Leena and Stuart Brookes initially fell out but now make TikTok's poking fun at their unusual relationship
By Ben Thompson
DAD AND MUSLIM DAUGHTER MOCK THEIR UNUSUAL RELATIONSHIP
(KENT LIVE) A ‘stereotypically English’ beer-swilling dad who fell out with his teenage daughter when she converted to Islam now pokes fun at their unusual relationship on TikTok – to show ‘people can change their views at any age’.
Leena Brookes, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, became a Muslim when she was just 13 despite having gone to a Church of England primary school and clashed with her parents as a result.
Dad Stuart Brookes was adamantly against his daughter’s decision and didn’t speak to her for several years, fearing she had been brainwashed into the decision after reading about ISIS and grooming gangs in the news.
However the 52-year-old demolition worker soon learned that changing her religion hadn’t changed Leena and after getting to know her husband-to-be Jamal Eldeen Saeed’s family too, he accepted her religion.
