{"id":10369,"date":"2019-09-26T07:35:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T07:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/?p=10369"},"modified":"2019-09-26T07:35:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T07:35:33","slug":"us-jazz-singer-im-very-blessed-to-become-a-muslim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2019\/09\/26\/10369\/","title":{"rendered":"US Jazz Singer: \u2018I\u2019m Very Blessed to Become a Muslim\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> American Muslim jazz singer Della Miles, vocalist for Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, said she was very blessed to meet Islam, describing the faith as \u201ceducation for truth.\u201d<br> \u201cIslam is an education. Education of the truth. I am very blessed to become a Muslim,\u201d Della Miles told Anadolu Agency.<br> Last June, Miles said she converted to Islam after spending some time in Turkey where she said the religion \u201csurrounded\u201d her.<br> Finding Islam, she decided to live in Turkey, currently living in the Dalyan district of the southwest province of Mugla.<br> \u201cDalyan is a wonder of nature,\u201d she said.<br> Currently, Miles performs in TV programs and projects in the country and has also planned duets with Turkish singers.<br> Born into an extended family of 5 brothers and sisters, Miles was born into a musical family. Her mother sang and directed music in church while her father was a jazz enthusiast and owner of a music venue.<br> Also a songwriter, Miles took to the stage with German actor and musician Marius Muller-Westernhagen.<br> In 2012, she took a leading role in the American opera Lulu and later portrayed the wife of former US President Barack Obama in Hope \u2013 The Obama Musical Story.<br> Miles has also worked on tribute albums for Turkish musicians such as Muslum Gurses and Zeki Muren in Turkey.<br> The Irish singer-songwriter Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor, also known as Magda Davitt converted to Islam and changed her name to Shuhada\u2019 Davitt last October 2018.<br> Indian TV actress Dipika Kakar has also embraced Islam before marrying Indian actor Shoaib Ibrahim, saying she is proud to be a Muslim.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> American Muslim jazz singer Della Miles, vocalist for Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, said she was very blessed to meet Islam, describing the faith as \u201ceducation for truth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c102-muslim-minorities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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