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I'm a feminist, and I converted to Islam
CNN ^ | 10/14/2014 | Theresa Corbin

Posted on 10/15/2014 1:44:17 PM PDT by Bettyprob

I am a Muslim, but I wasn't always. I converted to Islam in November 2001, two months after 9/11.

I was 21 and living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was a bad time to be a Muslim. But after four years of studying, poking and prodding at world religions and their adherents, I decided to take the plunge.

I am the product of a Creole Catholic and an Irish atheist. I grew up Catholic, then was agnostic, now I'm Muslim.

My journey to Islam began when I was about 15 years old in Mass and had questions about my faith. The answers from teachers and clergymen -- don't worry your pretty little head about it -- didn't satisfy me.

So I did what any red-blooded American would do: the opposite. I worried about it. For many years. I questioned the nature of religion, man and the universe.

After questioning everything I was taught to be true and digging through rhetoric, history and dogma, I found out about this strange thing called Islam. I learned that Islam is neither a culture nor a cult, nor could it be represented by one part of the world. I came to realize Islam is a world religion that teaches tolerance, justice and honor and promotes patience, modesty and balance.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: feminist; islam; louisiana; religion
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101 posted on 10/15/2014 3:15:14 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: Bettyprob
Ah, the lefties who become moslem fundies to p*** off the rednecks. What would they do if (theoretically) islam followed through on its stated goal of converting everyone, including the hated rednecks?
102 posted on 10/15/2014 3:18:41 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: zencycler
But on another topic (similar to my last post on this thread), if you do a Google Video search (exact quote) for: “Celebrities who converted to Islam” you get 6,250 results.

But if you do a search for: “Celebrities who converted to Christianity” - you get O results.

BOGUS! BOGUS! BOGUS!

"Celebrities who converted to Christianity" = About 389,000 results

"Celebrities who converted to Islam" = About 502,000 results

103 posted on 10/15/2014 3:22:58 PM PDT by x
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To: Paradox; cyn
I dont see how any “western” Christian could “question their religion”, and end up a Muslim... an Athiest, I can understand, but a Muslim? Makes me think there is something wrong with these people in the first place.

Humans need structure and rules. Children are supposed to learn societal boundaries, civility, respect for others, and a heavy dose of humility... that the world doesn't revolve around them.

The left thought it could play god and toss out all the rules of human nature, polite society, and cause and effect, as if civilization didn't rest upon the foundational pillars of God, marriage, family, virtue, the rule of law, and love and respect for others.

Rejecting the natural order, these dingbats end up embracing other types of "order"... police states, islam... that require brute force to maintain control.

Liberal women are attracted to the very misogynists they rail against... the type of men (or bulldykes) who shame and embarrass them, slap them down, and generally treat them with utter contempt if not outright brutality. Without a sense of self-respect or true independence, with no internal boundaries to guide them, they gravitate toward control freaks and/or freakish control systems that are eager to make and enforce rules.

Kennedy women, Clinton worshipers, Obama drones, and all who are perpetually needy for big government... there's something wrong with them all right. Professing independence as "feminists", they are helpless fools who would rather take a beating than get a clue. Life is apparently about collecting a stack of victim cards to play when light and truth i.e. reality slips through their wall of lies.

This women wanted answers and she got them in islam, because she found a system that would lie to her but good, by whatever force necessary. Same spirit operates the Obama nation of Desolation.

104 posted on 10/15/2014 3:23:07 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Some choices need to be rewarded in full. Darwin must shake his head at the lengths some people will go to win his award.


105 posted on 10/15/2014 3:29:55 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: x
BOGUS! BOGUS! BOGUS!

"Celebrities who converted to Christianity" = About 389,000 results

"Celebrities who converted to Islam" = About 502,000 results


Apparently, you did not read my post well, nor did you click on the links I provided. I cited a "Google Video" search - the results to which you are referring are from just a general Google search.

