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Robert Spencer: What Is It About Converts to Islam?

Apr 17, 2017 10:04 am By Robert Spencer

Why do so many turn to jihad? Why is it so hard to instruct them properly in the tenets of the Religion of Peace? My latest in the Geller Report:

What is it about converts to Islam? Why do so many of them get the idea that their new religion commands them to commit treason and mass murder?

On March 21, I published an article in PJ Media entitled “Meet Five Lethal American Converts to Islam.” But that was nearly a month ago; there has been plenty of time since then for converts to Islam in the United States and elsewhere to demonstrate anew that one of the gravest omissions on the part of counterterror analysts and law enforcement officials is their total lack of interest in the phenomenon of conversion to Islam and how it relates to “radicalization.”

The day after that article appeared, a convert to Islam in London named Khalid Masood drove a car into a crowd on London’s Westminster Bridge, killing four people and injuring more than fifty. Then Masood got out of the car and stabbed a policeman to death. The Islamic State (ISUS) claimed responsibility for the attack, although British police discounted that, apparently because Masood wasn’t carrying an ISIS membership card.

British authorities ignored, of course, the fact that the Islamic State has called upon Muslims in the West to attack non-Muslim civilians, specifically mentioning vehicular jihad attacks: “If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him.” One need not have contact with ISIS members to believe that the Islamic State is the caliphate and that its calls must be obeyed.

A few days later another soldier of the caliphate, like Masood a convert to Islam, appeared in court in Detroit. According to the Detroit News, “a Detroit man accused of plotting jihad on behalf of the Islamic State accepted a plea deal with federal prosecutors Thursday and could spend up to five years in prison. Sebastian Gregerson admitted he acquired a fragmentation grenade last summer from an undercover FBI employee, a crime because the grenade was an unregistered destructive device.” Gregerson calls himself Abdurrahman Bin Mikaayl.

The following week, yet another convert to Islam was in court in Germany. The Associated Press reported that four jihadis were given “lengthy prison sentences,” including a convert identified only as Marco G. The zealous Marco was found guilty “of attempted murder for placing an explosive device at the main train station in the western city of Bonn in December 2012.”

Several days the same scenario played out in Philadelphia. According to AFP, a “New Jersey teen pleaded guilty…to a plot allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group to kill Pope Francis during his 2015 visit to the United States. The US Justice Department said Santos Colon, 15 years old at the time, sought to recruit a sniper to shoot the pope as he celebrated mass in Philadelphia on September 27, 2015. Colon also allegedly planned to set off explosives.”

The week after that, it was Chicago. AP reported that “two suburban Chicago men who posed for photos holding a black Islamic State flag at a Lake Michigan beach park were arrested Wednesday on federal terrorism charges, and an undercover agent said one of the men suggested homosexuals should be thrown off the city’s tallest building.”

The converts, Joseph D. Jones and Edward Schimenti, worked to aid the Islamic State. Schimenti boasted of the day when Sharia ruled in the U.S., and “We are putting you (homosexuals) on top of Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) and we drop you.” AP noted that “Schimenti’s Google Plus profile shows a masked man holding a knife and standing alongside an IS flag. A caption reads in capital letters that if you can’t travel abroad to fight, ‘then slaughter the pagans next to you.’ Another posting reads: ‘Islamic State will control your country, matter of fact, Islam will dominate the world!!’”

As I noted in PJ Media last month, if large numbers of converts to Christianity got the idea that their new religion commanded them to kill in its name, there would be CNN studies and New York Times exposes in abundance; but the ongoing phenomenon of U.S. converts turning to jihad and betraying their own country has aroused no official curiosity at all. The ideological underpinnings of the global jihad remain a matter of indifference to all too many who have the responsibility of protecting Americans from that jihad. Unless and until that changes, the list of lethal converts to Islam is just going to keep growing. And so will the pile of dead bodies.

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  1. mortimer says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 10:26 am

    Here’s the explanation: converts to Islam (just like members of university Islamic associations) actually READ and STUDY primary, Islamic source texts such as the hadiths, Sira, Koran and the canonical commentaries that go with them, as well as Sharia law and other books on the JIHAD DOCTRINE in the 20th century that SUMMARIZE the previously mentioned writings.

