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Why are so many Women converting to Islam?

According to "The Plain Truth", February 1984, in its 50 Year Anniversary Issue, quoting from the "World Almanac and Book of Facts 1935" and "Reader's Digest Almanac and Yearbook 1983", between 1934 and 1984.

Christianity increased 47%
World Population increased 136%
Islam increased 235%


100,000 people per year in America alone, are converting to Islam. For every 1 male convert to Islam, 4 females convert to Islam.
They're discovering the FACTS and not basing their decisions on biased media. They realise they deserve to know the complete unadulterated truth.

1. The Bible Convicts Women as the original Sinners (ie. Eve picking from the forbidden tree){Genesis 2:4-3:24}.

The Koran Clarifies it was Adam Not Eve {Koran 7:19-25}


2. The Bible says "The Birth of a Daughter is a loss" {Ecclesiasticus 22:3}.

The Koran says both are an Equal Blessing {Koran 42:49}


3. The Bible forbids women from speaking in church {I Corinthians 14:34-35}.

The Koran says women can argue with the Prophet {58:1}

4. In the Bible, divorced Women are Labeled as an Adulteress, not men {Matthew 5:31-32}

The Koran does Not have Biblical double standards{Koran 30:21}


5. In The Bible, widows and sisters do not inherit Any property or wealth, only men do {Numbers 27:1-11}

The Koran abolished this male greed {Koran 4:22} and God protects all.


6. The Bible Allows Multiple Wives {I Kings 11:3}

In The Koran, God limits the number to 4 only under certain situations (with the wife's permission)and prefers you marry only one wife {Koran 4:3} The Koran gives the woman the right to choose who to marry.


7. "If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives" {Deuteronomy 22:28-30}

One must ask a simple question here, who is really punished, the man who raped the woman or the woman who was raped? According to the Bible, you have to spend the rest of your life with the man who raped you.

The Prophet Muhammad Says {Volume 9, Book 86, Number 101} Narrated by Aisha:"It is essential to have the consent of a virgin (for the marriage)".

Would the Non-Muslim men reading this prefer the Women they know to be Christian or Muslim?


8. The Bible also asks women to wear veils as in Islam {I Corinthians 11:3-10}



9. Women were given rights to Vote less than a 100 years ago in the (US), while the Koran gave women voting rights almost 1,500 years ago.



Christian Scientists are declaring the Koran is from God. Click this link-http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/library/jesus-say/ch13.html for stories of Christians and atheist scientists who convert to Islam and why. The Christian Bishops and Priests are admitting the Bible has tensions.- http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/library/jesus-say/ch2.1.html

Jesus is a Muslim? Click here.-
http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/libra...h6.10.html

The list goes on and on, to hear from some of these converts, including Nuns, and many Famous people click Here. For a more Information and Statistics click Here

This is Dedicated to Past, Present, and Future Muslim Sisters, Family and Friends, to the Devil who prefers slander and hype over facts. Peace and Blessings upon All.

Source: http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/women_why_converting.htm

I think most of this is due to the vast majority of the world population increase being in Muslim Countries, rather than any profound increase in people converting?

In any case I find you're quoting incredibily selective and dubious to say the least. Not least you're reprinting someone's else's work without any input of you're own. Anybody can do that, one does not have to be particulary gifted to do so. You quote from something published in 1984 (almost 24+ years ago!) - any up to date references to back up the thread title? Have you read any of the passages you quote? For instance:

Also

Quote:6. The Bible Allows Multiple Wives {I Kings 11:3}

In The Koran, God limits the number to 4 only under certain situations (with the wife's permission)and prefers you marry only one wife {Koran 4:3} The Koran gives the woman the right to choose who to marry.

Do you know who the bible is talking about when you quote this??! Most people who follow the Bible will be very surprised that the Bible allows this!

Kings 11:3 says :

Quote:And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

How can you take this to mean the bible allows multiple wives? The bible is making reference to an individual, (you really should look up who is being referenced!) not giving explicit permission. Everytime I say "He was gossipying", am I giving permission to then gossip?

Similarly you're quote:

Quote:5. In The Bible, widows and sisters do not inherit Any property or wealth, only men do {Numbers 27:1-11}
The Koran abolished this male greed {Koran 4:22} and God protects all.

The actual Bible quote you reference says:

Quote: So Moses brought their case before the LORD 6 and the LORD said to him, 7 "What Zelophehad's daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among their father's relatives and turn their father's inheritance over to them.

How do you take that the bible forbits inheritence to women from that?

If you are going to make long winded posts (even copying them ad naseum from other papers) please at least check what you're quoting.

1984??? This is 2008!

Any material more up to date??

(11-02-2008 11:03 PM)Shine_On Wrote: [ -> ]1984??? This is 2008!

Any material more up to date??

Description: An article published in The Times about the rise of Islam in the UK, and why most of those who convert are women.

By The Times - Published on 11 Jun 2007 - Last modified on 25 Jun 2007

The Spread of a World Creed

Lucy Berrington finds the Muslim Faith is winning Western admirers despite hostile media coverage.

