Arabic → English transcript

So when I did some research about the Shia,

I saw them as closer to Christianity than the… Than the…— the Shia?

I mean, fine, now you go into Shia homes, you find a Christmas tree.

And then they have the same

rituals more or less.

I mean in Christianity they have Christ on the cross,

and he has been on the cross for two thousand years. And with the Shia…— it

is Hussein. Hussein, may God be pleased with him. Then I said, well,

why didn’t we just stay Christian if I wanted to…— You became Muslim,

George.— Praise be to God.

So what did you choose, Sunni or Shia?

I followed the Noble Quran and the authentic Sunnah of the Messenger.

At first I did not have a problem, I did not…

I did not see the difference between the Sunnis and the Shia and others.— Oh,

there is a difference? Of course, later on a person… at the beginning…

Room seven got lost, what?— Right.

I used to think that if Imam Ali, may God be pleased with him,

or Omar ibn Al- Khattab, may God be pleased with him, or any

Companion, I mean…— were asked the same question,

what would he say?— That is a great question, really. He was laughing at the

questioner,

because they could not see the religion from its narrow little alleyways, you know.