    On the other hand, most ‘cradle’ Muslims do NOT study the above mentioned texts AT ALL or they learn them in a foreign ancient language (Arabic) and the learning accounts for not much beside ‘la-la’-ing (la-la-blah-blah-wah-wah-akbar). ‘Cradle’ Muslims assume that Muslims are supposed to be easy-going good-fellas who are team players and get along nicely and have good manners… since their mommies told them that. ‘Cradle’ Muslims often become astounded when the actually read Islam’s source texts. They were not told about the amorality, supremacism, intolerance, tortures, rapes, plunderings, invasions, deceptions, mental illnesses of Mohammed. They are unprepared for all that and simply DENY what they read. Some deny it for years, pretend they didn’t understand it, etc. It’s self-delusional. Other Muslims who KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT MOHAMMED invent brilliant EXCUSES for Mohammed’s VICIOUS, AMORAL, OPPORTUNISTIC conduct. They can go on denying it and making excuses for Mohammed’s depravity for many years or a life-time. Some Muslims can’t explain Mohammed, don’t like his conduct and quietly decide they don’t want to be like Mohammed.

    Islam makes deceivers out of all Muslims. Most Muslims deceive themselves about the VICIOUS, INTOLERANT, true nature of Islam.

    • Babs says

      Apr 17, 2017 at 1:00 pm

      Yes, Mortimer. Here’s my take on it, originally published on FaithFreedom but cross posted extensively elsewhere.

      http://www.faithfreedom.org/how-islam-fascinates-the-west/

      One point – muslims are forbidden from questioning, lest they lose their faith. What impact might that have on their susceptibility to self-deception?

      • mortimer says

        Apr 17, 2017 at 1:23 pm

        Agree with Babs. The prohibition against asking questions about Islam is in the Koran and comes from ALLAH himself: K. 5: 101 “O ye who believe! ask not questions about things which if made plain to you may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the Qur’an is being revealed they will be made plain to you: K.5.102 -Some people before you did ask such questions and on that account lost their faith.”

        • mortimer says

          Apr 17, 2017 at 1:29 pm

          The prohibition against asking questions about Mohammed’s fake revelations came because Mohammed wanted people to remain in confusion and bafflement like the audience at a magic act. If they knew how he appeared to saw his assistant in half, it would no longer be magic.

          He did not want them to know HOW HE DID HIS TRICKS.

    • David M says

      Apr 17, 2017 at 9:06 pm

      Exactly what I was thinking Mortimer. The converts actually study Islam, as opposed to people who were just born into it & don’t have a clue about it, the supposed “moderate” Muslims who are actually non-practising Muslims. Pretty scary stuff when you think about it.

      • LilyDarcey says

        Apr 17, 2017 at 9:23 pm

        You are right about moderate moslems, who are likened to cafeteria Christians. Moderate moslems are considered apostates of Islam. The moderate moslem is a myth.

        Moderate Islam: A MYTH! (Featuring Dana Loesch)
        StevenCrowder : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyotLRHMOIk

        Poll of how many moslems, including those moderates want Sharia in the US.
        https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/new-poll-majority-of-american-muslims-want-sharia-shocking-numbers-on-jihad/

  2. Pastor C says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 10:32 am

    What is it about converts to Islam?

    Compare Islam to Christianity. There you will find the fundamental differences between their adherents.

    Islam teaches that Mohammed, its founder, is the perfect example. Christianity, however, teaches that Jesus is the perfect example.

    Examine the lives of both. One was exceedingly sinful, violent, etc. The other was sinless and peaceful.

    One was a mere, deeply-flawed and sinful man. The other was God in human flesh and proved it by His resurrection from the dead. HE IS RISEN!

    Whichever one follows, Jesus or Mohammed, will determine and demonstrate their character as well as their conduct. They will strive to emulate the one they worship.

    Those who follow Mohammed, and the teachings of the Koran, will act just like Him.

    Those who follow Jesus, and His teachings (in the New Testament), will strive to be ‘like Christ’ (ergo) the very definition of what it means to be a Christian.

    It’s as simple as that.

    Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father (Yahweh-not Allah) except through Me!” (John 14:6)

    • Michael says

      Apr 17, 2017 at 11:07 am

      The difference between Jesus and Muhammad is that Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth, and the consequent right and lawful power to kill evildoers, including Muslims. Muhammad and his companions were insurgents whom the Romans would have slaughtered and crucified in short order.

  3. Babs says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 1:09 pm

    islam, ticks most of the boxes for the characteristics of a malignant cult. All malignant cults target the rootless, emotionally compromised and otherwise challenged. It begins by exacerbating their difficulties and then seems to provide all the answers to them. Once in, they are ensnared forever.

