Daniel Streich, ahli politik berasal Switzerland, yang terkenal kerana kempennya menentang pembangunan masjid di negaranya, tanpa diduga-duga dan tak disangka kini dia memeluk agama Islam.
Streich adalah orang pertama yang melancarkan perihal larangan kubah masjid, dan bahkan mempunyai idea untuk menutup masjid-masjid di negaranya. Dia dari Parti Rakyat Switzerland (SVP).Deklarasi kontroversi Streich ke Islam membuat heboh Switzerland.
Streich mempropagandakan anti-gerakan Islam begitu meluas ke seluruh negeri. Ia menaburkan benih-benih kemarahan dan cemuhan bagi umat Islam di Negara itu, dan membuka jalan bagi penentangan orang awam terhadap mimbar dan kubah masjid.
Tapi sekarang Streich telah menjadi seorang yang memeluk Islam.Tanpa diduganya sama sekali, pemikiran anti-Islam yang akhirnya membawanya begitu dekat dengan agama ini. Streich bahkan sekarang mempunyai keinginan untuk membina masjid yang paling indah di Eropah terutama di negaranya.
Yang paling menarik dalam hal ini adalah bahawa pada ketika ini ada empat masjid di negaranya dan Streich ingin membuat masjid yang kelima. Dia mengakui ingin mencari "pengampunan dosanya" yang telah meracuni Islam. Sekarang adalah fakta bahawa larangan kubah masjid telah memperoleh status undang-undang.
Abdul Majid Aldai, presiden OPI, sebuah NGO, bekerja untuk kesejahteraan Muslim, mengatakan bahawa orang Eropah sebenarnya mempunyai keinginan yang besar untuk mengetahui tentang Islam. Beberapa dari mereka ingin tahu tentang hubungan antara Islam dan keganasan; sama halnya dengan Streich.Ceritanya, ternyata selama konfrontasi, Streich mempelajari Al-Quran dan mula memahami Islam.
Streich adalah seorang ahli penting Parti Rakyat Switzerland (SVP). Ia mempunyai kedudukan penting dan pengaruhnya dalam parti. Selain petisinya tentang kubah masjid itu, dia juga pernah memenangi tentera di Swiss Army kerana popularitinya.
Lahir di sebuah keluarga Kristian, Streich melakukan kajian komprehensif Islam semata-mata untuk memfitnah Islam, tapi ajaran Islam memiliki nampak yang mendalam pada dirinya.Akhirnya dia malah antipati terhadap pemikirannya sendiri dan dari kegiatan politiknya, dan dia memeluk Islam. Streich sendiri kemdian disebut oleh SVP sebagai syaitan.
Dulu, Dia mengatakan bahawa dia sering meluangkan waktu membaca Alkitab dan sering pergi ke gereja, tapi sekarang dia membaca Al-Quran dan melakukan solat lima waktu setiap hari.Dia membatalkan kehadirannnya di parti dan membuat kenyataan awam tentang dia masuk Islam. Streich mengatakan bahawa dia telah mencari kebenaran hidup dalam Islam, yang tidak dapat dia temukan dalam agama sebelumnya.
Daniel Streich Embraces Islam
Swiss Politician Bans Minarets then Converts to Islam
The Swiss politician Daniel Streich, who rose to fame as a result of his opposition to mosques in his homeland, has now embraced the faith he reviled.
Daniel Streich was a member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) in Switzerland. A well-known politician, Streich led the calls for a ban on minarets across Switzerland. He was active in building anti-Muslim sentiments throughout Switzerland. This sustained campaign led to him being given a high ranking position in the Swiss Army.
Switzerland Minaret Ban and Daniel Streich
Streich was an important member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP). His importance could be estimated from his influence on party's policy making, in which he always had a prominent role. His movement against minarets was aimed at gaining political attention and interest. He won the slot of military instructor in the Swiss Army due to his popularity.He was also committed to his party (SVP) and stood as a local politician in the commune of Bulle.
Daniel Streich Conversion to Islam
Streich attempted to understand the Qur'an and Islamic teachings in order to argue against Muslims on tenets of their faith. In the course of his efforts the ex-Christian began to agree with and acknowledge the proclamations of the Qur'an.
Born in a Christian family, Streich had a comprehensive study of Islam merely to malign and confront, but Islamic teachings had a deep impact on him. Eventually he de-linked himself from political activities and he embraced Islam. Streich has termed the SVO activities against the Muslims as satanic.
He says that he used to read the Bible and often went to chapel, but now he recites the Holy Quran and offers his prayers five times a day. He further says that he cancelled his party membership and made public his conversion. Streich says that he has found the truth of life in Islam, which he could not find in Christianity.
"Islam offers me logical answers to important life questions, which, in the end, I never found in Christianity," says Streich. He is now a committed Muslim, who attends the mosque, recites the Qur'an and prays five times a day.
According to figures from the Union of Islamic Organizations and Communities, some 3,000 to 5,000 Italians have recently converted to Islam from Catholicism.
Post-Conversion Life for Daniel Streich
Recently the question of ban on minarets was put to voting in Switzerland, wherein the Swiss nationals gave the issue a legal status.
As per voting results 42.5 per cent people voted in favour of the minarets and 57.5 per cent supported the ban, while the Muslim population in Switzerland is only 6 per cent. The most wondrous thing in this regard, therefore, is the support of 42.5 per cent of population for only six percent Muslims. The analysts claim that ban on minarets and Islamic rituals has attracted the people towards Islam.
Streich has now focused his intentions on participating in the building of the new Conservative Democratic Party in the canton of Freiburg. Freich's new movement is in contrast to his previous one and he aims to promote religious tolerance and peaceful cooperative living, in spite of the fact that ban on mosques minarets has gained a legal status.
He is vehemently opposed to the Minaret ban and is hoping to establish Switzerland's fifth mosque and the most beautiful in Europe.