Perseverance — Page 21
Part II – My Life as a Muslim Chapter 1 – Dedicating My Life to Islam A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE…A VERY DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE Accepting Islam meant that I needed to make some radical changes to my life. The Ahmadi Muslim missionaries admonished me I needed to disassociate with the people I kept company with. This was going to be difficult. I was not employed because I refused to accept the low wages of traditional employment, and I rebelled against the idea of working for the Jewish establishment. Under these circumstances, I wasn’t yet ready to dissociate myself from my old friends. I would still keep their company even though I would not participate in their activities. This alone required a strong character. One friend of mine, Eckert Craig, had an uncle who was making millions of dollars in a gambling establishment. Eckert understood that as a Muslim, I could not gamble but he still offered me employment as a doorman. This job was to look through the peephole and determine if the guest would be admitted in the gambling establishment. The doorman job would pay $50 a night