Watan-The Egyptian journalist and renowned host on Al Jazeera channel, Ahmed Mansour, published an article on his website confirming that the events in Gaza have presented a bright and vivid image of Islam, both in terms of adhering to ethical principles and fundamentals of war, as well as in dealing with prisoners.
In the article, which was reviewed by (Watan), Ahmed Mansour emphasized that despite the Israeli occupation and the West’s expenditure of billions, along with extensive campaigns to instill fear of the religion and tarnish its image through Islamophobia, the people of Gaza managed to erase all of that and played a role in reshaping the positive perception of the religion.
Mansour recounted experiences during his travels with Abdullah bin Mansour, the head of the Union of Islamic Organizations in Europe, who was a guest on his program “Without Limits,” which he presented on the Qatari channel. Bin Mansour has made a notable contribution to Islamic work within European countries.
Islam is embraced by 400 French individuals daily
Mansour mentioned, “Abdullah bin Mansour informed me about legislations enacted in France that criminalize anything related to Palestine, starting from raising the flag, and even uttering the name of the Hamas movement. In the midst of the occupation’s crimes, everything changes rapidly.”
According to Mansour’s account, the head of the Union of Islamic Organizations in Europe explained, “France has not witnessed such an interest in converting to Islam in 40 years, as it did after the Gaza war, where the official numbers of new Muslims rose from 80 per day to 400 at times currently.”
He continued, “The number of daily converts to Islam is no less than three hundred new French Muslims, meaning that the number of those who embraced Islam in France alone, at a minimum estimate, since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa storm and over nearly two months, is around 20,000 individuals, mostly young people,” according to Ahmed Mansour’s analysis.