    The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader and (whether he is alive or dead) regards his belief system, ideology, and practices as the Truth, as law.

    Questioning, doubt, and dissent are discouraged or even punished.

    Mind-altering practices (such as meditation, chanting, speaking in tongues, denunciation sessions, and debilitating work routines) are used in excess and serve to suppress doubts about the group and its leader(s).

    The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act, and feel (for example, members must get permission to date, change jobs, marry — or leaders prescribe what types of clothes to wear, where to live, whether or not to have children, how to discipline children, and so forth).

    The group is elitist, claiming a special, exalted status for itself, its leader(s) and members (for example, the leader is considered the Messiah, a special being, an avatar — or the group and/or the leader is on a special mission to save humanity).
    The group has a polarized us-versus-them mentality, which may cause conflict with the wider society.

    The leader is not accountable to any authorities.

    The group teaches or implies that its supposedly exalted ends justify whatever means it deems necessary. This may result in members’ participating in behaviors or activities they would have considered reprehensible or unethical before joining the group (for example, lying to family or friends, or collecting money for bogus charities).

    The leadership induces feelings of shame and/or guilt in order to influence and/or control members. Often, this is done through peer pressure and subtle forms of persuasion.

    Subservience to the leader or group requires members to cut ties with family and friends, and radically alter the personal goals and activities they had before joining the group.

    The group is preoccupied with bringing in new members.

    Members are expected to devote inordinate amounts of time to the group and group-related activities.

    Members are encouraged or required to live and/or socialize only with other group members.

    The most loyal members (the “true believers”) feel there can be no life outside the context of the group. They believe there is no other way to be, and often fear reprisals to themselves or others if they leave (or even consider leaving) the group.

  4. Charli Main says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 1:10 pm

    Islam, the natural choice of psychopaths. What self respecting psychopath, fantasizing about mass murder, child rape, torture, abuse and owning sex slaves would not want to be a Muslim. Not only do you get to indulge all your sick, twisted perversions, you get to go to paradise as a reward. !!!

  5. salim says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 1:35 pm

    Back in the 1950s and 1960s, most Arabs were “muslims by name” and only a minority were strict Muslims. It was a well known observation that people who suddenly become devout Muslims develop some changes in their personalities.

    Examples:

    They become difficult to live with at home and in the society. They also become difficult to work with, and their religious rituals make them less productive.
    They adopt a serious life style, with minimal humour, jokes, laughs and other manifestation of happiness

    They avoid culture and turn against life pleasures, such as music, paintings….( a cousin of mine destroyed all the paintings in the house and stopped his sister from listening to radio songs and forced his old parents to accept his ‘rules’ )

    They suspend their common senses and believe in myths and act accordingly, e.g. they may buy and drink urine in preference to conventional medicine ..

    They may turn against their societies with vengeance

    They denounce the law in favour of the Islamic law.

    Start to glorify crime and immoral practices by giving it religious labels, such as jihad and jihad marriages (aka prostitution).

    Women turn against their feminine instincts and conceal their beauty. They may voluntarily cover up, even in the hottest weather and claim its their choice. They also voluntarily seek to be oppressed, some may even arrange for their husbands to marry more wives.

    …. and more and more

    In the West, doctors would do anything to eradicate the causes of the above. Governments would ban foods or drugs that can lead to the above symptoms. Yet they protect and nurture Islam..!!

  6. Paul N Silas says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 2:03 pm

    Why do they act violent after conversion to Islam,?

    “Stupid is as stupid does”….Forrest Gump

    • mortimer says

      Apr 18, 2017 at 5:07 am

      Why violent?

      164 jihad verses in the Koran.

      K 002:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 003:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 004:071-072, 074-077, 084, 089-091, 094-095,100-104; 005:033, 035, 082; 008:001, 005, 007, 009-010, 012, 015-017, 039-048,057-060, 065-075; 009:005, 012-014, 016, 019-020, 024-026, 029,036, 038-039, 041, 044, 052, 073, 081, 083,086, 088, 092, 111, 120, 122-123; 016:110; 022:039, 058, 078; 024:053, 055; 025:052; 029:006, 069; 033:015, 018, 020, 023, 025-027, 050; 042:039; 047:004, 020, 035; 048:015-024; 049:015; 059:002, 005-008, 014; 060:009; 061:004, 011, 013; 063:004; 064:014; 066:009; 073:020; 076:008

  7. Jan Aage Jeppesen says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 2:49 pm

    WHY?

