Why Islam is my choice — Page 107
107 accepting Isl ā m because it had that attraction at the beginning. Now let’s get into the truth. How is it possible for a person to have self-esteem when you have a system that teaches you that only European or white Americans had done anything for humanity. We learned about Edison, we learned about Newton, we learned about Einstein, we learned about Beethoven, we learned about Bach, we learned about Mozart, we learned about Alexander Bell, we learned about George Washington, we learned about Martha Washington. We learned about all these big people in the European community. We were taught that they were the only people that had made any achievements. When I started studying about Isl ā m, I found out, much to my surprise, that all of the things—that these scientists that Christianity had made themselves so superior with—the Muslims had no such idea of any kind [of] superiority as far as your race or your color is concerned. And that it is based upon your abilities and your character and the kind of character you have, that’s Br. Rahmat Jamal with Mir Mahmud A ḥ mad Nasir, former Amir and Missionary Incharge, USA