29 May 2010

Young. British. Female. Muslim

And yet, while less than 2 per cent of the population now attends a Church of England service every week, the number of female converts to Islam is on the rise. At the London Central Mosque in Regent’s Park, women account for roughly two thirds of the “New Muslims” who make their official declarations of faith there – and most of them are under the age of 30.

[COMMENT] Britain is an amazing country where people like these young women have the right and privelege and FREEDOM to share these stories. In my country were a Muslim to convert and find comfort in Christianity, there would be no way they would live to tell the tale quite literally.

[COMMENT] Good luck to these women. Sometime we have to travel a long to find happiness. But I wonder if any of them actually read the Koran before converting? Are they happy with the fact that their new religion says that they are property of their husbands and should be beaten if disobedient? [Times Online] Read more