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because he didn't have any wrapping paper. And he was so happy for me. He was nearly crying, the man." He said, "'I'm so happy you've come to the truth. It will change your life.' And indeed it did", he says. Describing his journey from scepticism to belief, or as he called it "from darkness to light", Kelly said, "the journey started with the illegal production of alcoholic drinks in Saudi Arabia whilst I was working as a nurse at the King Faisal hospital". He went on to say: "Before Islam, I didn’t know the meaning of love. I used to be like other
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