{"id":1135,"date":"2008-04-15T14:23:20","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T12:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2008\/04\/15\/wie-ich-ein-muslim-wurde_1135"},"modified":"2008-04-15T14:23:20","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T12:23:20","slug":"wie-ich-ein-muslim-wurde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2008\/04\/15\/wie-ich-ein-muslim-wurde_1135","title":{"rendered":"Wie ich ein Muslim wurde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eine Geschichte aus Kairo, aufgeschrieben von <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hughmiles.com\/\">Hugh Miles<\/a>, der sich unsterblich in eine \u00e4gyptische Doktorin verliebt hatte und sie heiraten wollte:<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8222;Suddenly I heard my name called and in a moment I was pushing through the chairs, making my way to the front and taking my place on the couch next to the sheikh. I could feel eyes upon me as the sheikh asked if I knew what the five pillars of Islam were. Behind his glasses I could barely make out his cloudy eyes. When I told him I did, he counted them off for me on his fingers. I realised this was not an exam I was going to fail.<\/p>\n<p>\tThen he asked why I had come that day to convert in the presence of God. When I explained that I wanted to marry a Muslim woman, his eyebrows arched a little and he looked perturbed. \u201cIs that the only reason? Nothing else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\u201cWell, I suppose I don\u2019t really believe in miracles,\u201d I began, groping around for an alternative explanation. \u201cI could never understand how wafers could be turned into the body of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\u201cYes, total madness isn\u2019t it?\u201d the sheikh interrupted, throwing up his hands. \u201cNo other reasons? That\u2019s fine then,\u201d he said. \u201cJust repeat after me\u2026\u201d Then he asked me to repeat some verses from the Koran in Arabic and say the shahada, which I managed, more or less. \u201cCongratulations,\u201d said the sheikh briskly. \u201cYou are now a Muslim. Hold on a minute and I will fill out your conversion certificate.\u201d The whole process had taken no more than a few minutes.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>\tMehr <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospect-magazine.co.uk\/article_details.php?id=10122\">hier<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eine Geschichte aus Kairo, aufgeschrieben von Hugh Miles, der sich unsterblich in eine \u00e4gyptische Doktorin verliebt hatte und sie heiraten wollte: &#8222;Suddenly I heard my name called and in a moment I was pushing through the chairs, making my way to the front and taking my place on the couch next to the sheikh. 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