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Despite the growing hatred against Islam and Muslims and the misleading picture of the peaceful religion around the world<\/span><\/address>\n

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Despite the growing hatred against Islam and Muslims and the misleading picture of the peaceful religion around the world, a Nigerian pastor turns his popular church to a mosque, embraces Islam and took Shahadah.\u00a0<\/h4>\n

He said that at first in the dreams, he noticed my members were sitting on the floor in the church and some of them were covering their heads.<\/h4>\n

According to an earlier interview with the Sun newspaper, he has been practicing Christianity for 25 years and opened his church five years ago.<\/h4>\n

As 150 members abandoned his church, the decision to revert to Islam was met by different reactions from his family and friends.<\/h4>\n

Nigeria, one of the world’s most religiously committed nations, is divided between a Muslim north and a Christian south.<\/h4>\n

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