[proxy_user]

Islam has traditionally been attractive to those at the bottom of society. It advertises itself as offering equality to all believers. In India, most of the converts were Dalits and other low-caste Indians.

So when US blacks were still faced legal discrimination, a religion that welcomed all had considerable attraction.

[nickcarraway]

Is that really what happens? The Muslim world seems to have more disparity between have and have nots and the powerful and powerless?

Consider this: A Muslim individual has more rights and freedom in Israel than any other country in the Middle East.