I know I’m responding to an old post of yours, but there is one more possibility here - in re: to being brainwashed or stupid to convert to Islam. Much like the gang members in Chicago learned in the 70s (see; El Rukns), the easiest way to get the cops and FBI off your back is declare your meeting place a religious site, and your organization (gang) is really a “congregation” of religious followers. No risk of wiretaps if you’re a “church”. I believe that is why Islam has had so many converts from prison - it’s not the religion it’s the *benefits*, and from there it’s probably a matter of time because most of the men in prison and gangs have never had any kind of real boundaries before, and Islam gives that to them (apparently) - plus it works well with their previous beliefs in most cases (Black Liberation Theology).
You are right,and my reference was probably more to the third world than here.We have really slick people over here. The jails alone are a huge recruiting tool for the mad muzzies.