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1. DR LAWRENCE B. BROWN After the September 11, Islam in the world in general and the United States in particular has become known notoriously as an aggressive religion, because it had been associated with the disaster. It was claimed that Muslims did it out of their religious fanaticism. Since then, some people have started learning about Islam and either they become Muslims, or they hate Islam, because of their misunderstanding of it. Another group of people have no concern about religion. They are atheists who disbelieve our doubt in the existence of God, among them was Dr. Lawrence Brown. Dr. Brown was graduated from Cornell University, Brown University Medical School and George Washington University Hospital residency program. He is an ophthalmic surgeon, a retired Air Force officer, and the medical director and chief ophthalmologist of a major eye centre. He also obtained a PhD in religion. He was married with three daughters. He converted to Islam in April 1994. Before his conversion Allah had sent him a message which we called a test twice: once with blessing, but he did not listen to it, and therefore he failed; the second one with affliction, and feeling helpless, he prayed to Allah for the first time, and miraculously his prayer was answered. This led him to Islam. When his first daughter Katrina was born he said that: â€œâ€Ś she did something I have never seen any child do before, and that is that she was able to stand from the first day of life. From the first day if I put her on her feet, she would stand up herself. Now I am a doctor. I am a medical doctor. I understand that there is something in that a new born baby is not supposed to be able to do. But I did not see that as a miracle, I saw it as something interesting, something charming about this child, but I guess I did not get the message.â€?