US soldier converts to Islam

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:43:01

A US soldier in Afghanistan converts to Islam commenting that "Islam is pretty much the only religion that makes sense to me."

"I really wish everything would stop and we would be able to live together and be happy," Sergeant Wallace Nelson, 31, said after the Monday ceremony which was held near Pakistan border.

The ceremony was attended by district officials, including the area's Afghan army commander, and tribal elders.

He told AFP that his interaction with his interpreters and other Afghans had persuaded him to convert to Islam.

Afghan media reported in July last year that two American soldiers, a male and a female, serving in the US Airbase in Parvan in Bagram province, converted to Islam, changed their names, and married each other after serving five years in Afghanistan.

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