Mike Tyson to perform Umrah

 

 

 

> Subject: Mike Tyson to perform Umrah
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 08:45:58 +0300
 
> MADINAH: Former boxing champion Mike Tyson, who embraced Islam while
> serving a prison sentence in the 1990s, is on his first visit to the
> Kingdom to perform Umrah. He arrived in the holy city of Madinah on
> Friday to perform prayers at the Prophet's Mosque.
>
> While in Madinah, Tyson met Dr. Muhammad Al-Oqala, president of the
> Islamic University, who briefed the world heavyweight champion on the
> services being rendered by the university to students from across the
> world.
>
> From Madinah, Tyson will travel on to Makkah to perform Umrah, press
> reports said. He will also visit Jeddah, Abha and Riyadh as part of his
> Saudi tour. His visit to Saudi Arabia was arranged by the Canadian Dawa
> Association (CDA) as part of visits it organizes for new Muslim
> celebrities to the Islamic sites in the Kingdom. Shazad Mohammed,
> president of CDA, was present at Prince Muhammad International Airport
> in Madinah to receive Tyson.
>
> Mohammed, an ambassador of peace with the United Nations, said Tyson
> would be in the Kingdom for one week, visiting the holy places as well
> as important landmarks in the country and meeting with Saudi people to
> get to know their culture and traditions.
>