Dr. Ali Mohammed Naqvi

Dr. Ahmad Ahmadi

Dr. Abulqasim Gorji

Dr. Abd al-Karim Shirazi

It was Muslim "stubborness" which eventually led the Canadian Quran translator and writer Dr. Thomas Ballantyne (T.B.) Irving to Islam. "I remember especially a missionary returned from India stating how the 'Mohometans' (Muslims) were so obdurate in adhering to their religion; that was my first encounter with Islam, and it roused an unconscious admiration in me for their steadfastness to their faith and a desire to know more about these 'wicked' people," he recounted in the book "Islam: Our Choice", a collection of interviews with Muslims who have converted to the faith. T.B.