Is it true that three-quarters of Westerners will convert to Islam after reading this book?
I don't think many people will pick it up for three reasons: 1. Right from the name, it's telling the reader that they're wrong, which will both instantly put them in a defensive mindset and insult them 2. The cover design 3.
People in general, not as a fault, tend to read explicitly religious material that they know is trying to convert them with very skeptical and/or closed minds. The term 'Westerner' is confusing to me as well: I'm a Muslim and was born Muslim in Vancouver, Canada. Trust me, it doesn't get much further west than here.As for English speaking countries, ~7mil.
Muslims in the US, 2.5mil in the UK, and ~1-2 mil. In Canada+Australasia combined makes for a pretty solid 11-12 million Muslim "westerners" who can't be 'converted' The spread of any ideology or belief is best done by example: e.g. If I follow Islam properly and someone else sees it as the way to go, they'll follow as well. I think the book can be a great potential informational piece, but framing it as a conversion machine feels wrong.
Wasalaam, -Kashif.
Transcript of part of an interview conducted by Dr. Tariq Ramadan with sister Batool al-Toma, director of the New Muslims project at the Islamic Foundation, UK, in the weekly TV program “Islam and Life.” In the interview, sister Batool, herself a convert to Islam, explains the different reasons that encourage westerners to decide to become Muslim. Tariq Ramadan: This week we are going to discuss the challenges facing people who convert to Islam.
“I have always held the religion of Mohammed in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phases of existence which can make itself appeal to every age.” People in the Western world have been converting to Islam for some time.
Cassius Clay, the three times World Heavyweight boxing Champion, embrac “The feelings I had while standing on Mount Arafat on the day of the Hajj was the most unique. I felt exalted by the indescribable spiritual atmosphere there as over one and a half million pilgrims invoked God to forgive them for their sins.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.
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