1 Feb 2010
It was reported in The Nation Newspaper (Jan 30th) that Swiss politician Daniel Streich embrassed Islam while in an effort to disprove it.
RENOWNED Swiss politician Daniel Streich, who rose to fame for his campaign against minarets of mosques, has embraced Islam. 
A member of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and a well-known politician, Daniel Streich was the first man who had launched a drive for imposition of ban on mosques minarets, and to lock the mosques in Switzerland. The proclamation of Streich’s conversion to Islam has created furore in Swiss politics, besides causing a tremor for those who supported ban on construction of mosques minarets. Streich propagated his anti-Islamic movement far and wide in the country, sowed seeds of indignation and scorn for Islam among the people, and paved way for public opinion against pulpits and minarets of mosques. But now Streich has become a soldier of Islam. His anti-Islam thoughts finally brought him so close to this religion that he embraced Islam. He is ashamed of his doings now and desires to construct the most beautiful mosque of Europe in Switzerland.
A similar incident occurred when Shive Prasad accepted Islam on Dec. 4, 1998, after destroying the minarete of Babri Masjid in 1992. USIslam.org reports: Among the fears of lakhs [hundreds of thousands] of Kar Sevak who had gathered to demolish the Babri Masjid , few furiously climbed on the majestic minaret of the mosque. The most important among the few were Shive Sainik. A resident of Faisabad, where Ayodhya is situated, Shive Prasad was the captain of Bajrang Dal. He was given the responsibility to guide four thousand Kar Sevak in the demolition of mosque. It was he who gave training to four thousands of people under him, on how to carry the demolition. On seeing the majestic minarets of the mosque come down Captain Prasad was overjoyed and shouted the “Ram! Ram!” This happened seven years ago. On Dec. 6, 1999 the same Shive Prasad was seeking forgiveness from Allah for his cruel act seven years back. This 6 Dec,1999 he was fasting (non-obligatory) and regretting for the act with tears and was seeking forgiveness from Allah in his prayers. Shive Prasad embraced Islam, Indeed. He has changed his name to Mohammed Mustafa. 
It would be interesting for the non-Muslims to learn that whats the reason behind such conversions … I think the truth always becomes visible only if one is not blind enough to ignore it, perhaps the very effort to counter a fact only proves it otherwise, if it is really true. Therefore I would advice all non-Muslims that please make a sincere effort to prove Quran and Philosophy of Islam wrong, and if you are really honest, then it would help you discover the truth.
