Indeed.
Nauti nurse posted: Gardner, who was raised Baptist, found Islam while in prison. In 1994, he took the shahada and declared his faith in Islam. “That’s what helped me — the transition from unconsciousness to consciousness,” he said.
“I credit my faith in Allah. I asked Allah back in 1995 to please bless me with the opportunity to be capable of being a voice for the voiceless, to give me the microphone. I wanted to speak, because I couldn’t get heard.”