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Sheikh Mamun Roshid, born in the UK, 1991, is the eldest child of three. Although his passion of Comparative Religion originated from Sheikh Ahmed Deedat and Dr. Zakir Naik, he had already undertaken many barriers at a very early stage of his life when his parents accidentally registered him to a Church of England school. The young boy had no idea what this accident would lead to.

Childhood For all his childhood, he was surrounded by Christians. He would go to church every so often and sing hymns and read from the Holy Bible and other extracts of Christian literature. His parents, being illiterate and Muslims who knew very little about Islam were oblivious to what was happening in the young boys life.

When the sheikh reached the age of seven, his father who was a tailor by profession thought it necessary to learn how to recite the Qur'an and so a private tutor was hired three times a week, two hours each session. This only brought confusion to the mind.

The teachings of the church conflicted with the teachings of the private tutor and none were able to give answers to the questions the young sheikh had about God or the Holy Scriptures. The questions resulted in constant repetition of being thrown out of the classroom at the Church of England school up to a point where he was no longer allowed to sit in any Religious Education classes.

Secondary Education Soon after he had left the Church of England school, he continued his studies at a secondary school, the church had gifted him with a Bible before his departure but it was thrown away by his mother before it could reach the bedroom of the young boy.

His secondary school was filled with Muslims with a seven percent rate of non Muslims. The questions that once pondered the mind of the young sheikh soon disappeared as he continued a normal life with his new Muslim friends. However, when he would return home from school, his old school friends would question his faith which the young shiekh had no answers to. All he knew was that he was a Muslim and he had read and understood the magic formula which made him a Muslim, 'Laa ilaha illAllah, Muhammadur rasoolAllah' (There is no deity worthy of worship besides Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah).

The questions which once pondered in his mind, returned with a throbbing feeling and urge to find the answers. He would make regular visits to the local library to read the Bible and he started comparing notes from both Holy Scriptures, The Holy Bible and The Holy Qur'an. His firm belief in his faith and the ammunition given by the non Muslim forced him to defend Islam from being portrayed as an evil religion.

Comparative Religion The passion for Comparative Religion grew within him and the message from his heart reached the hearts of those who struck fear into the young generation of Muslims to excel in this field. The field of Dawah, the field which formed the first of all commandments sent to mankind, to worship The One and Only, Allah.

Now Sheikh Mamun Roshid has made it his mission to find common grounds with the Muslims and non Muslims and he takes great pride in being the first student of Comparative Religion within the Bangladeshi community of all times. "The Bangladeshi community have not made a scratch within the field of Da'wah for the past thousand years and it's about time that we did!".

Where is he now? Sheikh Mamun Roshid has delivered many lectures of several topics relating to Similarities between Islam & Christianity. However he spends most of his time, sharing his knowledge with the general public in an activity known as Street Dawah. He has come together with several Christian Lecturers and shared a panel together to discuss issues relating to Islam & Christianity. These can be found on Youtube and other Social Media Sites.

He has taken part in many youth activities around London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Swansea and Manchester. He spends his time with the young generation to give them the opportunity to experience the taste of Islam.