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Jose Padilla

Religious Converts: Rebels and Radicals

by Paolo Bassi Despite the efforts of the massive self-help industry and our confessional culture, there is no human transformation as profound as that of religious conversion. Nothing works quite like religion to create the new person. Sometimes, the convert suddenly acquires a new world view, a new identity, and for those who adopt Islam, even a new arabic name. Conversion should raise as many questions about the convert's psychological state as it does about the theological reasons, but the former are usually subsumed in the new happiness.

Another Lure of Islam

 

Another Lure of Islam


By Antonio G.

2006/01/01

What brought you here?: 
Why don't more Muslims believe that there is more truth outside of the Qur'an than inside of it? Why won't they believe in 21st science that shows how many fallacies permeate the Qur'an?

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