converts
Nikki Haley says she’s Christian, but it’s complicated
By Khyati Y. Joshi — February 16, 2023
(RNS) — Dogged by questions about her faith, what is she trying to prove?
‘Becoming Muslim’ podcast asks converts, what happens after you see the light?
By Bob Smietana — March 9, 2022
(RNS) — A podcast series from public radio station KALW looks at the stories of Muslim American converts and the challenges of living out their spiritual transformation.
From Illinois to Puerto Rico, Latino Muslims navigate faith and quarantine among their non-Muslim families
By Alejandra Molina — May 22, 2020
(RNS) — While COVID-19 has disrupted in-person worship services for all people of faith, it has further impacted Latino Muslim converts whose religious community can be exclusively outside their households.
Fleeing persecution, Christian converts find safe houses in England
By Trevor Grundy — December 12, 2014
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Christian Concern believes thousands of Muslims are anxious to convert and in need of housing after suffering verbal -- and sometimes physical -- attacks from families, friends and co-workers.
For some converts, Ramadan is the loneliest time of year
By Omar Sacirbey — July 8, 2013
(RNS) Ramadan is the most social month of the Muslim year, a period of fellowship with family and friends over sometimes lavish evening meals. But many American converts to Islam break the daily fast alone, often in front of the TV set.
Female converts to Islam facing growing scrutiny
By Omar Sacirbey — April 29, 2013
BOSTON (RNS) Karen Hunt-Ahmed is part of a growing sorority of female American converts to Islam, especially those who are or were married to Muslim men, who must deal with the perception that they converted to Islam because of domineering boyfriends or husbands.
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