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School not far from our family home every week.
I was around ten or eleven, when Allah caused me to start thinking about
religion.
I had noticed that each day around eleven o’clock the school bell would ring
and everyone would stand and say the Angelis. The Angelis is a prayer
praising Mary said on a rosary (a rosary is similar to Muslim prayer beads).
The Angelis is the biblical quotation of Gabriel when he breathed into Mary
that reads, “Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with you, blessed are you
amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus”.
The Catholics would also supplicate saying, “Holy Mary Mother of … pray
for us”, this was followed by the lord’s prayer which is a prayer Jesus
taught.
Not long after I started to notice many of the prayers in the morning
assembly were directed to the virgin Mary. I loved Mary, but I didn’t think it
I was around ten or eleven, when Allah caused me to start thinking about
religion.
I had noticed that each day around eleven o’clock the school bell would ring
and everyone would stand and say the Angelis. The Angelis is a prayer
praising Mary said on a rosary (a rosary is similar to Muslim prayer beads).
The Angelis is the biblical quotation of Gabriel when he breathed into Mary
that reads, “Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with you, blessed are you
amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus”.
The Catholics would also supplicate saying, “Holy Mary Mother of … pray
for us”, this was followed by the lord’s prayer which is a prayer Jesus
taught.
Not long after I started to notice many of the prayers in the morning
assembly were directed to the virgin Mary. I loved Mary, but I didn’t think it