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Of course they didn’t understand anything “Yes, my daughter. I will research it clearly
because they didn’t believe in Islam. So, we said: because I’m so interested it in too, I think, I will
“Eat your breakfast and then we can talk about believe in Islam too! And of course you can fast
Ramadan and what fasting is.” with Ece and maybe I could try to fast with you
too!” We became so happy! Mrs. Taylor asked:
While they are eating, we were talking with “Can I use your computer for searching about
Selena. When they finished their breakfast, we Islam?” We said:” Of course and I turned on my
went to the living room and they asked again; laptop and gave it to her.
“Why aren’t you eating or drinking? What is
fasting?” We started to talk about Ramadan. While we were chatting with Selena, Mrs. Taylor
First, we started with Islam. We said we have a was doing research and my mom was cooking.
prophet, Hz. Muhammed and our book is the Mrs. Taylor called Selena from time to time and
Quran. We said we believe in just one God, whose they talked. Suddenly, the bell rang, I opened the
name is Allah. We talked so much and told them door. It was the cargo courier. He gave me the
everything about Islam. They were listening so cargo that we had been waiting for. Our
well and carefully. They also asked many Ramadan decorations were here. We bought
questions. When we finished talking about Islam, Ramadan decorations to decorate the house for
they said;” It’s such a good religion. We are Ramadan. So, while our guests were searching
interested in it so much. “Mrs. Taylor said: “I will the Internet about Islam on the computer, we
research about Islam on the Internet tomorrow.” started to decorate the house. My mom hung the
Then we decided to go out. We went to some banner and on the banner it was written:
historical mosques. We stopped at a cafe and “Ramadan, the Sultan of the Eleven Months” and
started to talk about Ramadan. They were “Welcome Ramadan”. I blew up the balloons and
curious about everything and wanted to know hung the lanterns. We decorated the house so
how we fast. My mother said: “We wake up at well. Just when we finished Mrs. Taylor and
night to have our sahoor which is similar to Selena came and said; “We want to be muslims.
breakfast. It’s like we are having our breakfast How can we be a muslim!” We got so happy and
early because we can’t eat anything after the hugged them. My mother said; It’s very simple.
morning azan.” Selena asked;” It’s hard to wake You should just say “Eşhedü en la ilahe illallah ve
up early. What if you don’t wake up?” My mom eşhedü enne Muhammeden abdühü ve resulühü”
replied: “If we don’t eat anything, especially for which means “I bear witness that there is no god
kids your age, we may fall unconscious. So, Allah but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is
says we should eat something at night before the Messenger of Allah.” They said it after us,
morning azan is read. So, we wake up at about and they became muslims. It was the best
04.30 at night.” moment of my life. When we went to my room,
Selena asked me to teach how to do the prayer.
And we spoke for an hour like this. When we I said “Of course, I can but first you have to take
finished our chat, we went home. Selena said ablution. I’ll teach it too of course!” We laughed
“Mom I think, I love Islam. It’s such a fair religion. and we went to the bathroom and I taught her
Can you also do your research and maybe we how to take ablution. I took headscarf and
can believe in Islam, too! Also, can I fast covered her head with the headscarf. Then I
tomorrow with my best friend?” Mrs.Taylor said; started to teach her the prayers.

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