Saturday, January 10, 2004
Turning Muslim in Texas. Another show in Channel 4's Texas season. What seems to be a common element is that deeply Conservative Christians see in Islam an even more Conservative way to live. One woman gave a roll-call of society's ills that sounded suspiciously like what we've come to expect hearing from Christians (by which I don't mean to suggest that it's not a concern of conservative islam (what little I know of it)), drugs, prostitution, abortion, sex outside marriage, divorce etc. Do Muslims believe there's going to be a Day of Judgement? Because one of the converts says that 'come the day' she wants to be sitting near Muhammad. But then later on she's insisting that as a convert she knows more about Islam than those born into the religion and can help them get back in touch with their religion.
