The Defining Characteristic
By Belinda I recently read about the conversion to Islam of English broadcaster Lauren Booth . This isn't a commentary on the propoganda frenzy that has ensued, or a critique of her conversion, but I was struck by a couple of aspects of her story and wanted to write here about them here, today and tomorrow. It was October 31st and I was on my way back home from England again, feeling, as I often do, that my heart straddles two continents. One of my rituals en route is to pick up a Daily Mail for Paul. He loves to catch up on some fresh English news. It was Sunday, so it was The Mail on Sunday that I picked up this time and reading the paper made the three hours of my bus ride from Birmingham to Manchester airport, pass quickly. The paper had an article by Lauren Booth, entitled, Why I Love Islam (...and so do my daughters.) It was the "why" part of the title that grabbed my interest. Why would a...