More than anything else it was the simplicity of the Imam that attracted me to him. In Paris the Imam lived in a small house that had just two rooms, one of which was the bedroom and the other his office room where he received people. In his living, one saw no evidence of rugs and valuable items. His eating habits were also very simple meaning that it included some amount of rice and milk. The tent in which he held the congregation prayers was also very simple.
The simplicity of the Imam attracted me to him: Professor Monty (of France)