    Essentially for the same reason as people are attracted to sex. The sexual gratification create for a short time a transcendent state of mind, and so does religious fervor, and it seems to last longer. In both cases it is an out of this world experience. Eros and religion are the two strongest forces in the life of humans.

    “The ancient Greeks called any mental disturbance for “Hiera nosos”. They talked about holy disease. To them religious fervor and excitement was the original form if any mental disease. In close vicinity of religion are found the demonical the crime and the madness, and it contain in its essence sprouts and aptitudes for the most horrible distortions and excesses. In the honor of the gods more blood has been spilled than for any other purpose. To this violent effect of the soul only one counterpart exists. As irresistible as religion only one force can grab humans – Eros.”

    (Quoted from “Religion and Eros” (1942) by the German philosopher Walter Schubart).

    Jessica Stern, the author of “Terror in the name of God” (2003) writes:

    “I have come to see that apocalyptic violence intended to “cleanse” the world of “impurities” can create a transcendent state. All the terrorist groups examined in this book believe – or at least started out believing – that they are creating a more perfect world. From their perspective, they are purifying the world of injustice, cruelty, and all that is antihuman. When I began this project, I could not understand why the killers I met seemed spiritually intoxicated. Now, I think I understand. They seem that way because they are.”

    The joint commissioner of the Mumbai police, Rakesh Maria, said of the captured terrorist Muhammad Ajmal Kasab, – known as the smiling terrorist – the only surviving perpetrator of the 2008 jihadi mass murder in Mumbai, India: “He was led to believe that he was doing something holy.”

    At least this hypothesis should be taken seriously if we want to understand the WHY? –the deepest and strongest motivation for violence in the name of God.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 17, 2017 at 5:40 pm

      Jan Aage Jeppesen wrote:

      WHY?

      Essentially for the same reason as people are attracted to sex. The sexual gratification create for a short time a transcendent state of mind, and so does religious fervor, and it seems to last longer. In both cases it is an out of this world experience. Eros and religion are the two strongest forces in the life of humans…
      …………………….

      This does not explain why converts to Judaism and Christianity and Buddhism are not violently slaughtering unbelievers.

      It is not religion in and of itself that explains this, but the tenets of Islam specifically.

    • mortimer says

      Apr 18, 2017 at 5:18 am

      Interesting angle from Jan Aage: sexual excitement in jihad.

      There is definitely a sexual reward for jihad of sex slaves in paradise and sex slaves on earth.

      By combining violence without conscience against wrong-worshipers and non-consensual, forced sex without conscience with captives, it seems to be a winning combination for many Muslims and converts to Islam.

      Question: Is the sexual part of jihad a psychological deviance, perversion or disorder? It could be. It’s a form of sadism and ‘domination’ to be sure. These ‘deviant behaviors’ are considered to be eccentric at least or even psychological disturbances.

      Note: Islam means ‘submission’. Does Islam refer to a perverted sexual ‘submission’ or submissiveness. Possible that it’s an undercurrent.

  8. IQ al Rassooli says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 3:20 pm

    Irrespective of Race Colour Nationality Culture Tradition or Gender every Muslim and every CONVERT to Islam is Sharia compliant hence every Muslim exhibits the following Characteristics~

    Obscene levels of Hatemongering Warmongering Racism & Intolerance

    compounded with Depraved and unconscionable degrees of Mendacity Duplicity Hypocrisy Disloyalty Vileness Mercilessness Ungodliness & invariably BLAME Others Syndrome (because Muslims are Peaceful and never do WRONG)

    In a nutshell Muslims represent the lowest logical, moral, spiritual and judicial levels in humanity

    IQ al Rassooli
    Kafir & Proud!

  9. TL says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 5:02 pm

    The explanation is elementary. A convert, being eager for fidelity to his or her new way, will seek out Islam’s details hungrily. So it really is just a matter of time before the convert must wrestle with the apparent contradiction between the idea that Islam is peace and the palpable malice of the ambush verse, which reads as follows:

    Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

    Since a superstitious person is morbidly fearful of spirits, belief in an omnipotent spirit will induce fear with an intensity in direct proportion to the suspicion that one has offended the great power. Many people have basically the same reaction when they have offended, or believe that they’ve offended, a parent, a police officer, the tax collector, or an employer.

