# What Priests Find in Islam? Stories of Christians Who Converted to Islam!

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- Published: 2026-08-26
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Jan Slomp A great priest. One day he visited me at the university, in the rector's office. “Mr. Rector, how are you?” He said. I said "Thank you." He said “No, you are not well, “You are guilty.” I was surprised. I asked “What is it, Mr. Jan Slomp?” He said, “Why you did not tell us the beauties of the Islam until now?" “If we go to hell, you are to blame.” I said, "Jan Slomp, what are you saying?" One day 2 or 3 priests offered to talk to our friends in private. They said to us; “Christianity is over. We even want to leave the priesthood. We will find another livelihood.

When we listened to you, we understand that the solution is In that hadith of your prophet Muhammad." I'm explaining it live here for the first time. They said “We wonder what the future of Christianity is, And how is it possible for it to join Islam?” I worked day and night for 20 days. and prepared a book about the matter. 150 pages. They were stunned. They said, "Is it true?" One day, at that one meeting “Conference of European Churches Witness to God in a Secular Europe” In other words, testimony to Allah in a Secular Europe. That was the first time that Christian archbishops accepted the prophethood of our Prophet.

Ustadh Ahmet, You have been rector of the Islamic University of Rotterdam. in the Netherlands for 23 years. Yes. You’ve been a means of guidance for hundreds of Christians to become Muslims. So what do you think impresses Christians the most about Islam? This is very interesting. It is “the belief in the afterlife”. In the way we understand it, the Concept of Afterlife does not exist in Christianity or Judaism. there was a strict Orthodox Christian, I have probably explained this before, It's such a sweet event, His family is also Orthodox. He has cancer and is about to die. He has listened to the live broadcast of our brother Osman.

He said, "Bring him." Osman went to him and answered all his questions about Islam. He was very sick. After that, he said, "I will become a Muslim." His whole family was against it. Orthodox are the strictest Christians. This man then persistently called brother Osman, and in time, became a Muslim. He took his shahada in Ulu Mosque, Turkey. Then he passed away a day later. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) says: ''A little work, but a great reward." (Sahih al-Bukhari, 2808) A day or two later, our brother Osman saw him in a dream at night. His name was Michael. He sees that Michael is coming towards him, handsome, wearing a tie and a suit.

He asks: ''Michael, how are you?'' He says ‘''Osman, I'm wonderful. Wonderful! I am so happy. "May Allah be pleased with you," This is the example of belief in the afterlife. Well, do you have any other memories like this that you become a means of others to accept Islam? A lot. So, once again, this person's conversion to Islam had a huge impact on us. The other one is when Burak become a Muslim. Whom Elon Musk insistently wanted as an assistant, as a consultant a Dutch pilot, aircraft engineer. He also became a Muslim. He took the name Burak. He took shahada in our university. He said: ''I am an investigative person. And, I am a child of a religious family.

"I have traveled to many Islamic countries." ''But, when I asked questions about Islam They always gave me complex books about Islam. But they didn't appeal to me. he says "I always sadly threw away the books they gave me," He continues, "There was a question I was looking for, ''I wonder if science is against religion? He asks to Osman, ‘’What do you think about belief in the afterlife?’’ Then he says to me "For the first time, I came across Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's book, “The Words”. And when I was listening to Osman in a program about the Resurrection, I couldn't resist, and immediately said ‘’I must meet with Burak’’ And we recommended him to read the Second Station of the 20th Word.

Burak read the whole thing in a week and came back. Became a Muslim. He named himself Burak. This is also very interesting. Another important event is, Student associations of 7 major universities organized a program. Via Zoom, 150 listeners were ready to ask questions, But 1500 people were watching it that evening. Later, many people also watched the program. One of them is the daughter of a priest who is a graduate student. She also became a Muslim. They were listening to our brother Osman. Her father was also at home. They were listening together. The priest went crazy to the answers of Osman, but couldn't say anything.

In the last minutes of the program a phd student said: ''What do you think about fate?'' The third issue that attracts the most attention of Christians and Jews is belief in fate. In the way we believe, they have no such thing as belief in fate. You see what I mean? Normally it should exist, but it's over, it's not there. When the phd student asks that, the priest says to his daughter, ''Hah, now your Imam has collapsed.’’ Because when we are asked about fate, We say only God knows.’’ So the Lord, our Master knows, our father knows.

