadi missionary named Ghul a m Yas i n. Unlike the fancy attire of organized