    The superstitious person overcomes the morbid fear through obedience to alleged commands, such as the five commands of the ambush verse. This act of submission is very calming for the spiritualist, and in the case of Islam, the “Peace” can be maintained, in part, by fantasizing about ambushing some “idolaters”. Since the god has ordered it, the ambush can’t be a criminal act, as the idolaters like to believe. Now the convert understands that Islam is The Religion of Peace, not The Religion of Pacifism.

  10. gravenimage says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 5:17 pm

    Robert Spencer: What Is It About Converts to Islam?
    …………………….

    Of course, this is self-explanatory. A new convert tends to be especially enthusiastic about his new faith.

    A convert to Judaism eagerly studies the Torah and learns about Jewish history; a convert to Christianity is apt to read the Bible, engage in spreading the Good News and in charitable works; and a convert to Islam reads the Qur’an and engages in violent Jihad against the “filthy Infidels”.

    • Ashley says

      Apr 17, 2017 at 5:43 pm

      Yep.

      Plus it is very trendy and cool to “go Islam” these days. Sport a new look, adopt a new persona, chant a few Arabic prayers from the Qur’an…

      You’re as good as gold.

      You’ll be on the dole immediately.

    • Jan Aage Jeppesen says

      Apr 17, 2017 at 7:08 pm

      Thanks for your comment Gravenimage.

      There are practically no converts to Judaism. Most converts to Christianity are Chinese (formally) atheists and some Muslims who lost the faith probably because Islam is a violent warier religion. Buddhism is more a philosophy about life than a religion with tenets. Buddha taught his follower’s the way to eliminate their desires and wants. Buddha did not teach how to eliminate pain or how to eliminate illness, old age, or death. Nor did he teach about the existence or non-existence of gods, goddesses, or of a supreme being. He only taught about suffering, how people create it, and how it can be eliminated. Buddhism is just as pacifistic and non-violent as the life of Jesus Christ.

      Some converts to Islam are undoubtedly attracted to Islam for its violent tenets and history, but it is not proven that converts in general are more radical or violent than people born into Islam.

      Let me quote from an article about the subject discussed here:

      “ … As previous terrorist convictions show, a minority of converts is radicalized, whether by extremist organizations, while in prison or online. However, despite their initial zeal, there’s no evidence that new Muslims in general end up more extreme than those born into Islam, nor that those who are radicalized are more socially, economically or racially disadvantaged than those who are not.

      That said, research has found that in some countries – which have attracted so-called foreign fighters – converts are over-represented among violent extremists compared to the proportion of converts in the Muslim population as a whole. And research comparing American converts and “born” Muslims involved in violent extremism in 2015 found that converts were more likely to be unemployed, and to have a criminal record and a history of mental health problems. These factors were less pronounced in the UK.

      What is indisputable is that the majority of new Muslims are not drawn towards extremism. Conversion and radicalization are not one and the same, and one does not lead inexorably to the other. The former is a process of adopting a new religious identity; the latter, of being drawn into extremist beliefs and behaviors. Conversion for many marks a reported life change leading to feelings of empowerment, enhanced self-confidence and self-discipline, a sense of well-being and belonging, and in some cases desisting from self-abuse, addiction and crime.

      (Quoted from the article: “Are converts to Islam more likely to become extremists? March 28, 2017, in “The Conversation UK.”)

  11. Manny says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 8:37 pm

    Most people who are converts, and this goes for any religion, know the theology better than most who grow up in it. Those who grow up in it are cultural religionists and so go through the motions. Those who convert take the time to understand every point of it.

    • LilyDarcey says

      Apr 17, 2017 at 8:54 pm

      I wonder why so many in the black communities are converting to islam, given the extensive history of black slavery in islam? I also wonder initially for those converted in the western world, just how much they truly know about the Quran?

      Usama Dakdok is an Egyptian Christian pastor born in Egypt who says that often,the Quran used to convert those in the western world to Islam has been watered down, and it’s violent text soften to make Islam appear as peaceful. This is why he wrote a complete translation of the true violent texts of the Quran, as it is taught in the middle east, rather than the western world. ” The Generous Quran,” by Usama Dakdok is an accurate, modern English translation of the Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book. “The Generous Qur’an” by native Arabic speaker, Usama K. Dakdok, is a true study Qur’an, filled with cross-references, study notes, and a wealth of supplemental information. This much-needed translation reveals many of the flaws contained in the Qur’an, including numerous contradictions and the host of historical and scientific errors that abound within the text. Muslim apologists and Muslim translators have sought to soften and obscure many of the troubling passages within the Qur’an, but this accurate, modern English translation provides a trustworthy and reliable version of the teachings of Mohammed as revealed in the Qur’an.” You can buy it on Amazon or on Usama’s website Straightway Ministries.

