Letter from Yusuf Islam
This letter comes Courtesy
of A'isha Alnahar. Many of you may know Catherine as Aun1 in any of the
chatrooms or messageboards, or under her adopted muslim name A'isha. But before she
converted to Islam, she wrote to Yusuf on several occassion. This is a reply letter she
recieved from Yusuf in Late 1988, which he talks about trying to get funding for his
Islamia School.
- YUSUF ISLAM
- London
- 14th October, 1988
- Our Ref CG
- Catherine M Harmon
- Georgia
- 31002
- USA
Dear Catherine,
Thank you for your
interesting letter. I hope that this finds you and your family well, by the grace of God.
My family is well, thanks be to God. The three older children (girls) are in School, the
other two are at home. - -
The School seems well on
the way to getting Government recognition now after years stalling by the Local
Authorities. Next week we are looking forward to have the school’s Planning
Application passed – this will allow us to expand to a size sufficient for the
Government to give the School recognition and a right to claim 80% alded status. It will
be a major break-through for the Muslim community if the Government does give the School
this recognition (which Is called Voluntary-aided status).
Thank you for your
suggestion about writing books. In fact there is a dearth of good reading material for
Muslims kids on their own faith. Unfortunately, 1 do not have the time to get involved in
this area, but I am trying to Interest people who know to be good children’s writers
to take an interest - God Willing something will come of it.
I am that I cannot reply to
all points you raise in your letter, but I am very busy and I am preparing to go abroad in
a few days time on business. –
Yours Sincerely,
Yusuf Islam |
