this is the dean the dean show this is
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show alhamdulillah alikum peace be with
you I'm your host you're watching the
dean show and it's always it's always
exciting being back with you for another
episode of the dean show and we get
people from all ac across the globe and
they come in and and they share their
story with us they talk to us and we
want to know why would they accept Islam
why would they leave the religion of
their forefathers of their great
great-grandfathers of their fathers of
their mothers and accept this way of
life that a lot of times you get a lot
of scrutiny for it you know you might
not get invited to the VIP parties
anymore you might not get that VIP card
anymore you know what you might even
lose your job you might even not have
the same friends because they don't want
to be friends with somebody who's a
Muslim but you end up gaining a whole
new family of over 1.5 billion and you
end up doing something that brings you
peace and happiness in this life in
Paradise in the next so without further
Ado when we come back we're going to be
talking to Justin and we're going to
hear his story on why he came to this
beautiful way of life Islam sit tight
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peace be with you Salam alaykum wum
Salam how's it going alhamdulillah
Justin Eddie and the dean show my
pleasure all right all right so you know
we're talking about serious issues here
you know we we take a break from you
know uh all the other things that are
out there Sports football basketball
work and we want to talk about these
serious issues that are in the minds of
the more serious people because death is
a reality we're going to die and this
life is transitory it's passing it's
fleeting so those people that are tuning
in now and they're they're they they you
know they're they're sick of just all
the other things that really aren't of
much benefit but this is a benefit
talking about God talking about the
Creator and talking about this way of
life that just makes sense and it made
sense to you that's why you became a
Muslim so we want to just talk about
your history and then we're going to
come into why you decided to blonde hair
blue eyes and you're a Muslim you're not
an Arab you're a Muslim y you're
American too huh I'm American I'm a
Texan you're
Texan so uh talk to us a little about
yourself well I was born into uh
Catholicism and then through my
experience I looked into that and I
became Christian and
well it was a great experience you know
I got I went to church every Sunday and
I prayed every night in the morning in
the evening and I read my Bible and next
thing you know I
just I started asking deeper questions
and I never could once find you know
where Jesus peace be upon him said that
I am God or that he was going to he him
saying I'm going to die for your sins so
and then at the same time I was 18 19 20
and I was living the life of that age
group I was having fun I was chasing my
desires and I was sinning and I still
felt guilty inside my heart and it never
made sense to me somebody dies for my
sins but I still feel guilty so then I I
I got down on my knees and and deep
internally within me I always knew that
there was only one God and I would
always pray God guide me and and thank
you for Jesus and I never could
understand anytime I talk to my grandma
or my grandpa or somebody in my family
they couldn't fully un explain the
questions that I had to them and so then
I mean alhamdulillah that means all
praises to God this this journey led me
to Islam and I'm really excited to share
it with how it came in Islam entered
into my heart now if if more people I'm
I'm sure were more were open-minded many
are many are are are seeking more
substance to life you know they they
made a lot of money some you know lost
the bank account lost the wife lost the
house lost the car so you know they come
to a point they're like all these
material things they're not just they're
not doing it for me or someone has all
the material things and still it's not
doing it for me so what made you at what
point in your life were you like okay
you just woke up and like let me just
get this Bible and start reading you're
in a hotel there're all in the hotels
did you start you know practicing
Christianity be before uh were you were
you did you have like an epiphany that
something some something happened to in
your life that you started to PR lead
practice because you you were catholic
then you went to Christianity so before
that were you just chasing your desires
and then what led you to want to be a
Christian well L me to be a Christian
was all my friends I grew up in
Friendswood Texas and all my friends
were Christian and we'd go to church on
Sunday we go to a place called you know
like a church camp and and I like that
lifestyle I like the the group the team
the environment and you know like you
said I was that guy I was always making
money and I was doing well with business
I had a house I had all the nice toys
and then it just I just still didn't
feel that peace inside my heart and soul
and all praises to God once again some
of my brothers they started coming to me
and saying Justin you got to check this
out you got to check this out and and we
were having Bible studies and we started
asking each other questions and and it
really just took me being interested and
me being sincere and me searching
because if we're sincere and we're
searching and we're then and then on top
of that we're trying to live the right
life and staying away from the you know
the bad things it's called fitna or the
trials the bad things by me doing the
right things and being
sincere all Praises of God he he led me
to submitting to him and Islam comes
from the word peace which means
peacefully submit to the Creator and if
we're going to worship something I
figured I might as well worship the
Creator instead of any of the Creations
