14/01/2010

The story of a Mualaf

He is a cancer survivor
He is a peace fighter.
He is a mualaf
He is Bret Martin

Bret is an American non-Muslim, who like many Americans was brain-washed by the media to hate Muslims. After his near death experience battling with cancer, he found a new light and said it was all thanks to God he survived. After that experience he decided to change his lifestyle and look at the world in a new perspective. His interest in learning Arabic started after he visited
the country Egypt with his family. Bret is a student of the Arabic language and is also studying the Holy Quran. He also makes videos on YouTube by the name Clevonamerica. His videos discusses several issues regarding religion, politics, and music. Most of his videos discusses issues regarding the misinterpreted perception the west have on Muslims. He often uses comedy for
his viewers to loosen up the tension. Most of his viewers happen to be Muslims and he thinks Muslims needs to stop spreading hate among one another and start acting as how the Holy Quran tells us to act. As he says, "there is already so much hate in this world. The worst thing we can do is create more tension". Bret is also a musician. He has written several songs such as " terrorist love hate song" , " I hated Muslims for the longest time" and "Non Muslim Ramadhan song". Other than that he is also a loving father of 5 children. Two of them adopted from Ethiopia. MashaAllah! If only he but knew the hadith Prophet Muhammad s.a.w said about taking care of an orphan then I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up in paradise alongside the prophet.

Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd R.A: The Prophet saw said, "I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like this, "Putting his index and middle fingers together. (Sahih Bukhari, Vol 8, Hadith No 34)


Learn more about his life story by watching his YouTube videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/clevonamerica
During last years' 2009 Ramadhan, Bret fasted together with the Muslims. He shared his experience on video and even wrote a song about it on YouTube! =)


Another funny but relevant and straight to the point video about the current state we should be in if we are HUMANs living of planet EARTH.

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