On a daily basis, i would attend the after school evening madrasas to learn how to read Arabic texts and nothing more. Prior to this encounter, my idea of Islam was pretty much pessimistic, at best.
The talk ‘Dajjal and the new world order’, catapulted me into learning more about Islam. I remember being introduced to one of his fiery speeches back in the late 90s. One of the instrumental figures in shaping my Islāmic life and enabling it to grow as a result, was Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.