Unprecedented numbers of British people, nearly all of them women, are converting to Islam at a time of deep divisions within the Anglican and Catholic churches.

The rate of conversions has prompted predictions that Islam will rapidly become an important religious force in this country. “Within the next 20 years the number of British converts will equal or overtake the immigrant Muslim community that brought the faith here”, says Rose Kendrick, a religious education teacher at a Hull comprehensive and the author of a textbook guide to the Koran. She says: “Islam is as much a world faith as is Roman Catholicism. No one nationality claims it as its own”. Islam is also spreading fast on the continent and in America.

The surge in conversions to Islam has taken place despite the negative image of the faith in the Western press. Indeed, the pace of conversions has accelerated since publicity over the Salman Rushdie affair, the Gulf War and the plight of the Muslims in Bosnia. It is even more ironic that most British converts should be women, given the widespread view in the west that Islam treats women poorly. In the United States, women converts outnumber men by four to one, and in Britain make up the bulk of the estimated 10, 000 to 20, 000 converts, forming part of a Muslim community of 1 to 1.5 million. Many of Britains “New Muslims” are from middle-class backgrounds. They include Matthew Wilkinson, a former head boy of Eton who went on to Cambridge, and a son and daughter of Lord Justice Scott, the judge heading the arms-to-Iraq enquiry.

A small scale survey by the Islamic Foundation in Leicester suggests that most converts are aged 30 to 50. Younger Muslims point to many conversions among students and highlight the intellectual thrust of Islam and I think that is what is happening in our day” says Aliya Haeri, an American-born psychologist who converted 15 years ago. She is a consultant to the Zahra Trust, a charity publishing spiritual literature and is one of Britain’s prominent Islamic speakers. She adds: “Western converts are coming to Islam with fresh eyes, without all the habits of the East, avoiding much of what is culturally wrong. The purest tradition is finding itself strongest in the West.”

Some say the conversions are prompted by the rise of comparative religious education. The British media, offering what Muslims describe as a relentless bad press on all things Islamic, is also said to have helped. Westerners despairing of their own society - rising in crime, family breakdown, drugs and alcoholism - have come to admire the discipline and security of Islam. Many converts are former Christians disillusioned by the uncertainty of the church and unhappy with the concept of the Trinity and deification of Jesus.

Quest of the Convert - Why Change?

Other converts describe a search for a religious identity. Many had previously been practising Christians but found intellectual satisfaction in Islam. “I was a theology student and it was the academic argument that led to my conversion.”Rose Kendrick, a religious education teacher and author, said she objected to the concept of the original sin: “Under Islam, the sins of the fathers aren’t visited on the sons. The idea that God is not always forgiving is blasphemous to Muslims.

Maimuna, 39, was raised as a High Anglican and confirmed at 15 at the peak of her religious devotion. “I was entranced by the ritual of the High Church and thought about taking the veil.”Her crisis came when a prayer was not answered. She slammed the door on visiting vicars but travelled to convents for discussions with nuns. “My belief came back stronger, but not for the Church, the institution or the dogma.” She researched every Christian denomination, plus Judaism, Buddhism and Krishna Consciousness, before turning to Islam.

Many converts from Christianity reject the ecclesiastical heirarchy emphasising Muslims’ direct relationship with God. They sense a lack of leadership in the Church of England and are suspicious of its apparent flexibility. “Muslims don’t keep shifting their goal-posts ,” says Huda Khattab, 28, author of The Muslim Woman’s Handbook, published this year by Ta-Ha. She converted ten years ago while studying Arabic at university. “Christianity changes, like the way some have said pre-marital sex is okay if its with the person you’re going to marry. It seems so wishy-washy. Islam was constant about sex, about praying five times a day. The prayer makes you conscious of God all the time. You’re continually touching base.


Why Are Women Turning to Islam

Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:27:59 −0700 (PDT)•

At a time when Islam is faced with hostile media coverage particularlywhere the status of women in Islam is concerned, it may be quitesurprising to learn that Islam is the fastest growing religion in theworld, and even more ironic to discover that the majority of convertsto Islam are WOMEN .

The status of women in society is neither a new issue, nor is it afully settled one. And where Islam is mentioned, for many the term'Muslim Women' prompts images of exhausted mothers chained to thestove, 'victims' suppressed in a life of indoctrination, frantic to bewesternized and so on. Others will go to great lengths to explain howthe hijaab is an obstacle, clouding the mind, and comment that femaleconverts are either brainwashed, stupid or traitors to their sex. Ireject such accusations and pose to them the following question: why is it that so many women who have been born and brought in the socalled 'civilized' societies of Europe and America are willing toreject their 'liberty' and 'independence' to embrace a religion thatsupposedly oppresses them and is widely assumed to be prejudicial tothem?

