The Best Of Mike Tyson

The best interview of mike tyson

Q: When you were younger, what did you think Mike Tyson would end up doing?  Did you have career aspirations? What were they?
A: I thought I would be dead before 20.  Where I come from (Brownsville) young black men don't make it too far.  They are either murdered or in prison.  95% of my childhood friends from my old neighborhood either have life sentences in prison or are dead.  I just thought I would be a criminal because that is all I was ever taught.  Then when I went to reform school I was introduced to boxing. From that point on, I only wanted to be a boxer.  If I wasn't boxing, I would have been dead or in prison.  Boxing saved me.
Q: The addictions (the drugs and the drinking), how and when did that all begin and when did you realise it was a problem? What prompted you to get help and how is that ongoing battle for sobrietygoing?
A: My drug and drinking issues started to spiral out of control after I retired from boxing.  Boxing was the only real structurein my life at that time and without it I just lived a life of extremes.  I finally got tired of it.  I knew if I didn't change my life that Iwould die.  So I went to rehab for a year and then I had some relapses.  I got married and Kiki and I had a daughter, Milan and I wanted to be a better father.  So having the structure of a wife and children to raise helped me finally grow up.  I was over four years clean and sober and had a relapse with alcohol so it's like starting all over again.  The one relapse wipes out all of the sober years I have had.  This disease is that powerful.  However, I'm now over 70 days totally sober and have no desire to ever pick up adrink again.
Q: A lot of people see public speaking like this as a form of therapy – is that how youapproach it?
A: I don't approach it as therapy but I certainly see the benefits of it.  I have always been an open book.  Perhaps that is why I have stirred up so much raw emotion and at times controversy because I have never been afraid to speakmy mind.  However, this is the first time I personally speak about the headlines that would shape peoples opinion about me for the good or the bad.  I never took control in this kind of format and told people what I thought about the headlines.  No one has heard my undisputed truth directly from me.  There is something therapeutic about this process I suppose.
Q: Many of our readers are Muslim. Can you tell us a little about your reversion to Islam – how that came about and what the religion gave/gives to you, personally?
A: Islam has given me a sense of stability.It has helped me gain some serenity and understanding of who I am as a person.  I was introduced to Islam over two decadesago.  I made my hajj two years ago.  I am not professing to be a good Muslim or theposter boy for Islam.  My relationship withAllah is my own person relationship and how I grow in my religion is my journey alone.  I'm just trying to work on myself and grow as a person and love all of Allah's creations.Q: What can your fans in the UAE expect from your show? And how do you feel about bringing your story to these shores?A: I am beyond grateful to do my show in Dubai.  I am just really looking forward to giving a good performance.  Expect to seea knockout performance.  It's a roller coaster ride of emotions.  One minute youwill want to cry and then they next you  are bellied over with laughter.
Q: What's the hardest thing to talk about in the show?
A: The death of my daughter Exodus.  It's just something I will never be at ease with talking about but she deserves for the world to know about her.
Q: And what gets the biggest laughs?
A: Oh, wow, there are a lot of big laughs.  My life plays out in a lot of funny scenarios.  You just have to come and seeit and tell me what you thought was the funniest part.  The Mitch Green stories arepretty funny though.
Q: If people are undecided on whether to come, what's your knock out blow to convince them?
A: So many people that have come to my show have later told me that they hadn't a clue what to expect and it was nothing like what they expected.  They thought they were going to see a cliche' rendition of a boxer trying to be a performer.  But they left with feeling like they saw a true performance.  My story is touching, tellingand funny.  Whether you love boxing or hate it, you will love my show.  It's not just for the men.  Women love the show.  There is something very identifiable aboutmy stories that transcends gender and age.

best from the life of A.r rehman

Best story from the life of a r rehman

That man is today known as Allahrakha Rahman, one of India’s foremost composers. He discusses his decision to convert and the impact it had on him in these edited excerpts from AR Rahman The Spiritof Music by Nasreen Munni Kabir.How has Sufism affected your attitude to life?It has taught me that just as the rain and the sun do not differentiate between people, neither should we. Only when you experience friendshipacross cultures, you understand there are many good people in all communities.

