My parents and my family are all Muslims. In fact, my father was a Muslim imam and preacher. I went to Muslim schools until I graduated from high school. Then, I went to live with my brother and his wife while I attended the Academy of Foreign Language, where I learned English and, best of all, was free to consider other religions. For about three years, I attended Christian churches and found the people at them very kind and brotherly.
I pray to forgive the extremists . . . And I know that God protects all people.
While attending the Academy, I became quite ill and couldn't sleep. I was also very depressed and had tremors. A doctor treated me for a long time, but I wasn't cured. Then one day, I passed in front of the Christian Science Reading Room in Jakarta. I had learned about Christian Science and many other Christian denominations in high school, but the teacher discredited them. Even at the time, I didn't think it was fair, so I was happy to learn about it myself. The Reading Room attendants told me that Christian Science can heal. And someone gave me a copy of Science and Health in Indonesian.