yeah that makes sense because Jesus
peace be upon him he was the creation of
God we love Jesus I love Jesus on my
heart yeah but he's not God right so we
don't want to worship the creation of
God we want to worship who Jesus
worshiped exactly who did who did Adam
worship he worshiped the Creator okay
who did know know worship the Creator
and who did Abraham worship the Creator
who did Moses worship the Creator who
did Jesus worship he worshiped the one
God the that's what I'm talking about
that's who we worship Muslims worship
the Creator cuz somebody stumped out
there you just they were coming along
they were going along with you God God
then when you said Jesus someone to say
who did Jesus worship Jesus that don't
make sense right and who was Jesus
praying to yeah when Jesus was fasting
in the desert and the and the devil came
to him and tempted him does the Devil
tempt God does it make sense does God
fast no not at all so it made perfect
sense to me Jesus was a creation one of
the best prophets ever made and he
worshiped God he submitted to God he
follow the first commandment just like
Moses and just like all the prior
prophets they follow the first
commandment and that's what Muslims do
follow the Commandments this is amazing
now did you change your nationality when
you became a Muslim no I'm I'm still
American yeah and I'm still got the same
color skin and you still say y'all I
still say y'all and I still you know I
go hunting and fishing and yeah I'm
still texting still good old boy that's
good that's right I'm a good old boy but
do you bani I love bani Yeah and all the
good Arab food but how about I mean
what's Texan food what what Texans like
to eat um you got Mexican food you've
got I mean we don't eat pork chops no
more okay cuz it says in the Bible you
better not eat pork so you know we
follow that so my Christian's brother
out there you got to stop eating pork
what's the big change now what's the you
know what's the big deal it's a big deal
to worship others besides go that's a
big deal that put you in a Hellfire
forever if you die on that it's a
serious matter right but now what's the
big deal for someone looking out you're
just worshiping God you know you're not
doing anything weird tell us you know a
little bit uh you know of what your
day-to-day Lifestyles like well I I wake
up in the morning I purify myself just
like the other prophets did and I then I
say my prayers and then I have you pray
like this uh no I get down on my hands
and knees I put my head on on the floor
and just like all the prophets did it
mentioned in the bible that's exactly
what they did and then I have a moment
to myself I read and then I go to work
this is what I love about it five times
a day I take five minutes out of my day
and pray to the Creator and none of the
creations and I feel deep internal peace
I mean that's simple and I still have my
normal life I get to hang out play
football play basketball you know I have
a wife alhamdulillah she's amazing girl
all praises to God and
I'm I feel very blessed we're going to
take a break but it's exciting too that
your wife she also was a Christian she
accepted Islam is that correct that's
correct amazing amazing we got so much
to uh talk about we'll be right back
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brother
Justin and we left off we're going to
talk about we got so much to talk about
yeah we do now before we continue on
okay you you talked about your your wife
okay she also was a convert she accepted
Islam and before I ask you about that
tell us for for the people now okay you
know they're listen in and they can
relate they're also confused about the
Trinity about worshiping a man you know
worshiping Saints and idols and you know
Hail Mary give me 10 these say these
things God forgive you go to the priest
and confession box these things just you
know God is the one who created you
God's the one you pray to God's the one
who forgives Sins Not a man not anything
in the creation but the one God and this
makes sense simple logical
but you heard of Peter P King you hear
that gentlemen they had some kind of uh
hearings and they were talking about
mosqu mids the place that you know you
go to to put your face on the ground the
same way you describe Jesus putting his
face on the ground to pray to God right
now what did you experience being as a
Muslim now do you feel because now
you're you know you're you're around
Muslims do you feel that Islam now is is
something that's promoting violence that
Islam is like what you see on TV that
you know it's about you know
radicalization now you're Muslim next
thing you know that you're going to be
talking about you know J you're going to
be trying to blow up America and blow up
this building and that building and
people are scared now oh a Texan you
know you're rough and tough guns in the
west and now we got one more you know uh
Loose Cannon right what do you got to
say to those people who are a little
scared well with without knowledge there
with lack of knowledge people obviously
tend to be scared like right when I told
my family I became most Muslim they were
like you became a Muslim were you going
to go blow up something they they said
they literally said that at the dinner
table when did you convert to Islam I
said actually dad I reverted back to
Islam and like a light bulb went off in
the family's head they're like what do
you mean you reverted back to Islam I
said well I was we were all born
worshiping the Creator and none of the
creations and I went back to just
worshiping the
Creator and they were like just
dumbfounded you should have saw their
faces all praises to God Islam has
brought me peace first of all we're all
made out of energy atoms vibrations and
right when I put my head on the ground
for the first time and did the prayer
with with my head on the ground just
like Jesus did just like Moses
did I I could feel my energy I could
feel I don't know maybe light I don't I