Did your belief in spirituality help when you and your family were facing hard times?

Yes, absolutely. My mother was a practising Hindu. She had always been spiritually inclined. We had Hindu religious images on the walls of the Habibullah Road house where we grew up. There was also an image of Mother Mary holding Jesusin Her arms and a photograph of the sacred sites of Mecca and Medina.In 1986, ten year after my father died, we happened to meet QadriSahebagain. The peer was unwell and my mother looked after him and he regarded her as a daughter. Therewas a strong connection between us.Did thepeerask you to embrace Islam?No, he didn’t. Nobody is forced to convert to the path of Sufism. You only follow if it comes from your heart. A year after we met QadriSaheb, in 1987, we moved to from Habibullah Road to Kodambakkam, to the house where we still live. When we moved, I was reminded of what Jesus Christ, Peace be upon Him, once said: “I wish that you werecold and hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.”What I understood by His words wasthat it is better to choose one path. The Sufi path spiritually lifted both my mother and me, and we felt it was the best path for us, so we embraced Sufi Islam.Were you conscious of the fact that changing your faith might affect your relations with people?No one around us really cared – we were musicians and that allowed us greater social freedom…The important thing for me is that I learned about equality and the oneness of God. Whether you are a winner or loser, king or slave, short or tall, rich or poor, sinner or saint, ugly or beautiful - regardless of whatcolour you are, God showers unlimited love and mercy on us if wechoose to receive it. It is because of our inability, our blindness in seeing the unknown that we lose faith.On the net there are many versions of how you came to be called AR Rahman. What is the real story?The truth is I never liked my name. 

No disrespect to the great actor DilipKumar! However, somehow my name didn’t match the image I had of myself.Sometime before we started on our journey on the path of Sufism, we went to an astrologer to show him my younger sister’s horoscope because my mother wanted to get her married. This was around the same time when I was keen to change my name. The astrologer looked at me and said, ‘This chap is very interesting.”He suggested the names:

 Abdul Rahman and Abdul Rahim and said that either name would be good for me. I instantly loved the name Rahman. It was a Hindu astrologer who gave me my Muslim name.Then my mother had this intuition that I should add Allahrakha [Protected by God], and that's how I became AR Rahman.

Monica's story

The true story from the life of monica 

“I embraced Islam because I was attractedto Islamic rules especially the women’s rights in Islam. I started reading about Islam in 2010 with the misconception that it promotes extremism. However, during my research I found out thatIslam is indeed a religion of peace,” she said.“I have been practicing Islam for almost four years now. My father is a Christian and my mother is a Hindu and they support my decision fully. My last film ‘Nadhigal Nanaivathillai’ would be releasing soon and I won’t be acting in films henceforth,” Monica said during a press conference (video below) at RKV Studios on May 30, 2014.Monica, 26, has changed her name to MG Rahima where ‘M’ has been extracted fromher father’s name Marothi Raj while ‘G’ represents her mother’s name Gracy.Born as Rekha Maruthiraj, she took the name Monica for her acting career in Tamiland Telugu films. Later, she changed her name to Parvana for Malayalam filmsMonica has acted in nearly 70 Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films likeInidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu,Isai Arasan 23m Pulikesi,Varnamand the 2013 filmJannal Oram.Monica won Tamil Nadu State Award as the best child actor for her performance inEn Aasai Machan.

sean Stone's opinion

Sean Stone's opinion about islam 

Sean Stone, son of controversial director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam in Iran last week and says he’s already experiencing a Hollywood backlash.The ceremony was held in Isfahan, where he is researching a documentary. He now goes by the name of Sean Christopher Ali Stone.He told Page Six: “I’ve already experiencedthe reverse of anti-Semitism, having people within the film industry express a reluctance to work with me now that I have said a simple prayer, ‘There is no God but God, and Mohammed is his messenger.’I am sure I have [bleeped] off some powerful people.” Speaking over dinner at Barrio 47, Sean told us, “Having read the Koran and having been around the Islamicculture, especially in Iran, I do believe thatMohammed is a prophet of the same god worshipped by other religions.EPASean Stone“I am of a Jewish bloodline, a baptized Christian who accepts Christ’s teachings, the Jewish Old Testament and the Holy Koran. I believe there is one God, whether called Allah or Jehovah or whatever you wish to name him. He creates all peoples and religions. I consider myself a Jewish Christian Muslim.“What I am trying to do is open up a dialogue about religion. There is such Islamophobia in the West. Islam is not a religion of violence any more than Judaism or Christianity is.”