As a Christian convert to Islam, I can only present my personalexperience and reasons for rejecting the 'freedom' that women claim tohave in this society in favour of the only Religion that trulyliberates women by giving us a status and position, which iscompletely unique when compared with that of our non−Muslimcounterparts. Before coming to Islam, I had strong feminist tendenciesand recognized that where a woman was concerned, a lot of shufflingaround had been going on, yet without being able to pin her on thesocial map. The problem was ongoing: new 'women's issues' being raisedwithout the previous ones being satisfactorily resolved. Like the manywomen who shared my background, I wouldaccuse Islam of being a sexist religion, discriminating, oppressingand giving men the greater privileges. All of this, coming from aperson who did not even know Islam, one who had been blinded due toignorance and had accepted this deliberately distorted definition ofIslam.However, despite my criticisms of Islam, inwardly, I wasn't satisfied

Source:http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Uk/uk.religion.islam/2008−04/ms

Articles

Latino women finding a place in Islam

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9352969/

Why European women are turning to Islam

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1227/p01s04-woeu.html

Very interesting video clips

Japanese women turning to Islam

http://www.biharanjuman.org/Reverts/Japa...-ISLAM.htm

Dutch Women Turning To ISLAM In Holland

http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/dutch-wome...nd/6631036

Many German Women Turning To ISLAM

http://www.truveo.com/Many-German-Women-...1548962256

Does anyone know if its just Islam and Christianity that are growing? What about other religions? I'd expect increases anyway given the rise in the world populations, I didn't have time to go through all the links above, But I'll have to seek out percentage figures. they'd be very interesting to see who is actually gaining more converts.

(12-15-2008 01:10 PM)admin Wrote: [ -> ]Does anyone know if its just Islam and Christianity that are growing? What about other religions? I'd expect increases anyway given the rise in the world populations, I didn't have time to go through all the links above, But I'll have to seek out percentage figures. they'd be very interesting to see who is actually gaining more converts.

According to the The World Christian Database (WCD) 2000-2005[6] these are the figures of the growing religions in the world.

1.84% - Islam
1.70% - Bahá'í Faith
1.62% - Sikhism
1.57% - Hinduism
1.32% - Christianity

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_to_be_the_fastest_growing_religion

Fast-growing Islam winning converts in Western world


CAIRO (CNN) -- In the port city of Suez -- and across the Islamic world -- they are celebrating the Hajj, the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.

"This is a joyous day and the best day in the life of a man," said pilgrim Hussein Suleiman Hussein. "It is as if I am being born anew."


Millions of Muslims across the world will trek to Mecca this week for the annual religious event. They circle the Kaaba, a shrine that contains a black stone sacred to the Prophet Mohammed.


Mohammed decreed that every Muslim who can afford it make the Hajj at least once. It is one of five holy duties required in Islam.

A Muslim's first duty is to proclaim that there is only one God and that Mohammed is his prophet. Muslims also must pray five times a day, give charity to the poor and fast during the daylight hours of the holy month of Ramadan.

When a cannon signals that the sun has set during Ramadan, Muslims in Cairo break their fast with friends and family, often inviting the poor to share their meals.


Fastest-growing religion


The second-largest religion in the world after Christianity, Islam is also the fastest-growing religion. In the United States, for example, nearly 80 percent of the more than 1,200 mosques have been built in the past 12 years.

Some scholars see an emerging Muslim renaissance as Islam takes root in many traditionally Christian communities.

Islam has drawn converts from all walks of life, most notably African-Americans. Former NAACP President Benjamin Chavis, who joined the Nation of Islam recently, personifies the trend.

"In societies where you have minorities that are discriminated against, I think they may find an appeal in Islam," said Waleed Kazziha of American University in Cairo.

Many moderate Islamic countries such as Turkey and Egypt are becoming more conservative.

Two decades ago, few middle-class Egyptian women wore scarves or veils on their heads. Now they crowd into special emporiums that advertise Islamic clothing.

The shift toward Islamic fundamentalism worries many in the secular world, a fear underscored when splinter groups target Westerners with violent attacks.


Islam vs. the West

But most scholars argue that the extremists are a very small minority and that most Muslims adhere to principles in the Koran that teach peace and tolerance.


"The Islamic world is like any other society we have known in history," said Kazziha. "You might say it has the good, the bad and the ugly."

Founded in 622 A.D., Islam is among the newer major religions. But to the non-Muslim world, it sometimes appears inflexible. Clashes between Islamic tradition and Western influence are sweeping the globe.

In Islam, contrary to Western beliefs, the rights of the community are considered more important than the rights of the individual. Women are seen primarily as caretakers of the home, and religion strongly influences schools, government and courts.

Many Muslims today are trying to find a balance between being members of a global society and maintaining ties to a religion that calls for strict adherence to the Koran.

A case in point is 35-year-old Hisham Hussein, a wealthy playboy who turned to religion and swore off alcohol after an automobile accident.

He is going to Mecca this spring. "The most important thing is to maintain the purity of the Hajj, to lead a pure life," he said.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/14/egypt.islam/

(12-15-2008 11:53 PM)The_truth Wrote: [ -> ]According to the The World Christian Database (WCD) 2000-2005[6] these are the figures of the growing religions in the world.

1.84% - Islam
1.70% - Bahá'í Faith
1.62% - Sikhism
1.57% - Hinduism
1.32% - Christianity

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_to_be_the_fastest_growing_religion

Cool. Thanks!!!! It might look tiny in percentage terms but when applied to billions of people it means Islam is growing by millions more per annum.