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Wow

Jill

I’m not sure how to describe this story. It’s not exactly “sweet,” but it is oddly heartwarming. It’s certainly nice to be reminded of how compassionate and forgiving people can be. I also love the line, “I said ‘Congratulations. You are now a Muslim and your name is Nawaz Sharif Zardari.'”

via Ali’s g-chat status.

15 thoughts on Wow

  1. Man. You just know somewhere this is getting described as “immigrant jihadist converts man at gunpoint, is applauded by liberal media.”

  4. I think this tends to show the innate goodness of many people and religion has nothing to do with it. Similar stories have occurred with Christians. This could have just as easily been an atheist who would have given the help without injecting any religion, but we probably wouldn’t have heard about it.

  5. I’m pretty sure most religious conversions don’t last. But how refreshing to see one performed with tools other than bullying and threats.

    Was that so hard? To actually have cared about the soul you claim to save?

  6. Aw. I wouldn’t be suprised if it DID last, you never know. Islam is very appealing in certain ways.

    I LOVE the name!

  7. It’s amazing what criminals will say when a victim unexpectedly takes charge. They can be quite convincing with their acts but 99% of the time it’s manipulation. Let’s not forget that until he had a gun in his face he was threatening the clerk with a deadly weapon.

    I’m not convinced especially since he absconded after his “conversion.”

  8. Oh I don’t think the “conversion” aspect is what’s sweet. I think it’s sweet that the shopkeeper gave him $40 and a loaf of bread, and the guy fled while the shopkeeper was attempting to give him milk. And the shopkeeper’s main comment on the whole thing was, basically, “It’s a tough economy.” I think that shows goodness, religion or no.

  9. It’s a lovely example of returning good for evil – man went in to rob, came out with the gift of $40 dollars and a loaf of bread from the man he intended to steal from.

    (It’s the bit in Les Miserables that always makes me cry, even though it’s totally hokey – when Jean Valjean gets dragged back with the silver he stole, and the bishop says “No, the silver was a gift, and son, you forgot the candlesticks.”)

  10. @Microbiologychick,
    An atheist friend of mine did something similar back in college. He saw a guy stealing his bike while he was over at his girlfriends and got in his car and dorve around until he found the guy, fully intending to beat him up. They started talking and the bike thief said something about recently losing his job or just in general not having enough money and the friend drove him back to his girlfriend’s place to pick up his wallet (which he had forgotten in his haste to hunt the guy down) and gave him the money in it, then drove the bike thief to where he wanted to be dropped off.
    There ya go, an atheist do-gooder story šŸ™‚

  11. That is nice and i’m sure the experience will make the person less likely to steal again.

  12. Wow. Good story. It reminds me of a story about a man (white) who robbed a store with his young daughter there. The media and store owner were sympathetic. It focused mostly on how tough the economy is. I am so glad tis person acted with compassion.

  13. The store owner is now being charged by LI prosecuters for selling a bong to an undercover officer who stated that he was going to smoke weed not tobacco out of it. No good deed goes unpunished.

  14. That is nice and iā€™m sure the experience will make the person less likely to steal again.

    Why? Do you get less feral cats if you feed them? It may even happen that more thugs will target this store.

  15. I don’t care weather the theif will change his ways for better or for worse, all I care about is that wonderfully generous store owner. Sure the theif could have been lying through his teeth, but the store owner answered with compassion and kindness. Perhaps the conversion was not a true one, perhaps it is but will not last, but you never really know. Sohail was just doing what I always admire in certain spiritual people whenever I meet them (regardless of faith, or lack thereof,) setting a wonderful example of what his beliefs entail. Not ranting about people going to hell for not believing the same thing, but just engaging in the seemingly simple act of forgiveness. I wish there were more people like that in the world.

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