The life of loon

The life of loon 

He was formerly a hip-hop and rap performer who worked under the stage name of ‘Loon.’ He earned his fame as a part ofPuff Daddy’s Bad Boy Records, wherehe not only releaseda self-titled debut album, Loon, but also performed with many of the industry’s notable R&B and hip-hop celebrities.In 2004, Loon left Bad Boy to start his own label, Boss Up Entertainment. Having started his music career as a member of Mase’s rap collective Harlem World, Loon branched out into acting and was featured in two movies directed by Damon Dash, State Property 2 and Death of a Dynasty.Born to a Christian family, Chauncey Lamont Hawkins changed his name to Amir Junaid Muhadith after Allahguided him to Al-Islam in 2008. Following a life-changing visit tothe city of Abu Dhabi along with prolonged exposure to the Muslim lifestyle, Amir explained his attraction to Islam in an interview:‘I visited Abu Dhabi, Emirate’s capital, and there I found the real happiness and tranquility which my wealth and fame failed to give me all over my life as a singer. I was affected with the  Muslim’s culture; and I admired their refined morals, their kind treatment with people, and especially their regular going to pray in the mosque five times every day.Consequently, I began to ask about the reality of this religion, and whether it was only exclusive for Arabs, and I realized that Islam includes all human beings without any consideration to their nationalities. Then, I announced my conversion to Islam after a profound thinking, and I prayed for the first time after my return to my home in Harlem, New York.’Shortly after having become Muslim, Allah blessed brother Amir by guiding his family toIslam: ‘My relief increased a lot when my wife and my son accepted Islam.’ Allah continued to showerHis bounty upon Amir by facilitating the ability for him to perform Umrah, an incredibly moving experience for him:‘…When I was performing Umrah, afew days ago, I liveda very poignant moment when I sawthe holy Kaaba for the first time in my life. I could not bear this affecting situation, so I could not stand on my feet, and I began to cry thanking Allah who allowed me to perform this magnificent ritual, and to visit the Prophet’s honorablemosque.’May Allah accept him, his family and their deeds, and may He keep them all steadfast, Ameen. Amir has since ended his rap career, and has instead chosen to spend his wealth, time and life seeking knowledge and giving Da’wah; educating Muslims and non-Muslims alike about Islam, and calling people of all faiths and backgrounds to the Religion of Truth. Having found peace in Islam which his previous wealth andlifestyle could not provide, Amir embraced his new life and mission with a renewed enthusiasm:‘Islam turned my lifeupside down since I renounced the profession which I practiced from seventeen years old;however, now I feel the serenity and peace of mind which I longed for all my life. …I became very enthusiastic to know more about Islam when I joined a Canadian Organization calling for Islam, and now I work on attracting the popular singers and artists to understand Islam’s tolerant principles.’Allah swt says in theNoble Quran, Truely,

true story of pooja lame

Pooja lame 

Famous Nepalese actress and singer Pooja Lama argues took in the embrace of Islam,Pooja Lama said in a statement: Islam is the world’s sole religion of humanity based solution offers all the problems of Islam beauty show me theright way, otherwise I keep wandering in the darkness,I want to tell the world that Islam is areligion of peace only, please read this evaluation would be automatically look.

Interview: Abdus Saboor Nadvifive months ago Nepal’s famous actress, model 28-year-old Pooja Lama perception of Islam and to the community was surprised. She brought up in Buddhist family, Sheannounced her Converting after a short visit to Dubai and return from Qatar to Kathmandu, was present to discuss these important Statements:

Q: What feature of Islam in persuading you to accept Islam?

