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Originally Posted by raeanna74
I wonder if the interest in Islam is because people want to know what the extremists who would cause 9/11 believe. When they begin to study Islam, they find out that the extremists have warped the faith that most Muslims hold and they find out that they are attracted to Islam. In a sense it's given Islam a broader exposure to people who would otherwise not even consider it. Does that make sense?
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I've met many converts to islam in the 1980s. Today I've met only 1 since 9/11, and he converted from judaism because he married a young islamic woman, much to the dismay of the family members.
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