Although People should be free to believe in whatever religion they wish: however, the reasonable question would be: Is there a good reason the top Celebrated people to convert from Christianity to Islam? What would be that reason?
The top celebrated man of this article is Sir Charles Edward A.W. Hamilton
Who wasSir Charles Edward A.W. Hamilton?
His Full name, Sir Abdullah Charles Edward Archibald Watkins Hamilton,
Sir Archibald A. Hamilton embraced Islam in 1924
His story was a distinguished British convert to Islam.
His Rank:
- He was a famous British Statesman and Baronet, 5th and 3rd Baronet.
- He was the son of Sir Edward Archibald Hamilton, 4th Baronet of Trebishun, Breconshire and 2nd Baronet of Marlborough House, Hampshire (1843–1915) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Gill.He gained both baronetcies upon the death of his father in 1915.
- He was also a descendant of William Hamilton, one of the five Kentish Petitioners of 1701, great-grandson of Admiral Sir Edward Joseph Hamilton, 1st Baronet Hamilton of Marlborough House, direct descendant of the Duke of Abercorn and also Lord Hamilton who married Princess Mary Stewart of Scotland, daughter of James II of Scotland.
- He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Defense Corps
- He was at one time President of the Selsey (Sussex) Conservative Association.
His wife: In 1927, Sir Archibald married Lillian Maud Austen, the daughter of William Austen. Lady A. A. Hamilton also converted to Islam.
Sir A. A. Hamilton continues his story of conversion; he says:
"There is no religion that is so maligned by the ignorant and the biased as is Islam; yet if people only knew; it is the religion of strong for the weak, the rich for the poor. Humanity is divided into three classes:
First, those on whom God has, out of His bounty, bestowed possessions and wealth; secondly, those who have to work to earn their living; and
Lastly, the great army of the unemployed, or those who have fallen by the wayside through no fault of their own
Again Islam recognizes genius and individuality. It is constructive and not destructive. For example, if a landowner who is rich and is not in need of cultivating his land refrains from doing so for some time, his property ipso facto becomes public property, and according to Islam Law, passes into the hands of the first person who cultivates it.
Islam strictly forbids its adherents to gamble or to indulge in any games of chance. It prohibits all alcoholic drinks and interdicts usury, which alone has caused enough sorrow and suffering to mankind. Thus, in Islam, none can take a mean advantage of another who is less fortunate.
We neither believe in fatalism nor in predestination, but only in pre-measurement; that is to say the fixity of the laws and the intelligence to follow them.
To us, Faith without Action is a dead-letter; for in itself it is insufficient unless we live up to it. We believe in our own personal accountability for our actions in this life and the Hereafter. We must carry our own cross and none can atone for another's sin."
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