How Pastor’s Attitude During My Mother’s Burial Made Me Convert to Islam – Actress Liz Anjorin
Yoruba actress and filmmaker, Liz Anjorin has revealed why she switched to Islam. The actress said she had to hurriedly bury her mother because she had asked not to be taken to the mortuary when she died. “I could remember right from when I was a teenager, my mother used to tell me that she does not want her dead body to be taking to the mortuary when she dies,” Anjorin wrote in an Instagram post. She said her mother was born into a Muslim family but they slept in the church “several times during the struggles so we are automatically Christians”. Anjorin said no less than ten pastors refused to perform the funeral rites because her mother was not a member of their church. The actress, who produced ‘Owo Nairabet’, said she was extorted by the coffin seller before her mother was eventually buried by 5am the next day. “It was an Alfa that did the… prayer for my mum. My thought was how can we treat ourselves in such a cruel way. Then a guy said if Mama were to be a Muslim, they would ...
