The Beauty of Islam that attracts intellectuals like Kamala Das by Syed Raihan Ahmad Nezami

Kamala Das had converted to Islam on 12 December 1999. Kamala Suraiya - her Islamic name - was considered to be one of the finest authors. She was also a good poet. Known as a tradition-defying iconoclast, she had sought to convince her readers that inequality among humans is most inhuman. After a long creative life and having pondered over the ideology of Islam and presumably comparing it with other religions, for a long time, she decided to take refuge in Islam. After her conversion in a grand ceremony organized at Chohi in Kerala, she observed in a T.V interview: "I didn't accept Islam under any pressure; it's my spontaneous and personal decision. So I don't care about any criticism, Islam is the most precious treasure for me and it is dear to me more than my life".  -- Maulana Nadeem Al-Wajidee Translated from Urdu by Syed Raihan Ahmad Nezami
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