felt I felt peace that's the best way to
describe it and no
it's not Islam to attack people to hurt
people to do any of that stuff that's
that's just what you see that's just
what the TV is going to tell people
they're always going to attack the truth
you know that look at history you know
one with brains one with eyes to see
just study history and they've always
attacked the truth and what's the truth
monotheism what's
monotheism worshiping one God what's
polytheism worshiping multiple and I
choose to only worship one God and
that's what Islam is submitting
to the one God that's amazing because
that's so true throughout history you'll
see that these Mighty Messengers that
were sent by God they were calling the
people away from idolatry from paganism
away from that to Pure monotheism and it
wasn't easy Jesus peace be upon him he
got spit on he got spanked he got hit
they tried to kill him right right and
he was delivering the truth he was
calling people to worship God and people
were opposed to that yep yeah so now you
have the last and final message of the
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him who's
doing the same misses as Jesus and Moses
and Noah and Abraham calling people to
the same religion the same way submit to
God do God's Will and this is what
you're doing Islam yeah that's what
Islam is calling you to it's it really
is all the prophets it's simple they all
worship God and Jesus peace be upon him
he worshiped God yeah Muhammad peace be
upon him he worshiped God and that's
what Muslims do we just worship God and
we do it five times a day and it feels
great okay good for for the Texans and
and the Canadians and all the other
people watch us all around the globe you
don't have no bomb here there's nothing
strapped to him it's all good as they
say in the hood yeah it's all good in
the hood down in that wood all right
yeah so we know this is silly Islam
doesn't teach any of these things Islam
is calling people to worship the one God
and Noble behavior and doing good right
so you went also and you did the fifth
you you've already done that you
establish the prayer five times a day
yes and now you also tell us about your
experience you went to H oh man you know
in the in the Old Testament it says when
you go to the valley of Baka and to make
your pilgrimage so I I saw that but I
didn't know how and that's what I like
about Islam is it teaches me the how
well where do I go I went to meca the
cabba the central location the heart
chakra of the earth I went there and I
saw one point there was actually six
billion people there or I'm sorry 6
million people there roughly and they
were white they were black they were
Asian they were from all walks life Rich
they were poor and they were all doing
the same thing they were all there just
to worship God and they were all there
trying to do good deeds handing water
out giving people dates giving people
food you know smiling saying peace be
with you assalamu alaykum peace be with
you and if you look in the Bible peace
Jesus peace be upon him that's how he
greeted people peace be with you and
that's what Islam is when I went
overseas I saw it firsthand I never I've
never in my I never was a crier like I
was always Mr tough guy growing up in
this Society with the culture and the
music and the rap and the movies and
then when Islam entered in my heart my
family my friends they can all sense and
feel the peace that I have and I
whenever I hear the call to prayer
whenever they they make a call to prayer
I cried when I was over there and
whenever somebody beautiful who was
praying I cried just by hearing it and I
I I put the the the Quran in my mind ear
It's Like a Prayer on 4th of July last
4th of July and I said Mom how does this
make you feel and she listened to it and
she literally my mom and my sister both
same night they both started crying just
hearing God's words from the Quran and
it's peace going overseas and seeing
that there's nothing that compares in my
mind and I just wish and I hope that God
will open up the hearts of everybody to
see and feel what I've felt being being
able to go overseas I took my brother
Muhammad he's the guy who kind of said
hey he started ask me the deeper
questions in life what's the purpose of
life where you going to go when you die
and I took hum to all praise to God God
allowed me to take him because all we
are as tools Eddie all we are is tools
we're either being
deceived or being
guided and all Praises of God that we've
been guided and I was able to take him
and it's been the best thing that's ever
happened to me tell us in short before
we go to break your wife also she's a a
revert a convert she accepted Islam what
happened with this yeah this is great my
wife she um she was like a bible thumper
like super Jesus Freak and and her
friend decided she was going to become a
Muslim and she said to her friend you
can't become a Muslim my wife is like no
no you can't become a Muslim and her
friend said okay well prove to me why
not so my wife before I even knew this
girl this is 3 years ago she starts
looking into Islam and all praises to
God with a sincere heart God led her to
submitting to him alone and none of the
Creations she accepted Islam she
accepted Islam alhamdulillah all thanks
is to God we'll be right back with more
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Justin Texan you were born in Texas yeah
I was born in Texas born in Texas okay
let's just back it up a little bit for
those people you know the the Donnie
braavos Donnie brasos and you know the
the women who are out there who are you
know people who are living this life of
debauchery you know just really just
going from nightclub to party you know
even even some people get a little more
sophisticated so they might not want to
go to the club but you know it's just
more about the wine tasting and you know
Posh lifestyle and you know pritzy uh uh
uh you know just the Glamour and the
