Rabat- Oussama Benkirane, son of the head of government Abdelilah Benikirane, has reportedly revealed that a French national has converted to Islam thanks to the late Abdullah Baha, who died in a train accident in Bouznika last Sunday.
Oussama Benkirane wrote in a post on his Facebook account that he went with the son of Abdullah Baha on Thursday to visit Baha’s grave. He said that they found a man, who they had never seen before, sitting near the grave crying.
He went on to add thatthe following day, the same man visited Abdelilah Benkirane’s house in order to offer his condolences.
“He told us that he is from France and that he had converted to Islam thanks to of Abdullah Baha,” Oussama Benkirane wrote.
According to Oussama Benkirane, the Frenchman flew to Morocco in order to offer his condolences after he heard Abdellah Baha had passed away.
Reporting from Rabat by Aziz Allilou. Editing by Timothy Filla