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Women Increasingly Drawn Islam U K - Studies of Islam - Posted: 23rd Jan, 2011 - 1:00pm
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Women Increasingly Drawn To Islam In U.K.
Women Increasingly Drawn To Islam In U.K.
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More than 5,000 people in Britain converted to Islam last year. That's an average of 14 a day, and most of them are women, including Lauren Booth, Tony Blair's sister-in-law. Academic studies in the U.K. have concluded that the idea that these conversions are driven mostly by marriage is a myth, and that most converts are simply attracted by the values of Islam. But there's a paradox here. In a controversial speech this week, Britain's first female Muslim Cabinet minister complained of growing intolerance toward Muslims in the U.K.
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