Of course, when the priest sees fate being explained with a beautiful example, the example of elevator, He says, “My daughter, either you become a Muslim or remain as a Christian, you choose. This man is impossible to deal with. Islam is the true religion." The priest did not become a muslim. But his daughter became a Muslim, Alhamdulillah. I mean, these are, of course, amazing truths. I also want to say this, it's an interesting thing, Our friends gave the Letters, the book of Said Nursi, to another priest. While reading it, he came to the 17th Letter. ''Consolation of the Death of a Child'' The man was shocked.

It talks about both belief in the afterlife, and what happens to children after death. And, the chapter is full of amazing verses and explanations about these. وِلْدَانٌ مُخَلَّدُونَۙ There is the mention of eternal children. I mean, this was a great event. Then the priest loved it. And because there was Covid-19 at that time, there was no physical church attendance, They were doing sermons via Zoom. The following Sunday, the priest teaches the “Consolation of the Death of a Child” from the 17th Letter, to the christians who were listening. I mean, he did not say this is from Bediuzzaman Said Nursî. Did not say this is from this book or that, it was just the text of the sermon.

He has had a lot of phone calls. Most of them asked: "From which book did you learn this?" He had a priest friend whose son died at the age of 10. When he died, the death was so difficult for him because he had no faith in the afterlife in the way we have. He resented God, and became an unbeliever. They call it agnostic these days. So, he neither believes nor disbelieves. He also listened to that sermon. After that, he calls that great priest and says, "From which book did you learn this?

You changed my life," "I was an agnostic, now I started believing in God again," What else can I say, I think this is enough.’’ When Bediuzzaman was asked in the 1910s, About his opinions on the Ottoman Empire and Europe, He says, "The Ottoman Empire is pregnant with Europe, It will give birth to a government like Europe. Europe is also pregnant with Islam, And will give birth to an Islamic state." At the same time, he says "The Christianity will be purified from corruptions and it will follow Islam." How would you explain these words of Bediuzzaman? Alhamdulillah that Bediuzzaman said so.

First of all, if we look at the Republic of Turkey It became a state not different from the current European states. They called it a secular republic. They wanted to develop a society completely distant from religion But they failed. In conclusion, Bediuzzaman's statement That the Ottoman Empire would give birth to a European State turned out to be totally true. This was the first explanation. What about the second explanation? I mean, what kind of Islamic State will Europe give birth to? Let me be clear, the answer to this question is the reason Why I have stayed in the Netherlands for 23 years. The real motivation for me was the following hadith of our prophet (pbuh).

This is a long hadith. Briefly it means: "You will make a peace treaty with the Christians" So here Byzantium is actually a Christian society. Then, you will fight against the common enemy, that is according to Bediuzzaman You will fight against atheism and immorality. You will be victorious. You will live a peaceful and quiet period Islamic State will rule for 60-70 years before the Judgement Day. In my opinion, the dominance of that state has begun now. First of all, the descent of Îsâ (as) is taking place right now. Bediuzzaman, in the 15th Letter Divides the matter of descent of Îsâ (as) into two types. One of them is the material descent, I mean, he will descend physically.

And Bediuzzaman also adds, "Allah Almighty, who is Allam Al-Ghuyûb (Knower of the unknown). has said to his prophet about this. So it will happen, but no one will recognize him except those who are very close to him." The second descent is the spiritual descent. This is the one we need to understand. For the spiritual descent, beddiuzzaman says, "Isa (as) is in the heavens right now, He represents the spiritual personality of true Christianity. And that spiritual personality will descend from heaven due to the Mercy of Allah." Beddiuzzaman then evaluates this spiritual descent as follows: "Current Christianity will get rid of its superstitions and corruptions.

And will join with Islam.’’ Islam will be the leader, the followed one. Christianity will be the follower." "The true religion that gains strength as a result of this unity will be victorious." Bediuzzaman's explanation is becoming real right now. How? I mean, this is a very important point. Christians and Jews in Europe say, "If there is religion, there is no science.’’ ‘’Nothing comes from nothing, and nothing can be completely destroyed.’’ They made us memorize this completely. They asked this in exams. So, Europe believes in this.

but Alhamdulillah, the 2nd Station of the 20th Word from the book of Beddiuzzaman, Its explanation of the miracles of the prophets refuted this and we have told this to people. Over seventy people converted to Islam. But these were qualified Christians, I mean, Many common people also became Muslim. The second point is that since Covid 19, Many high rank people, Big businessmen started to convert to Islam in the Netherlands. That virus has been the means of guidance for humanity. In Europe and America, a great turn towards religion began due to this. People remembered the fear of death and the afterlife.

