[SeekAndFind]

Camilla Leyland, 32, pictured in Western and Muslim dress, converted to Islam in her mid-20s for 'intellectual and feminist reasons'

[DonaldC]

“Camilla Leyland, 32, pictured in Western and Muslim dress, converted to Islam in her mid-20s for ‘intellectual and feminist reasons’ “

What the ____?

[Celtic Conservative]

“...converted to Islam for intellectual and feminist reasons”.

That is one seriously convoluted thought process that came up with that reasoning. Her brains must look like a pretzel.

CC

[silverleaf]

feminism = when I wear da hijab/burka - “can’t touch this!”

[Steve_Seattle]

"Camilla Leyland, 32, pictured in Western and Muslim dress, converted to Islam in her mid-20s for 'intellectual and feminist reasons'"

Some observations:

1. Islam - particularly its core text, the Koran - has not been subjected to the intellectual scrutiny that the Christian Bible has. For over a hundred years, scholars have picked the Bible apart, analyzing it linguistically, discerning layers of development, etc., so that for many people it has lost much of its sacred character, viewed as the work of man rather than the word of God.

2. Islam is intellectually simpler than Christianity, i.e., it posits God, his prophet, and a moral code. Christianity, however, posits a Triune God and the doctrine of salvation by the sacrificial death of Jesus, both of which are ideas that many people sincerely cannot grasp. Much of Christianity is also preoccupied with dubious "end times" speculation that is unsettling and unproductive. Islam also has its "end times" aspect, but that seems much less urgent to most Muslims.

3. It is increasingly obvious that modern, secular society has become literally nihilistic, believing that life as a cruel accident, that all values are subjective, and even that notions of male and female are mere social constructs. The human spirit abhors a void, and modern society is a spiritual void.

4. "Separation of church and state" only works when most of the public - especially the ruling class - are active believers, and allow religious values a significant place in the public square. When the elite lose their faith, religion is pushed to the margins, becomes totally privatized, and no longer has a tangible presence in the wider culture. Thus the nihilism of the elite becomes palpable and oppressive. Secularists try to fill that void through idealizing politics, the state, and/or entertainment, but it doesn't work for most people. It is seen by perceptive people as shallow and dangerous.

[tbw2]

In the science fiction book “In Conquest Born”, one of the leaders is quoted as saying that when your culture does not meet one of the physical or emotional needs of its people, they will be seduced by the first culture that does.
Western women who want to be valued as mothers and protected by men, in a feminist milleau that says work overtime and kids are a burden, are being attracted to the far extreme foreign faith of Islam because housewives and stay at home moms have no respect or value in modern popular culture.

[fidelis]

The smile has left your eyes...

[fidelis]

The smile has left your eyes...

[Salvation]

feminist reasons? That’s ludicrous..

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dead eyes in the “converted” photo.