[jailbird]

For me, this was the money quote:

In fact, she explains, she liked the way "Islam demands a closeness to God. Islam is simpler, more rigorous, and it's easier because it is explicit. I was looking for a framework; man needs rules and behavior to follow. Christianity did not give me the same reference points."

I guess no one ever bothered to tell her about:

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John

Or even just:

Sermon on the Mount, I
Sermon on the Mount, II
Sermon on the Mount, III

About as "simple", "rigorous" and "explicit" a "framework" for "rules" and "behavior" as one could possibly imagine. Or hope for.

[nmh]

The girl really doesn't have a clue.

Clearly she doesn't understand Christianity.

At the very least the Ten Commandments would be a good starting point for her ... .

[rwfromkansas]

Well, she was Catholic at first. That is probably why she never heard of that stuff.

[The Worthless Miracle]

Well Islam's got rules, I guess... murder infidels, no pork, beat your wife at will...

[VOA]

Your post nailed it.
Reminds me of hearing Shaq explaining his conversion to Islam due to
(in so many words) Christianity being more about various forms of
dissipation and partying.

I was saying "heck, I must have fallen asleep at my conservative
Christian undergrad college when they covered 'Hedonism For Christians'".

Oh well, folks sometimes convert to religions or "-isms" for the
flimsiest of pretexts.

[gotribe]

About as "simple", "rigorous" and "explicit" a "framework" for "rules" and "behavior" as one could possibly imagine. Or hope for.

Close but not quite. Even in the passages you cite there is room for doubt, questioning, and spiritual growth. I truly believe what the muslims like is the ritual. Islam simply lays it all out for you: do this, do this, don't do that, don't do that, pray facing east, pray 5 times a day, give X% of income to charity, etc, etc. It doesn't require a lot of thinking or soul-searching. And that is the problem. It's perfect for modern Europe.