    • Jan Aage Jeppesen says

      Apr 17, 2017 at 11:00 pm

      Good point Manny.

  12. 1357911 says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 9:49 pm

    Annnnnd…nobody here is mentioning (including Spencer) that the Facebook Killer is…wait for it…

    A MOZLEM!

    Frequently attended a Cleveland area mosque. Go to conservativetreehouse.com for the evidence.

    • TL says

      Apr 18, 2017 at 4:32 am

      Media have been denying that claim.

  13. 1357911 says

    Apr 17, 2017 at 9:51 pm

    OOps. Here’s the link:

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/04/16/cleveland-ohio-police-search-for-facebook-killer-steve-stevens-claims-multiple-victims/

  14. FYI says

    Apr 18, 2017 at 8:10 am

    islam attracts evil-doers for the same reason that wars attract opportunistic mercenaries.

    In islam you have a totalitarian religious-political ideology that appeals to the sort of idiotic fools who,in a previous age, would have been attracted to Bolshevism,Nazism or Fascism.

    Converts to islam amuse me when they …

    1)Adopt an Arab name perhaps in a nod to the Arab-centered islamic supremacy(but you are not an Arab and will never be considered one).It’s realty silly to see some white convert with a failed beard suddenly calling himself Khalid or Farouk or something.It must be amusing(or disturbing) for Arab Christians or ex-muslims to see some white guy pretending to be an Arab…

    And African-Americans,incidentally, might be unhappy to know that muhammed kept Black slaves..

    2)They think if they babble away in Arabic that this constitutes prayer.Muslims have to communicate with allah in Arabic(Unlike the Biblical Almighty God:you can use any language you like,formal or informal.You can pray in Hebrew,Greek,Russian or Latin etc but the point is that unlike allah{the great Sultan in the sky},who ONLY communicates in Arabic,Almighty God speaks ALL languages to ALL peoples and so God is not just for muslims.
    Almighty God has also given us…Bibles in ALL languages…,not like allah,who writes his warped teachings only in Arabic.

    Some converts might even go to the trouble of studying Arabic in order to read the koran to see the mind of allah:well,you could be really,really smart and read a Bible instead…in your own language.

    3)They seem to think they are suddenly allowed to break God’s commandments by going on some anti-infidel rampage.
    Just because allah in his koran is OK with child brides,polygamy,murdering infidels,attacking and insulting Jews,Christians,”polytheists” or Atheists doesn’t mean that Almighty God(of the correct and true Biblical revelation)is OK with it.
    God’s commandments are still applicable to converts to islam.

    4)Some academics who convert to islam clearly lack the wisdom to discern the fact that allah is NOT GOD.
    allah and his teachings are in conflict with God’s Commandments,his “prophet” muhammed lived a brutal life,completely at odds with the holy and morally good life of a genuine prophet(I know muslims who agree with this;muhammed was neither a good man nor lived a holy life)
    In fact,everything about muhammed was about himself and his own glory.

    • Robert Brooks says

      Apr 19, 2017 at 1:26 am

      You got it! There was nothing about mad mo’ that was worth honoring. If he was a prophet, what prophecies did he make that came true? Has he ever done good for anyone but himself? Did he ever do anything good? All he ever accomplished was what any man could do..Kill, steal, rob, kidnap and deceive.
      BTW
      The “Ten Commandments” are only relative to Christianity/Jude-ism. Them laws mean nothing to mudslimes. They have a totally different book.

  15. John A. Marre says

    Apr 19, 2017 at 9:29 am

    The convert learns what the religion is really about. The convert is full of religious fervor and wants to do what will please his god. The religion is about forcibly making the entire world believe in Islam, and to kill those who won’t convert. So they do everything they can to carry out the dictates of their new religion, and lose any humanity they may have had and set about viciously murdering non-believers, as Islam tells them to.
    Islam is a curse and a cancer upon the world.

  16. Lenny Leaps In says

    Apr 25, 2017 at 11:45 pm

    Why do people convert to be Muslim? No-one in their right mind will be Muslim if they study Islam. It is the world’s worst religion by far – ever. Over the centuries over 200 million people have been killed by Muslims forcing people to convert.

    It is a spiritual problem. All religions are spiritual. Demon spirits are behind everyone who is confronted by Islam – considering whether to convert. Demonic spirits keep people who are muslim.

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