A former party-lover has given up cocktails, cigarettes and burlesque dancing and converted to Islam after falling for a Muslim man nine years her junior. In her days of burlesque dancing, she would parade around in nothing but knickers and nipple tassels.
UK DAILY MAIL Mother-of-three Claire Birkill, 37, from Nottingham, overhauled her lifestyle after a trip to Gambia in January where she met fiance, Sarif Jallow, 28.
But since converting, she now covers up in a hijab and says she is ashamed she was once such an exhibitionist. She’s also changed her name by deed poll to Jameela. She said: ‘Before I enjoyed weekly burlesque classes. I would strip down to silky corsets and do sexy dances. Now I’m so ashamed of my past, I can barely look at old photos. I feel like I’ve been reborn.’
Jameela, who has three children aged six, 16, and 18, met her fiance, Sarif, following the breakdown of her first marriage and said it was love at first sight. She explained: ‘My eight-year marriage broke down in 2013 around the time I decided to study tourism at college.’ As part of the course last January, she travelled to the Gambia, West Africa, where she met Sarif.
‘He was a teacher and nine years younger than me but it was love at first sight,’ Jameela said. ‘He was so intelligent and kind. On the last day of the trip in March he told me he loved me. ‘As I left the airport I cried and cried for three hours straight.’
Back home, Jameela, then still Claire, spoke to Sarif on the phone every night and he proposed weeks later. She used to be a Methodist but after listening to Sarif talk about his religion, she decided to research it on the internet and ‘immediately felt a connection’. She said. ‘It’s about peace, empathy, love and kindness, all things I believe in. I realiZed I needed to become a Muslim.’ (Wait’ll they tie you down to perform genital mutilation)
She converted in a special ceremony in June and changed her name to one that’s traditionally Muslim. She has not asked her children to convert, leaving them to make their own decisions on whether they want to follow a path of religion.
She also began observing Ramadan, explaining: ‘It’s a month-long period of prayer, fasting, charity-giving and self accountability for Muslims. It was difficult but incredibly fulfilling. Romantic thoughts are forbidden during Ramadan, so I banned myself from talking to Sarif in daylight hours because I got too turned on by his voice.’
It’s a far cry from her former hedonistic lifestyle. As a young woman, she had a weakness for cigarettes and alcohol and was often promiscuous. She said: ‘Before becoming a mum I’d think nothing about bringing a man home after a night out. Normally it was alcohol-induced but I’d never do it now.
She’s also now given up her hobby of burlesque dancing, which she started in 2012 after signing up for classes at a local dance studio. ‘I wanted to improve my body confidence. I would perform routines, starting off fully dressed and ending up in just silky pants and nipple tassels,’ she explained. ‘I’d never dream of doing it now.
‘Looking at pictures of me in a pink silk basque I see it is very un-Islamic. Islam believes a woman’s body is just for her husband.’
The way she eats and dresses on a daily basis has changed dramatically too. ‘I travel ten miles to ensure I only buy Halal meat from a specialist butcher. I used to joke “don’t wake me up in the morning unless bringing me a bacon butty and coffee” – I’d never say that now. Giving up bacon has been the hardest thing but Halal prohibits it.
‘I always cover my legs as requested to by Islam. I found the headscarf quite restrictive at first. But now I wear it tighter because I want to.’ Jameela said Sarif was ‘heartbroken’ when she told him about her past but she said: ‘He knows how committed I am now and believes I’ve changed.’
Sarif is still living in Gambia and the couple will continue to have a long distance relationship after they marry because Jameela does not want to disrupt her youngest son’s education.
She is often mocked or abused when she goes out in public wearing a hijab. She said: ‘Some friends don’t want to know me anymore and others are refusing to call me by my new name.
‘In the street one person asked why I wasn’t wearing a letterbox, meaning a burkha. It’s so disrespectful. I’ve heard sniggering in the playground when I’ve picked my son up from school and laughed at in Primark by teenage girls.
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Now a lot of Muslim men will hit on this burlesque queen. In our cultures, there isn’t as much fat-shaming as White America: you can consider this a positive aspect of Islam.
All kinds of ugly and disgusting women find a husband among the Muslims as we tend to look above those superficial values in our choice of mate.
I think the worst countries for fat women are Eastern Europe, Russia, France, Belgium. In North America, I lived and traveled around Illinois and Michigan. I didn’t find the normal attitude towards fat women as negative as in Europe (lots of land whales everywhere).
New York City and LA might be very different though. I don’t know about the scene first-hand but I was told it can get quite competitive and stressful for everyone to look good all the time. Look at Ivanka Trump, she’ d be like a 9.5/10 – are many girls in NYC like that?