The reason I find the video search interesting and more informative of a statement on our current popular culture, is because that would be more reflective of videos posted on the internet, whereas the regular Google search would just have multiple listing of historical references.
106 posted on 10/15/2014 3:35:41 PM PDT by zencycler
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To: x
...whereas the regular Google search would just have multiple listings of historical references.
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Oops - I meant to say "also include" above, not "just have"
107 posted on 10/15/2014 3:37:39 PM PDT by zencycler
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To: zencycler

My results were for the google video search. Try it again.


108 posted on 10/15/2014 3:46:48 PM PDT by x
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To: Bettyprob

A feminist Muslim...isn’t that the same as a unicorn or a Pegasus? In other words, nonexistent?


109 posted on 10/15/2014 3:47:21 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: Bettyprob
I learned that Islam is neither a culture nor a cult, nor could it be represented by one part of the world. I came to realize Islam is a world religion that teaches tolerance, justice and honor and promotes patience, modesty and balance.

Poor dear doesn't understand the difference between "book learning" and "education".

Give it some time, though, and she will inevitably get a clue...

110 posted on 10/15/2014 3:48:23 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Bettyprob
She's coming at this from a Western boutique approach to the religion, becoming a "cafeteria Muslim" who puts together her own idea of the religion, which doesn't correspond to how the Muslims actually live overseas (or even in some ethnic enclaves here), and she married a guy who came at Islam from the same background.

Maybe she was looking for something like Unitarianism but with more structure and discipline. It's hard to say what happens when Theresa goes to a mosque and meets Muslims from a different background. Maybe there's a whole mosque somewhere filled with people like her.

Female genital mutilation goes back to pre-Islamic times in Africa. There's no denying that it's become accepted in the Islamic world, but strictly speaking it's not mandated by the religion itself though many Muslims and non-Muslims make that assumption.

111 posted on 10/15/2014 3:50:15 PM PDT by x
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To: Cecily
"Where in the Muslim world today are any of the above practiced without controversy, pushback from men or the religious authorities (including “honor” killings), and practiced in the same way these things are practiced in Western democracies?"

We all know the answer to that one, don't we?

We also know that like democrats, Muslims are justified (in their minds and their religion) in speaking falsehoods if it advances their cause.

112 posted on 10/15/2014 3:50:48 PM PDT by Baynative (Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
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To: SteveH

The glasses tell you everything you need to know.


113 posted on 10/15/2014 3:53:09 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Bettyprob

Were this FemiNazi/Muslim sincere in her conversion to Islam, there would be one sure way to determine whether or not she was a sincere convert.

The question may be resolved easily - Has she volunteered for Female Genital Mutilation?

Or not?


114 posted on 10/15/2014 3:55:49 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: x
Maybe she was looking for something like Unitarianism but with more structure and discipline.

And more exotic and more alien to whitebread WASP types. She's basically using her religion like an extreme piercing or body modification.

115 posted on 10/15/2014 4:02:16 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Celtic Conservative

Sic, facit.


116 posted on 10/15/2014 4:12:27 PM PDT by rmh47 (Go Kats! - Got eight? NRA Life Member])
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To: Celtic Conservative

Sic, facit.


117 posted on 10/15/2014 4:12:56 PM PDT by rmh47 (Go Kats! - Got eight? NRA Life Member])
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To: MrB

Exactly.


118 posted on 10/15/2014 4:20:41 PM PDT by softengine (Betrayal and Hypocrisy play on both sides of the fence.......but no one will admit it.)
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To: Bettyprob

“I came to realize Islam is a world religion that teaches tolerance, justice and honor and promotes patience, modesty and balance.”

The above line will tell you more about this persons psychological state than all the rest combined. She didn’t “question” anything. She was hell bent on getting somewhere and she got there. She’s angry. Very.


119 posted on 10/15/2014 4:22:04 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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To: rmh47

Vero, vero.

CC


120 posted on 10/15/2014 4:25:31 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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