Becoming a Muslim after Jail

David Bryant who was jailed for being a member of Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army in 1979, embraced Islam in prison and changed his name as Jihad Abdulmumit. Coming out of jail after 23 years, Jihad Abdulmumit  (54) states that he has first performed prayer in the forth month in prison. Abdulmumit expresses his feelings by saying; “Whenever I realized that not a human being but Allah is the Only Creator of all worlds, I was born again and became very hopeful.” Abdulmumit  emphasizes that his heart filled with peace when he first comprehended that nothing could happen out of Allah’s will. He adds that also the prison personnel began to show respect to the prisoners in due course who converted to Islam.