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His influence empowered numerous British people to proudly express their Islamic and English heritage without fear of cultural conflict. During my time in Qatar I had the opportunity to spend time with Yusuf and I can confidently attest to his humility and wisdom. He exemplifies and developed Muslim who acknowledges both his strengths and limitations. He's completely immune to any accusations of racism and consistently encouraged me to become a better Muslim. Yusuf graciously taught me several prayers and offered assistance whenever I found myself disoriented in the city of Dawa. Through him I learnt infallible insights on how Muslims can form strong bonds within a community. Lately I have noticed a decline in his charitable activities which has left me wondering about his whereabouts. I have been diligently following his Facebook page for any clues but unfortunately it does not provide much information. Nevertheless this aspect is not the central focus of the video. Reflecting on my experience with him in Qatar my curiosity regarding his journey to Islam intensified prompted me to conduct extensive research to gain deeper insight into his life. This eventually led me to discover a video in which he addresses a profoundly important aspect of the faith. Assalamu alaikum ladies and gentlemen welcome to another episode of The Open Minded Thinker Show. We kindly ask you for your support by liking, sharing and subscribing to our channel to help us expand our reach. In this episode we will begin with fundamental concepts. However, it is important to note that some other points addressed by Mr Yusuf highlight signs of a deteriorating society. A thesis society that distances itself from the divine presence and where anti-God policies are being promoted to such an extent that individuals are encouraged from sickened godliness. I naturally when I read books on philosophy or religions or the purpose of life so I started to seek out those people that were writing those books so I met the Christians, I met the Jews, I met the Buddhists, I met the Hindus, I met everyone apart from Muslims by the way because I didn't even know what Muslim was or Islam was at all at that time. I asked the Christian at least once or twice and they said they didn't know who God was. I met some Hindu worshippers and they weren't able to answer the simple questions about what the purpose of life was in a very very simple easy understandable digestible way so I left them. I met the Buddhists and I started doing Buddhist meditation for at least three months I was doing and it made me feel good you know so I didn't leave off the Buddhist meditation but I asked the question, I popped the question one day and I said to one of the guys who happened to be white Buddhists as well asked him what's the purpose of life. So he was stirring his herbal tea at the time and he got round 15 rounds of stirring and and they tried to answer the question he said to contemplate the supreme nothingness so I said I'm confused confused.com and he he's tried to justify why he had evidently mentioned a contradiction in terms by any stretch of the imagination it's difficult to imagine something that's supreme and yet absolutely nothing so he tried to give me the golden sutras and I started reading that and I couldn't understand it. I didn't think I was a shallow individual who couldn't understand things because I've been reading a lot I've been reading Tolstoy and Dostoevsky Russian authors and very complex materials in order to try and find the purpose of life not to try and be big and intelligent you know and so this book I couldn't understand so I said it can't be the truth because the truth has to be easily understood by most of the people if not all the people so I left that but I continued doing my Buddhist meditation so I started looking into the Chinese philosophies started doing martial arts I started doing Tai Chi I did Tai Chi for three years and I was still reading and reading and every ism and every schism and every possible thing which would would help me to try and find me Tim who am I you know there have been numerous thought-provoking points presented in the story thus far but the most impactful one is the notion of self-discovery additionally the concept of simplifying our understanding of God holds great significance these two points deeply resonate with me because one of the reason I began exploring alternative truth beyond Christianity was the complexity of Christian theology on one hand the bible affirms that God is not a god of confusion and does not intentionally obscure the truth however Christian theology often appears intricate letting one to suspect a deliberate distortion of God's teachings through the use of pagan philosophical doctrines and logic to explain divine matters the early Christians in contrast did not rely on ancient Greek philosophy to expand upon complex Christian doctrines however as figures like Thomas Aquinas, Augustin of Hippo, Origen and Tertullian entered the scene with a pagan worldview teachings became increasingly convoluted these give rise to concepts such as the divinity of Jesus Christ, eternity and Mariology which we are foreign to the original Jewish form of Christianity in Jerusalem so I went to the Islamic society because I was so confused and I had a real bust up with her and a fallout with her and an argument and wanted to know why she kicked me out because she said as she was kicking me out it's something to do with my religion I happened to know she was a Muslim so after all of these millions of questions and unanswered questions at that you know what led me to this faith was an argument about her religion which she claimed to be following so anyway knocked on the door the Islamic society and I found this Iraqi guy with his headscarf and a smile as well kind of a nice smile and I said look I've got a problem with my girlfriend so he said you got a problem with your girlfriend he said why so well she's Muslim and she just told me that she didn't want to you know me to come today so I want to know why so he's kind of said well look best thing I can do is give you these give me a pile of books and he said read all these so I did for two weeks I just read and read and read and read I read about how to make how to purify yourself as a Muslim how to have a bath as a Muslim how to pray as a Muslim what's the history of Islam I started reading some of the chapters of small chapters of the the the book which they claimed was you know sent from God and slowly but surely the answers started popping up just miraculously from this incident then I discovered of course that the month was Ramadan so then I started to learn that these guys were fasting you know for 30 days not continuously of course but they were fasting the daylight hours of of this month and this month was about the the coming of this book which we were to which I'd been reading the Quran and it was a you know it was a revelation to me at the time as well because of course I never knew Islam Muslims that was the first time I heard about Islam but I never ever knew what that Islam was a way that that white you know Catholic people like me growing up in Britain could could possibly accept I thought it was a religion for brown people and ethnics you know so I slowly but surely started getting the answers to the questions that I had been that had been dominant in my life you know for that 10 years and I couldn't sleep days and nights would go by why couldn't sleep there were moments when you know I just think what's the point of this life without knowing you know without having any certainty about a direction about a purpose what's the point I mean would anyone go on a journey without knowing the destination the purpose absolutely not you know it this is play in Christianity they exist this season of length which coincides with the holy mouth of Ramadan in Islam just like Muslims Christian observe a period of fasting and abstaining from certain things in passage of holiness however it appears now these Asian practice has become predominantly associated with Muslims as they are the ones who continue to observe these tradition endlessly hence it was not surprising when Mr Yusuf mentioned that the activities during Ramadan played a significant role in sparking his interest in Islam these serves as a reminder that actions holds more weight than mere words if these crucial for us to practice our faith sincerely on tainting by negativity so that others may view us as big ins of light rather than agents of destruction and hatred the upcoming segment will undoubtedly resonate deeply with you and I will be literally crying every night crying myself to sleep because you know you're tiny and this is huge and this is this has a game plan this has this is more than just a you know a mere coincidence a mere happening that something that's just happened out of nothing this is this is by design and you have to find the purpose so you come across this book which answers the all of the questions you don't like what you read some of it you don't like but it's kind of good for you right you you realize it's good for you and it was probably the third week of Ramadan then I I was reading that and I was watching these guys they were fasting and they were praying in that place five times a day in that center and I would join them and I would be doing the prayers with them but I couldn't really know what was going on but it felt right and one day I woke up and I said look I'm gonna fast today because the fasting is the thing that really seemed to be very attractive and it was a challenge for me and I thought it might help me in the journey so I prayed I I started fasting that day and it was like somebody had removed the blindfold they'd unlocked the door they'd removed the ear muffs and I was able to think clearly and just that moment on that day on that time was the the moment when I found Islam because Mr. Yusuf Chambers story is truly inspiring and deserves to be witnessed by a wide audience we encourage you to like and share this video to help us reach a greater number of individuals that will be inspired by this incredible story until next time Assalamu alaikum