We published the chapter on resurrection in Beddiuzzaman's book in Dutch and it has been distributed in thousands. Priests began to teach it in their sermons. Let me come to a more interesting point, Maybe I can explain this more in the future. When our friends explained, to an important group of 70 people, consisting of priests and some statesmen, About the matters related to Prophet Isa (pbuh). Especially about the spiritual descent from the 15th Letter, 2, 3 priests offered our friends a private conversation. They said to us, "Christianity is over. We even want to leave the priesthood. We will find another livelihood." One of them is 61 and the other one is a 63 year old priest.

They said ‘’Christianity is no more’’ Why? Because former prime minister Balkenende, who we know as very religious, May Allah grant him guidance, he was a good person, a professor. They made him prime minister because he was religious, but during his time, gay marriage permission was given. I mean, they say ‘’Dutch society has completely finished.’’ They said ‘’After listening to you, We realized that the solution Is this hadith of your Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)’’ And Bediuzzaman's plan will work. This is the first time I am announcing this here as live, The priests said, ‘’Our request from you is, Mr. Akgündüz, Go and prepare a book for us about the future of Christianity.

And how is it possible for it to join Islam.’’ I Worked day and night for 20 days to prepare this book. 150 pages and the title of this book. "Christianity will either purify or resign" Which means, either Christianity will die out Or it will be purified and the old true Christianity will come back into play. They were very shocked. They are waiting for me right now. They will have a very serious negotiation about this. And soon maybe they will even send it all over Holland, to the Dutch priests. Maybe they will even send this book to the Pope. So, I would like to summarize the answer to this question with these points.

I believe that this good news of Beddiuzzaman will come true in Europe very soon. He says ‘’My hope is that this Islamic European State will start with the Netherlands’’ but only Allah knows. No one knows the unseen except Allah. Ustadh, in your book "The Great Confession from the Bell to the Minaret” At the meeting of the Union of Churches in 1984. You have a statement about the decision taken by the priests. What is this decision and how do you interpret this decision? Um this is very important. This was the first time that Christian archbishops accepted The prophethood of our Prophet. I mean, you know, in 1984, and also in Vienna.

As you know Christians, Never accepted the prophethood of our prophet (pbuh) and the Christian World Council of Churches meet every 10 years. They are inviting the archbishops from the whole world. For a week, they hold discussions in places like villages. The Union of Churches publishes this meeting every 10 years. But they did not publish it in 1984. We were not aware of that. One day at that meeting, In a village called Sent Pöltin. in Austria on March 10, 1984. We did not know about it.

Now look at the decisions taken here, especially the beginning, "Conference of European Churches Witness to God in a Secular Europe" It means, “testimony to Allah in Secular Europe" The Secretary General of this meeting was an important priest in the Netherlands, Jan Slomp, who was 89 or 93 years old. One day he visited me at the university, in the rector's office. He said, "Mr. Rector, how are you? I said "Thank you." He said “No, you are not well, you are guilty.” I was surprised and asked “What is it, Mr. Jan Slomp?” He is a great pastor, the Secretary General of that meeting. He said, "You Muslims are guilty and deserve punishment.

I said "What is it?, "Why are you accusing us for?’’ He said ''Why didn't you tell us the beauties of Islam until now? If we go to hell, you are to blame." I said, "Jan Slomp, what are you saying?’’ He took the book out, and started talking about it. He said, "Honorable rector, we met in 1984. We negotiated for a week. As a result of this negotiations, we took the following decisions.'' The decisions are long. You can show them one by one.

They say, at the final decision of the Churches, "As a result of the negotiations, it was understood that the Qur'an, which means the word of God is no different from our Bible and the Torah.’’ There’s only one difference: Human words have entered and mixed into our Bible and Torah but the Qur'ân is the pure words of Allah.’’ They have confessed. As for a second example. Christians believe that: The last prophet means the greatest prophet. That is why they do not accept the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). they say "If we call Muhammad (pbuh) a prophet then he will be superior to our lord (Jesus).’’ So, they have demolished it. In the final decision, they said ''Muhammad...

