false The centre was filled to almost full capacity with over four hundred people attending from all over the North. The Shaikh delivered two lectures in his usual humorous, entertaining style much to the delight of the audience. In the first lecture, Shaikh Yusuf, a former Christian preacher, recounted how he came to Islam and how his whole family subsequently went on to embrace Islam. In the second lecture, he went on to offer general advice to Muslims living in the UK and urged all Muslims to return to the true teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah based upon the understanding of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), as the only real Islam. He further warned against sectarianism and said that the term 'Muslim' was the most befitting and honourable term a Muslim should identify himself with as opposed to other labels. The grand finale of the event was the shahadah (testimony of faith) of a non Muslim in the audience. The Shaikh and many in the audience were reduced to tears as Brother Steven Cross pronounced the testimony of faith, firstly in English and then in Arabic. <strong>You can see Brother Steven's Shahadah to Islam by <a href="http://www.islambradford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Shahadah2.mp4">clicking here.</a> Please note you will require <a href="http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=rnwk">RealPlayer.</a></strong> Around 2k was raised in donations for the New IslamBradford Centre Appeal. Commenting on IslamBradford?s work and progress over the last three years, the Shaikh remarked, 'I am very impressed.' IslamBradford looks forward to hosting the Shaikh again in the near future. 0 2007-04-10T21:17:49+01:00 2688 0 0 old_approved

On Monday 9th April IslamBradford were honoured to welcome Shaikh Yusuf Estes (Texas, USA) to Bradford for the first time, as part of his current UK tour.

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