Original sentence: At the age of 17, in 1977, Hanson converted to Islam in Santa Barbara, California, after having a near-death experience in a car accident which led him to read the Qur'an and eventually become a Muslim.Hamza Yusuf was born as Mark Hanson in  Walla Walla, Washington and was raised in Northern California in a Greek Orthodox family, the son of a US academic father, veteran of World War II, and activist mother
Edited sentence: At the age of 17, in 1977, Hanson converted to Islam in Santa Barbara, California, after having a near-death experience in a car accident.Hamza Yusuf was born as Mark Hanson in  Walla Walla, Washington and was raised in Northern California to a father of Catholic faith and a mother of Greek Orthodox faith, but who herself was more spiritual and eclectic than religious.Hamzah Yusuf is even taught at Universities in the Arab world, even in English language programs.Hamzah Yusuf is the right Sheihk for the modern interpretation of Islam.He decided he did not know enough and had not thought enough about religion, purpose and the afterlife to have left this world at that point.He's deeply rooted in the Prophet's biography and manages thanks to his extreme intelligence to find answers to all current moslem issues in that light.This led him to read the Qur'an and eventually become a Muslim.While recuperating he read The Book of Certainty which had in it many quotes from the Qur'an that dealt with the afterlife.Yusuf's father was a US academic and veteran of World War II, and his mother an activist