Utah Valley University’s Faith Forum invited Tito Momen, author of “My Name Used to Be Muhammad.” Momen shared his journey from Islam to Mormon-Christianity, and the hardship that befell him for his beliefs. He had been imprisoned in Egypt more than 25 years ago when he was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and changed his name to reflect his changed beliefs. He spent 15 years in prison, enduring beatings, abuse and hardships, but would not deny his newly obtained faith, he said.

C. Hulsman:Utah is a state in the US with a very high percentage of Mormons. It is thus not strange this forum took place in Utah and featured a convert to the Mormon faith. The conversion from Islam to the Mormon faith is rare since the number of Mormons in Egypt is small. Many Christians would not call Mormons Christian because of the Book of Mormon that, they believe, is based on a revelation after that of the apostle John in the book of Revelations.