Who am I?
Born in Bendigo, Victoria, I converted to Islam 45 years ago. My mother died when I was young, and my father was not able to take care of me, so I was put in a catholic orphanage. I spent from the ages of 2 to 16 in two different catholic orphanages in Victoria and learnt what it was like to be physically, mentally and sexually abused. I remember one night at the age of 9, after just having had the **** kicked out of me by one of the Christian brothers, I mean bruised and battered and unable to move. that I did pray to god and actually stated, ‘If there is a god’, can you please help me? Why would I question if there is a god, remember I am in a catholic orphanage up every morning at 6am and in the chapel praying by 6:30 or else. I had seen other boys dragged from the chapel by the hair kicking and screaming, for not having made their bed. I had been abused at the hands of the brothers, who gave the impression to outsiders that they were kind and caring people. So with what I had se