Former candidate for Miss Belgium converts to Islam

Source: moroccoworldnews.com

Lindsey Van Gele, a candidate for the Miss Belgium contest 2012, has reportedly converted to Islam after marrying Mamoutou N’Diaye, a midfielder for Zulte Waregem, a Belgian football team.

Van Gele now calls herself “Aisha,” has given up alcohol and pork, and no longer wears short skirts. She refuses to show her body uncovered in events such as the Gala Golden Shoe.

This week, Lindsey was a guest on the show “Komen Eten Vier” with other women and girlfriends of Belgian footballers.

“I became a Muslim when Mamoutou asked for my hand. A civil marriage was not enough for me. Moreover, I wanted to support my conversion,” she said in Het Laatste Nieuws.

Belgian Woman Helps 1000 Reverts to Islam

Source: http://www.onislam.net/

BRUSSELS – A Belgian young Muslim revert to Islam has helped 1000 people to accepts Islam after turning her home into Islamic center for Belgian Muslims seeking to learn more about their religion.

Influenced by her Muslim friends and researching into the religion, Veronique Cools has accepted Islam at a very young age.

Later on, she decided to turn her own home into an Islamic center for Belgian Muslims seeking to learn more about their religion.

The new center works to help Belgians to overcome many prejudices when looking into Islam.

“Prejudices stem from not being introduced to real Islam properly,” she said as she was preparing iftar food packets for visiting Muslims to break their Ramadan fasts, World Bulletin reported.

“As Muslims we need to explain ourselves to society a lot better.”