An American journalist asked an American priest who later converted to Islam and changed his name to Abdul Latif: "Why did you decide to embrace Islam?" He replied, "Because I couldn't be a hypocrite." The journalist asked again, "Why did you feel like a hypocrite? Explain." He answered, "When I read the Old and New Testaments, I saw that all the books spoke of Jesus as a prophet, a human, and a messenger only. But I told my congregation that Jesus is God, even though the scriptures themselves didn't say that. That's hypocrisy."
Then he said, "When I read the Quran, I found one verse: 'Say, If there were other gods along with Him, as they claim, they would certainly seek a way to the Owner of the Throne.' (Quran 17:42) I imagined, if there were two gods or more with different opinions, whose will would be carried out? Could one god submit to another? But I also had many difficult questions, like when Jesus prayed on the mountain, to whom was he praying? If the answer is to God, then there are two gods, one praying and one being prayed to—so Jesus is not God. Another question, when Jesus ascended to heaven and 'sat at the right hand of God', how many gods are on the throne? One on the right, one on the left? If the answer is one God, why are there two seats? There are many questions like that, especially those often asked by children, which are hard to answer clearly. That's why I'm convinced that Islam is the only truth and monotheism (tauhid) is the logic that explains this existence. The face of Jesus in the church is different from the face of God in Mecca."
