Qatar’s snooker coach Rory McLeod expresses his love for Islam – Snooker news
The current world number 35 Rory McLeod, who spends much of his time coaching the Qatar national team, has expressed his feeling about his religion, Islam.
McLeod, who was born in a Christian family from Jamaica, turned Muslim after having various discussions about faith with the Qatar protégés.
McLeod, who has just turned 40, told the media he is a Muslim and there should be no doubts about it. He also remarked snooker comes third for him, as he has to look after his family as well which lives in England.
While speaking on his inclusion, he said, “I am definitely a Muslim first, then I am family man, then I am a snooker player third - and snooker means the world to me. You can imagine what the first and second are like. Islam is a way of life, it is not something
you pick up and put down. I carry it with me wherever I go.”
He further added, “If I say my five daily prayers, it could take up 10 minutes of my time. It is not really a great deal of time. It's not like I am in solitude for half a day. How many times do we waste an hour of our time? My five daily prayers could take
10 minutes, and what is that?”
McLeod thanked his Creator for blessing him with so much and said the prayers and the time he normally spends for his God is something worth it. He commented his eyes, feet on which he walks, family, job and everything else that he has is given to him from
his God and the time he spends in the prayers is nothing compared to his daily routine.
However, despite all the constraints McLeod is something of an anomaly, as his game is improving with his age. He finished in the last-16 round of the 2011 World Snooker Championship last month where his hopes were ended by the eventual winner John Higgins.
Later on, McLeod also received the Moment of the Season award in the sport’s end-of-season awards ceremony and he is going to bid for a place in the top 16 when the 2011-12 season gets underway.
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