A: I was from the Buddhist family, One year ago that thought in my mind to study other religions, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam started a comparative study, during study travel to Dubai and Qatar was the journey there from the Islamic civilization was very impressed,the biggest feature of Islam, he is Oneness, faith and trust in Allah to see who got strong belief here, and in Other religion I could not.

Q: World media has opened front against Islam, Islam is being presented in the style of terrorism, you were not affected by it?

A: Propaganda against Islam is the reason also embracing to Islam, because his study say other thing was I found, and now I can say with the claim that Islam is the world’s only religion of humanity and peace issues Justice solution offers

Q: Pooja Ji! From the film industry is concerned you, and you regarding the many scandals in the media come to common view, which you was afflicted, and once attempted suicide of you, will tell us something?

A: I did not want to accuse the media regarding my personal life to cut, to publish comments, to defame me, I think you need this talking, still have been my three marriages, after a brief break from all There was gone to alone, I have a son from first husband who lives with my mother, about the same things the media to jump someimproper things, which hurt me very much, people accuse me that I have for fame What’s all this, the truth is that I was miserable wanted tocommit suicide, I took my friends, led by the study of religious books, then embraced Islam, I want to forget my past, because I now ‘m quiet and decent life.

Q: Pooja Ji! After acceptance of Islamcame a major change in your lifestyle, your head is tied up Scarf , the alcohol and smoking have also repent?

A: Please don’t call me Pooja, Pooja my past and now I am Amna Farooqi, tension-filled moments before Islam, alcohol and cigarettes were my support, ever drink so much that the firm was unconscious. Prey to depression had, and the darkness around me was just darkness, but the joy of Islam have breath, alcohol, cigarettes have turn,the only Halal eat meat.

Q: In Islam Body exhibition of women, song and dance equipment is prevented, to what extent you agree?

A: After my converting to Islam ,all producers have broken me , since the sangeet is filled my pulse was intravenous, so sometimes songs ina restaurant will go away, burqa ( Full Hijab) also use’s wearing, will try to exhaust even a series of songs.

Q: What were the motives of Islam?

A: Since the some of my Buddhist partner had converted to Islam, when they see trouble me urge you to Islam, says his teachings, I started to read, one day I put a Muslim friend to lecture, one of hisFixed all my heart that any wrongdoingwas not afraid of humans but should fear Allah, so embrace Islam at that time decided to shelter.

Q: After acceptance of Islam was the reaction of your family?

A: After embracing Islam I informed my family, who lives in Darjiling , my mothercooperated fully, if they saw me flowerswhen smayyn, mightsay:”Oh dear! You chose the right path,to see you happy I found quiet. Hobbitshave changed me, So other people alsoappreciated the family.

Q: The media have expressed doubt that any Muslim anywhere you are in love and married herto felled you is Islam?

A: baseless news, Some my friends areMuslims, but thisdoes not mean that I love someone felled and brought Islam to marry her lust, yes now I am a Muslim, so I marrieda Muslim will have, and shall decide when everyone will know then.

liam neeson a beautiful actor

Liam neeson 

Actor Liam Neeson was quoted in newsprint and articles as saying,"I love to hear the adhan(Muslim's call to prayer)" and"I'm thinking of converting to Islam". Sources claim while he was in Istanbul, Turkey recording the famous movie, "Taken" that Neeson loved hearing adhan and even said he might go to Islam.It appears this an effort by his agent to putoff any possibility that major studios might cancel contracts or stop recordings?What ideas do you have to reassure Liam Neeson, his agent and sponsors know it would not be bad for him to go to Islam? In fact, they could see it aa a great opportunity for free publicity and a whole new market share in the Muslim world.So post your comments and let them all see - PLEASE!It has been a while since we asked our readers to write something for the famous movie actor and we still would like to see him make a move to what is better for him,but at least tell the world about Islam while we have their attention, inshallah.We want him toknow about real Islamand the beautiful teachings of the Quran.Today, we see more evidence than ever of those who have contributed and those who have read and benefitted for your comments.People everywhere are more aware of the true Islam from these types of efforts and we ask you to continue - and we ask Allah to accept and bless us all, ameen.