AbdulRasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skills has narrated how tales of hellfire and flogging took him away from Islam.
In an interview with Muslim TV, shortly after the award-winning songwriter reverted to Islam, he said he had found out that returning back to Islam is the best decision at the moment.
The singer also pointed out that he grew up from a mixed religious home where his father was a Muslim and his mother christian.
Having these options gave him the luxury of choice to practice any of the religions. He said he practiced Islam for a while but thereafter took up the faith of his mother.
“Back then I used to go Islamiyah but all I remembered about it was getting beaten. They used to scare us with hellfire so, I never practised.
“I was born a Muslim – AbdurRasheed by name. My dad, Bello is a Muslim but my mum is a Christian,” he said.
Funke Akindele’s ex-husband also said that he is happy to return to Islam and it is with the religion that he had found the most peace.
“I am so happy I found Islam again because it has given me peace. It has given me direction and focus. I was truly lost but now, I am found,” he maintained.
“It’s God’s design that I will return to Islam. I thank Allah for sparing my life.
“I was lost but now I’m found O Allah, I ask You for Your pardon and well-being in this life and the next,” he added.
