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İrem Ünlüler and Sudenaz Özdil from 9/A interview Q5-What does life mean to you?
their English teacher about her life, how she became A5-Everyday my life is about my family and my job, and do-
Muslim, and her time in Turkey. ing whatever I do in a way that is pleasing to Allah. I always
want to be better at everything I do. I want to be a better te-
Q1-Could you introduce yourself briefly? acher, I want to be better mom, I want to be a better Muslim.
A1-My name is Jenny Molendyk-Divleli. I am from Canada. So for me that means making sure to live as Allah taught us
how to live. That means taking care of my community and
Q2-Is your family Muslim? being the best person I can be.

A2-Unfortunately I am the only Muslim in my family. My There is a hadith that says “Islam began as something stran-
parents and my brother are all Christian. Alhamdulillah my ge, and it will end as something strange so give glad tidings
children and my husband are Muslim. to the strangers.” I think we are living in a time where Islam
is seen as something “strange” to many people. They don’t
Q3-What is your biggest dream in life? understand Muslims and Islam. So when it says “give glad

A3-My biggest dream in life is to be a good Muslim and to tidings to the strangers”. I understand from this that I have
teach my children what is important in Islam. I also want to to be support my community, be a united community, spread
show people the beauty and truth of Islam in this world and positivity and peace. This is a goal in my life. To be the best I
to be an excellent mom and to be a successful and excellent can be in my community and to remember that this world is

teacher. temporary. We will die one day and all that I do I will have to
stand before Allah for. If I remember this, inshallah I will be
the best I can be.
Q4-What affected you most in Islam?

A4-When I first started reading about Islam, I had no in-
tention of becoming Muslim. I did not want to be Muslim Q6-What is your favourite Turkish food?
and when I started the research of Islam I began to unders- A6-(Smiles) Of course an interview must talk about Turkish
tand the truth of Islam. One of the main ways that happened food! My favourite Turkish meal is something I never made
was from the Quran. Allah promises that He will protect His myself, but one time I ate it at a Turkish restaurant. It is cal-
word. He will make sure His word never changes. When I led AliNazik. İ think it is made from eggplant and garlic? It
looked at the Quran, and learned it has never been changed was delicious! I love eggplant and I love garlic so any food
in one thousand four hundred years, I thought “this must be like that makes me happy.
truth because God, promises He will protect his word, and
no other religious text has remained unchanged the way the
Quran has.” That was a major turning point for me.

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