Hollywood star considers converting to Islam after hearing Adhaan in Istanbul

Rasa - Hollywood star, Liam Neeson, considers leaving behind his Roman Catholic beliefs and converting to Islam following a working trip to Istanbul, a report by a British daily revealed.

News ID: 1936

Date: 31 December 2014 - 15:42

RNA – According to the report, hearing the call of prayer or Adhaan has majorly attracted him while he was filming in Turkish capital Istanbul.

Neeson said: "The call to prayer happens five times a day, and for the first week, it drives you crazy, and then it just gets into your spirit, and it's the most beautiful, beautiful thing.”

“There were 4,000 mosques in the city” he added, “while some of them were just stunning, which really forced me to think for becoming a Muslim.”

Mentioning his Christian background he said he was reared a Catholic, but he think “every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What’s it all about?”

Neeson claimed that he was constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism.

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