glitz and following all the celebrities
and whatnot you know what do do you do
you have a chance to sit now that you
found the truth okay and it wasn't
something that you just you know you're
filled with this ghost and you're Hing
and jumping and that it was something
that you you took a you know uh this is
something that stimulated your mind is
it right right so now how do you
communicate do you still have some
friends who are in that lifestyle you
still try to communicate to them so for
those people who are out there who are
still living that kind of like
hedonistic lifestyle they don't want to
talk about anything lifs his girls boys
into you know partying what time how do
you communicate to them well we're all
going to die that's
inevitable and we're all going to be
judged let's say I'm totally wrong let's
say I'm totally wrong well at least I'm
living a righteous life and I'm doing
good deeds and I'm taking care of my
family and my friends let's say I am
right and that there is only one God
which I know for a fact there is and
that we are going to be judged
then I'm happy to be on this side
because this is the path the straight
path guide us to the straight path and
all Praises of God you know all it takes
is a little sincerity all it takes is
asking yourself alone in your room on
the
ground ask the Creator don't ask any
Creations ask God that's what Allah
means Allah means the one God the only
God
tell us also now for the people like you
had your wife present day who was
against that other sister looking into
Islam so a lot of people now when you
mention Islam like your parents did oh
you're you're going to blow something up
now oh you're a terrorist now so people
they get nervous they get scared to come
out and even to uh see to go beyond this
courage finding the courage to to move
forward so for the people that have many
misconceptions there's a lot of
misconceptions a lot of people fighting
the truth so for those people that think
okay Islam oppresses women Islam is
about terrorism Islam is you know
backwards barbaric now that you've
studied it you've sat with Scholars
you've sat with people you know and
you've learned it what do you have to
say for those people we don't have so
much time to go over and we've covered a
lot of this in other shows what do you
have for those people that might have
this on their mind well you know just
like Nike says just do it and that's
just what I did whenever I don't want to
do it I just do it and my recommend
would be just to pray you know sit down
and take a moment personally I'm 24
years old Eddie I wish somebody would
have told me about Islam a long time ago
cuz I've never felt this kind of Peace
mhm period yeah the end simple yeah yeah
so any now okay you went to Hajj you're
praying five times a day uh tell us a
little bit more before we close how just
you know how's it benefit benefited your
life and some of the the other things
things that you know you do in life so
people you know you see it's not it's
not a big deal being a Muslim it's
something that it's a big deal because
you got paradise and store it's the true
way of life that one needs to live to
please the creator of the heavens and
earth because if you're submitting to
God you're doing God's will that's the
way God's going to be pleased with you
and it's it's something that that brings
that what you have peace happiness
contentment not
worshiping the creation not living a
paganistic lifestyle just doing good and
good defin by What God Says is good so
now you know we talked about prayer we
talked about uh you did the Hajj and
what else I mean has your have your
parents seen your character get better
are are are you more you know being more
are you more conscious of God now uh
absolutely I was I was always kind of
greedy cuz I always I always had you
know I was making good money I never
really treated my folks the right way my
friends you know I don't know what they
would have set back me back in the day
now my I I help my family with their
bills you know they're struggling I try
to help them out I try to do good deeds
and what I love about Islam is I always
have God on my mind whether I open the
door for somebody my intention is always
in my heart I say before I do a good
deed my intention is to please God and
that's what's important Eddie just
always trying to please God and having
that conscience of God at all times
knowing that I'm going to be judged and
you know whether it be like somebody
some a billboard on the side of the road
or something on the TV now I'll cover my
eyes whenever I see something that I
should you know we know we shouldn't be
looking at and it feels good to do good
cuz when you do good what happens breeds
good it breeds good yeah well thank you
very much for being with us Justin peace
be with you brother peace be with you
thank you thank you very much and that
was another person's story on how they
came to the way of life that's not
organized by man or men but it's
organized by the creator of men by the
creator of women the one God the god
that Jesus worship we're all going to
die you heard our guests give you some
good advice think about death think
about that moment when it's all over
it's finish kaput and you got to leave
all the material things behind where you
going when you die Islam tells you the
purpose of life why you've been created
Islam tells you everything you need to
do to be successful in this life and
Islam is not calling you to to hurt
innocent men women and children it's not
calling you to all these things that
some people will try to Peak King Pepe
King will try to have you believe no
Islam is calling you to goodness and
good breeds good and it's all built on
the Bedrock the Bedrock of worshiping
the one God the same God that Jesus
worshiped that's the god that you
worship nobody else and if you want to
read the verbatim word of God is free
give us a call 1800 662 Islam and until
next time we'll see you peace be unto
you