The woman who tore up a picture of the pope on live television because of the church’s stance on abortion is now a muslim? Total nutter.
Pot: “The kettle is black!”
The western Left celebrates transgressiveness. One way of being transgressive is supporting abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, etc. However, even conservative religions/philosophies may also be viewed as "transgressive," and at present islam leads that list. Thus one may "convert to islam," change all one's previous leftist positions (while keeping the alliances), and still be viewed as "transgressive."
I was reading about some celeb who had converted to islam. He was bragging about how he didn't drink or do drugs any more. He could have achieved the same thing by becoming a chrstian, but that wouldn't be "transgressive."