{"id":350040,"date":"2011-03-30T15:55:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T15:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/freeway-says-critics-of-islam-hurt-my-feelings\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T15:55:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T15:55:57","slug":"freeway-says-critics-of-islam-hurt-my-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/freeway-says-critics-of-islam-hurt-my-feelings\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeway Says Critics of Islam &#8216;Hurt My Feelings&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboombox.com\/2011\/03\/28\/freeway-says-critics-of-islam-hurt-my-feelings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><br \/>\nTheboombox<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n In the United States, relations with Libya, an Islamic country, become more strained by the day, and hearings on the radicalization of Muslims in America continue. <\/p>\n<p>In response to the tension, one of hip-hop&#8217;s most devout members of the Muslim community, Philadelphia rapper Freeway, took the time to discuss his faith with CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The former Roc-A-Fella rapper, who became Muslim at 14, said that his faith has been life-altering, saving him from various criminal elements in his past and driving him to continue on his path. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My faith means everything to me,&#8221; Freeway said. &#8220;It&#8217;s the thing that keeps me going everyday. It&#8217;s my core; it&#8217;s my soul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1935-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201103\/149112.php\" title=\"Freeway Says Critics of Islam 'Hurt My Feelings'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freeway Says Critics of Islam &#8216;Hurt My Feelings&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Theboombox : \u00a0\u00a0 In the United States, relations with Libya, an Islamic country, become more strained by the day, and hearings on the radicalization of Muslims in America continue. In response to the tension, one of hip-hop&#8217;s most devout members of the Muslim community, Philadelphia rapper Freeway, took the time to discuss his faith with CNN. The former Roc-A-Fella rapper, who became Muslim at 14, said that his faith has been life-altering, saving him from various criminal elements in his past and driving him to continue on his path. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-350040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Freeway Says Critics of Islam &#039;Hurt My Feelings&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/freeway-says-critics-of-islam-hurt-my-feelings\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Freeway Says Critics of Islam &#039;Hurt My Feelings&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Theboombox : \u00a0\u00a0 In the United States, relations with Libya, an Islamic country, become more strained by the day, and hearings on the radicalization of Muslims in America continue. 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