"...is the last prophet in the line of prophets since the Prophet Abraham.’’ But they also said ‘’But this does not mean that he is greater than Jesus’’ This is of course a mistake Let's come to their third confession. This one is more shocking. It is about the concept of Allah and God. They said, “Allah, as Muslims believe, and the God we believe in are essentially the same. But there is only one difference. We have opposite views on attributes of God.'' Because Christians see Jesus (pbuh) is a reflection of God and so on. But in our case, God Almighty is without any human attributes. These were the exact phrases used in that conference. Now I have put this in the 150-page book I wrote.

For example, in the chapters on belief in Allah, belief in the prophets, and belief in the Qur'an Of course they were surprised. So, I said, "Jan Slomp, if you took these decisions, why didn't you publish them?’’ The answer was very interesting. He said, "Here, that is our fault. ''We printed 150 copies of that book.'' He gave me one of the two copies he had. So I have the original. He said "We were going to print it and publish it on the website. But the archbishops from Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Turkey objected to this’’ ‘They said Jan Slomp, "If we publish this.

There will be no Christians left in our countries, they will all become Muslims.” Upon this, Jan Slomp said "So we didn't publish it, but as I risked myself being excommunicated, I wrote this in one of my articles, and they didn't realize that either.” Is it true that Bediuzzaman sent some of his works to the Pope as a preaching? Is there a particular reason for the works he chose? Now, first of all, Bediuzzaman did not send Treaty on Nature, 33rd Word, or The Letters. But he specifically sent his 3 major works. It took me 23 years to understand the wisdom of this.

My dear brother, from the beginning of Covid 19, this point is very important, We started to publish Risale-i Nur to the priests in Europe, We started to teach it. People in high positions became Muslims. And, The 19th letter is the one that stunned them all. The Evidence of Our Prophet (pbuh) Look, one of the most important points that Christians had confessed was the prophethood of Muhammad (pbuh). Because they lost there. But they lost it when they said Jesus is a God. “You can not give meat to a horse, and oat to a lion.” Bediuzzaman is a person who knows this phrase very well. Now, the Pope has faith in God, but it is deficient and wrong.

But he doesn’t realize that if he had believed in our Prophet (pbuh), he would fix and complete his belief in God. Just like these important Dutch personalities who have recently converted to Islam. The second one which people were stunned on is the 25th Word; the miracles of the Qur'an Now we have given “The Letters” to the priests. In Dutch . The 19th Letter and the 25th Word were the chapters that attracted their attention the most. They said, "For the first time, we learned what prophethood is from you." When we say "prophet," we mean "Holy Spirit, Jesus, Lord. The Lord means the Father. They usually say Lord. But he said, "What is prophethood and how does it happen?

So, Bediuzzaman is actually sending the appropriate book for the victory of Islamic State in Europe, which will take place in the future with the help of Allah, and with this book he actually says: "O Pope! Your belief in the Prophethood is wrong, correct it. Your view about the Qur'an is wrong, correct it! Then come to Islam.'' I think this is a more significant gift than the confession of the priests. I also want to say this, We have published the 25th Word and “the Miracles of the Prophet (pbuh)” as small books Some people said, "Ustadh, how could christians understand these topics?’’ The priests were most impressed by these. These are the most read ones now.

Right now almost 100 copies of "The Words" is being sold. ''De Woorden'' In Dutch. This is an awesome event. I mean, the priests of the Church are saying that for the first time. They say ‘’we understand belief in prophets from the book sent to the Pope.’’ and scholars in the Netherlands just like two times two is equal to four. Seriously, now I am missing something in that famous 150-page book, the ayahs that The Master (Bediuzzaman) quoted from the Torah and the Bible about the prophethood of our prophet. I will also put these parts that mention his prophethood. Because their faith was incomplete. They were shocked, and they couldn’t object.

One or two Christians even said, "Oh, is it true?" They searched and found that it is exactly mentioned in some bible copies, but they are corrupted ones of course. My last word is, be hopeful. The loudest voice within this revolution of the future, will be the voice of Islam. That's the bottom line..