Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Kenny Bomer (Mujahid Islam) is a thirty-year revert to Islam from Christianity. He currently resides in Houston, Texas, and is the president of the Brazosport Islamic Society in Lake Jackson, Texas, located an hour south of Houston. He is a student of Mishkah University where he is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies. He is an independent researcher in the field of comparative religions, a public speaker and debater, and a community activist having organized numerous food/blanket drives to feed the homeless and needy in both Houston and Lake Jackson. Kenny Bomer is a former hip-hop artist having signed two record deals in his life with the record labels Mr. Henry/Ichiban Records (1986) and King B Music (2000). He became a certified Protection and Response (PAR) instructor with the Department of Juvenile Justice through Cypress Creek Juvenile Corrections facility in Crystal River, Florida, where he was qualified to train employees in crisis intervention and self-defense/take-down tactics and is currently a certified API (510) Pressure Vessel Inspector through the American Petroleum Institute.
At the age of eleven, he became a ward of the state after he and his younger brother were abandoned shortly after his parents separated. He became a resident of the Brazoria County Youth Home (BCYH) in Freeport, Texas, where he lived until the age of eighteen. While residing at the BCYH, he was first exposed to religion through Christian employees of the BCYH who attended Assemblies of God Churches. It was during that time that he was also exposed to Islam through his partner in music who became a member of the Nation of Islam, best known by Malcom X, Louis Farrakhan, and Elijah Muhammad. He embraced Orthodox Islam at the age of seventeen after reading the Qur’an for the first time, and through examining the religion of Islam during his own independent studies and research.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I was inspired by the unjustified hatred of Islam that is present in the world. It has been generated by propaganda that has been used numerous times to attack various groups throughout history. Technology in modern times has made the use of it even more prominent. My intention is to fight off Islamophobia by speaking about the truth and beauty of Islam.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write when I am inspired and after I have studied, researched, and pondered over the contents and topic of each chapter. Sometimes it comes quickly and sometimes it requires a lot of contemplation.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Bart D. Ehrman is an Author that I greatly respect for his honesty. I am also a big fan of Linda ILham Barto. (The Hillbilly Muslim)
What are you working on now?
I have started my second book, Reasons to Revert, which addresses the reasons why people should and do revert back to the original state of our being which is Islam.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
www.kennybomer.com as well as my Facebook page: Author Kenny Bomer
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t get discouraged. Plan and outline one chapter at a time. Let it develop naturally. Don’t force anything.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Submit to the One God who is our Creator with all of your heart and mind.
What are you reading now?
Memoirs of a Hillbilly Muslim by Linda ILham Barto
What’s next for you as a writer?
More speaking engagements and more book! God willing.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Qur’an, The Life of Muhammad by Haykal, Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman
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