Their journey to Islam

• Took shahadah in a mosque in Turkey
• Shared the moment on his YouTube channel
• Said Islam is perfect and Muslims are not

The full story

Jay Palfrey was a young British YouTuber who described himself as searching. He took his shahadah in a mosque in Turkey, filmed the moment, and put it online. He said Islam is perfect and Muslims are not — a distinction that mattered to him because it let him separate the faith from the failures of the people who practiced it. His channel became a record of that separation.