Generally, Muslim men are the least likely to fat-shame or hurt an ugly girl’s feelings. Ghulam’s online ramblings don’t really count.
My 2nd wife was very slim before marriage, but now looks like one of those obese Democrat women in America. She stuffs her mouth with food all day everyday. The mosque sermons forbid us from hurting women’s feelings about their appearances. If you have to put up with a land whale, you might as well smother her with love hoping she dies out on her own. I’ll keep buying her more Twinkies and chocolate pies till she chokes.
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Ghulam said “In our cultures, there isn’t as much fat-shaming as White America: you can consider this a positive aspect of Islam.”
Actually, I have to agree with you. Fat women need love, too.
Glad something you like about Muslims finally!
My point is Islam gives hope to all the LOSERS in the world. Muhammad basically smiled and winked at those women in his surroundings: “it’s ok if you girls are fat and ugly. I’ll make sure you find a husband in this earthly life AND guarantee you a place in Paradise.”
Let me play the Devil’s advocate and assume Mohammed was just a snake oil salesman who peddled a fake religion heavily plagiarized from Judaism and Christianity (your view). That still gave hope to all the losers, incels, retards, rejects, women with lots of body hair – it was a SUCCESSFUL FORMULA.
There are 1.6 billion Muslims today. We have a conversion hotline in Singapore near an important mosque (Jasmine? Are you reading this?). You won’t believe the number of calls we receive from non-Muslims on a daily basis. Most just want to discuss their personal problems and are not looking to convert = we do advise them to convert to Islam but there is absolutely no compulsion, Indeed, most Muslim volunteers are very patient and genuinely try to help those freaks. Some of them are suicidal, have husband/wife problems, financial stress, exam problems, immigration issues – our volunteers help one and all (I have volunteered just a few times).
We can’t do any open proselytsm in America as a tax-exempt charitable organization, except in places such as Dearborn. But even in America, the doors of most mosques are open to non-Muslims who want to know about Islam, and if they need any help with their current problems. Although after the Christchurch incident (granted it was another country NZ), many Muslims in America are becoming more cautious and avoiding the non-Muslims.
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Islam is all-inclusive, and open to everyone. It’s about true equality. Anyone can aspire to go beyond the glass ceiling. The Pope can only be a White European dude who speaks Latin fluently.
Islam may have many leaders such as Zakir Naik but no such authoritative person such as Pope. We Muslims mock the House of Saud all the time because they claim to be an authority (only in their own country).
Any Muslim claiming to be the sole expert and authority in Islam is ridiculed by one and all.
LOL all you lot are FUCKING retards like seriously hating on someone because they convert to another religion lol it must really burn your hearts knowing Islam is growing so much and there’s not a single little thing you white honky’s can do about it , its only a matter of TIME when the UK will become an Islamic state. Your daughters will marry a Muslim and if not now then the next generation will and so on and so on , I’m so proud to be a born British Muslim knowing my offspring will spread the teachings of ISLAM…….. I am the happiest most when a white woman converts to Islam , they joy in seeing one of your own walking away from your beliefs is AMAZING lol to all you Muppet’s its only a matter of time Britain has at least one Muslim in every household !!!!!! INSHALLAH I live to see that DAY!!!!
I leave you all with a BEAUTIFUL message from the HOLY Quran now
“When those unbelievers were plotting against you to imprison you or to kill or expel you: THEY were plotting and Allah was plotting, but Allah is the best of Planners. (Surat al-Anfal, 8:30)
Islam the raghead weighs in. And here I thought I was going to get thorough one day this year without a filthy muslim paedophile prophet worshipper crapping all over my website. Well, there’s still a week left.
You prove my point so exactly- muslim men are racist haters who slobber over white women.
I think the zombie “islam” meant:
mo’s sock-puppet allah is the greatest DECEIVER.
Well she’s deceived 1.5 billion, not bad for one out of 360 idols.
Of course al-Lat was mo’s personal favorite, and he picked one, after he realized how well Judaism and Christianity functioned with just one.
Take a look at the visit counter ‘islam’, over 99% of those visitors are LAUGHING at you and your IDIOT ideas: invisible djinns on your shoulders, the earth is flat, the sun sets in a muddy pool…
If you believe all that mo CRAP you’re certifiably insane. If you ‘ignore’ the more stupid bits you’re an apostate. I’m so glad I don’t have the islam virus eating my brain.
Serial killers have girlfriends and so do Islamic terrorists. Women really do need to have higher standards.
He married her because of British citizenship.
Hmmm……so….will she have to have her clit removed with an unsanitary razor….or will she get a ‘pass.’ ??