France national team midfielder, Paul Pogba has given an insight on how he switched his religous belief to Islam despite being raised as a Christian by his Muslim mother who was married to a Christian man.

Pogba who now plays for Manchester united stated that his friends had a great influence in his conversion while growing up.

He said contrary to misconception, Islam is not a terrorist religion, and that it is often misunderstood by the non adherence.

“Islam is not the image that everyone sees, terrorism,” Pogba told The Times’ Life Times podcast . “What we hear in the media is really something else. It’s something beautiful.”

“It made me change, realise things in life. I guess, maybe, it makes me more peaceful inside. It was a good change in my life because I wasn’t born a Muslim, even if my mum was. I just grew up like that, respect for everyone.

“It came because I have a lot of friends who are Muslim. We always talk. I was questioning myself in a lot of things, then I started doing my own research. I prayed once with my friends and I felt something different. I felt really good.

“Since that day I just carried on. You have to pray five times a day, that’s one of the pillars of Islam. It’s something that you do. The meaning why you do it, you ask forgiveness and be thankful for everything you have, like my health and everything.

“It’s really a religion that opened my mind and that makes me, maybe, a better person. You think more about the afterlife. This life has a test. Like when I’m with you, here. Even if you’re not a Muslim, you are a normal human. You have a human relationship and respect you for who you are, what religion you are, what colour and everything.

“Islam is just this – respect of the humanity and everything.”

Source: af.feednews.com