{"id":7512,"date":"2023-01-19T15:13:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/19\/why-i-returned-to-my-fathers-religion-islam-funke-akindeles-ex-husband-jjc-skillz-spills\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:13:16","slug":"why-i-returned-to-my-fathers-religion-islam-funke-akindeles-ex-husband-jjc-skillz-spills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/19\/why-i-returned-to-my-fathers-religion-islam-funke-akindeles-ex-husband-jjc-skillz-spills\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Why I returned to my father&#8217;s religion, Islam&#8221; Funke Akindele&#8217;s ex-husband, JJC Skillz spills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Award-winning filmmaker and former rapper, AbdulRasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skills has announced his return to Islam, his father\u2019s religion.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-husband of actress, Funke Akindele, made this known on his Instagram page.<\/p>\n<p>JJC Skillz revealed that he was lost but now has been found, while pleading got pardon. He prayed for his creator to veil his weaknesses and set at ease his dismay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was lost but now I\u2019m found. O Allah, I ask you for pardon and well being in my religious and worldly affairs and my family and my wealth. O Allah, veil my weaknesses and set at ease my dismay and preserve me from the front and from behind and on my right and on my left and from above. And I take refuge with You lest I be swallowed up by the earth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>JJC Skillz further confirmed his return to his father\u2019s religion in interview with an Islamic online platform, Muslims News, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>JJC Skills said he was originally born into an Islamic family but he never practiced it as he chose to follow the faith of his mother.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Muslims News, the musician said it was a design of God that he would finally embrace Islam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was born a Muslim \u2013 AbdurRasheed by name. My dad, Bello is a Muslim but my mum is a Christian. Back then I used to go Islamiyah but all I remembered about it was getting beaten. They used to scare us with hellfire so, I never practised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s God\u2019s design that I will return to Islam. I thank Allah for sparing my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so happy I found Islam again because it has given me peace. It has given me direction and focus. I was truly lost but now, I am found,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JJC Skillz speaks on forgiveness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just days back, JJC Skillz had continued to express himself more since his relationship with his estranged wife, Funke Akindele went south.<\/p>\n<p>The father of five via his Instastories threw what seemed like a subtly shade to his former wife.<\/p>\n<p>According to JJC Skillz, he was made to understand how strong he was after he forgave someone who wasn\u2019t sorry for his or her actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never knew how strong I was until I had to forgive someone who was not sorry, and accept an apology I never received,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier interview, JJC Skillz had said this about the state of their marriage, \u201cWhen it comes to me and my wife, we are together forever when it comes to our children and what we have created.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>));\/**\/<\/script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning filmmaker and former rapper, AbdulRasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skills has announced his return to Islam, his father\u2019s religion. 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