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I'm a feminist, and I converted to Islam
CNN ^ | 10/14/2014 | Theresa Corbin

Posted on 10/15/2014 1:44:17 PM PDT by Bettyprob

I am a Muslim, but I wasn't always. I converted to Islam in November 2001, two months after 9/11.

I was 21 and living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was a bad time to be a Muslim. But after four years of studying, poking and prodding at world religions and their adherents, I decided to take the plunge.

I am the product of a Creole Catholic and an Irish atheist. I grew up Catholic, then was agnostic, now I'm Muslim.

My journey to Islam began when I was about 15 years old in Mass and had questions about my faith. The answers from teachers and clergymen -- don't worry your pretty little head about it -- didn't satisfy me.

So I did what any red-blooded American would do: the opposite. I worried about it. For many years. I questioned the nature of religion, man and the universe.

After questioning everything I was taught to be true and digging through rhetoric, history and dogma, I found out about this strange thing called Islam. I learned that Islam is neither a culture nor a cult, nor could it be represented by one part of the world. I came to realize Islam is a world religion that teaches tolerance, justice and honor and promotes patience, modesty and balance.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: feminist; islam; louisiana; religion
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To: Bettyprob

Be my guest. Have a nice life.


21 posted on 10/15/2014 1:52:45 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: Bettyprob

A better headline: I’m Mentally Ill, and I just proved it!


22 posted on 10/15/2014 1:52:50 PM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: SIRTRIS

You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.


23 posted on 10/15/2014 1:52:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: Bettyprob

Well, there’s somebody too stupid to live...


24 posted on 10/15/2014 1:52:59 PM PDT by AzSteven ("War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." Jean Dutourd)
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To: Bettyprob

A lesbian moon-god worshiper. Put on the burka and submit, sweetheart.


25 posted on 10/15/2014 1:53:01 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Bettyprob

We’ll hear from this idiot when her body is identified after the muzzies get done playing with her.


26 posted on 10/15/2014 1:53:05 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: tflabo

Catholicism is delusional?

CC


27 posted on 10/15/2014 1:53:16 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: Bettyprob
I came to realize Islam is a world religion that teaches tolerance, justice and honor and promotes patience, modesty and balance.

I guess Jihad John was reading from a different Koran than yours Theresa?

p.s. James Foley was unavailable to rebut your insane stupidity.

28 posted on 10/15/2014 1:53:19 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Bettyprob
I'm a feminist, and I converted to Islam, and I'm a complete moron.

There, fixed it.

29 posted on 10/15/2014 1:53:36 PM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: lonestar

Schedule her genital mutilation with the first available IMAM.


30 posted on 10/15/2014 1:54:06 PM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: Bettyprob

Dear Theresa, You are an effin idiot. Good luck standing before Jesus and explaining your embrace of a psychotic death cult started by a child molester.


31 posted on 10/15/2014 1:54:29 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: Bettyprob

And you have a date before the Creator God who is going to send you to the Lake of Fire for believing in an apostate, murdering, religion of Satan.


32 posted on 10/15/2014 1:54:37 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (MARANATHA, MARANATHA, Come quickly LORD Jesus!!! Father send thy Son!! Its Time!)
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To: Rockitz

She’ll enjoy her clitorectomy I’m sure.


33 posted on 10/15/2014 1:54:42 PM PDT by refermech
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To: Bettyprob
It was a bad time to be a Muslim.

That's probably what all Muslim women think when they're about to be "legally" executed in a Koran-inspired "honor killing" by their Muslim husband or family.

34 posted on 10/15/2014 1:55:02 PM PDT by zipper (In Their Heart Of Hearts, Every Democrat Is A Communist.)
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To: dfwgator

Converts are not the same as “born-into” muslims. Secondly, islam touts there is no compulsion in islam!...Oh yeah, sure sure!!


35 posted on 10/15/2014 1:56:35 PM PDT by SIRTRIS
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To: Bettyprob

I’d rather be a dhimmi than a dim bulb.

What a maroon.


36 posted on 10/15/2014 1:56:50 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: SIRTRIS
Converts are not the same as “born-into” muslims.

True, many "born-into" muslims wind up being "Cultural Muslims." It's the converts that are really scary.

37 posted on 10/15/2014 1:57:43 PM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: Bettyprob

If by feminist she means someone who believes women should not be allowed to show their face, drive, vote, and who should subjugate themselves to men - then Islam is all about feminism.

http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/the-humiliation-of-women-in-islam/


38 posted on 10/15/2014 1:57:53 PM PDT by LibertyJihad
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To: Farmer Dean

Evidently she never met a real man, or she isn’t doing it right. What woman in her right mind would want her genitals mutilated, because if you think about it...Why aren’t the j hadist males getting their penis cut off? Something wrong with a man who wants to be satisfied, yet not have his woman happy. Sheesh! Insanity at it’s best.


39 posted on 10/15/2014 1:58:25 PM PDT by Kackikat (Two wrongs do NOT make a right.... unless you are a Democrat!)
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To: Bettyprob
"My journey to Islam began when I was about 15 years old in Mass and had questions about my faith. The answers from teachers and clergymen -- don't worry your pretty little head about it -- didn't satisfy me."

BS! This is more made up garbage. What a moron!

40 posted on 10/15/2014 1:58:41 PM PDT by defconw (Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
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