Philip Christian:
CLASS OF 1989
Southside High SchoolClass of 1989
Ft. smith, AR
Philip's Story
Life
After graduation and nearly landing in jail for alot of things I should've know better, I went as scheduled into the U.S. Air Force where I continued to struggle. After Desert Storm I was furhter frustrated with the lies I was told. I musterd out of the Air force then. I got married to another alcoholic like myself. Divorced. Got married again to a control freak. Seperated. Lived with a crazy woman for a time. Went back to the control freak, like an idiot.
It was at that point I had been studying in the libraries to keep my mind off drinking cause I was at that point trying to sober up. That took about 2 yrs and a divorce from the control freak. I took a break from everyone and studied islam, initially because of it's attitude towards alcohol. After studying it in depth for 18 months I found that this is what I actually believed all my life.
I continued to study with Sheikhs from Senegal, Kuwait, India, Iraq and Saudi Arabia for about 3 yrs. I meet my wife Touria while she was on Layover in Oklahoma City. Some mutual friends arranged a meeting between us during the Ramadan while we were all fasting. She had a plane to ca...Expand for more
tch back to Casablanca the next week. So we both made a prayer of intention that guided us both to marry. We married the next day in the Masjid by my good friend Imam Abdullah from Mauritania.
I myself am called Sheikh by muslims from all over. I shy from this because it is such a high honor. A degree of respect I feel I do not deserve. I try not to divide my dean into this sunni, sufi or shia you hear about. I do follow the Sunna to the best of my knowledge and abilities. This type of behavior of dividing into sects in islam is actually considered forbidden in islam. It is western influences that have encouraged these divisions. A vain attempt to suppress and or destroy Islam which will never happen.
I work for the worlds largest meat producer in the world. And it is all slaughtered in accordance with Islamic Sharia Law. I work specifically in that area. It's a great honor for me to be able to help provide for all a properly processed product to feed the world. I actually asked Allah(swa) for this. Clearly he granted this for me. I'm ever greatful unto him for that as well as all that Allah(swa) has done for me and the world.
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