A British strand of Islam is emerging as more people become converts from the Economist MUSLIM converts have an image problem. A handful, like Richard Dart, a Dorset native jailed last month, have been implicated in terrorism. Samantha Lewthwaite, who was married to Germaine Lindsay, one of the 7/7 bombers and himself a convert, is … Continue reading Changing my religion
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Women changing Pakistan from the ground up
This is a story affecting millions of Pakistanis — and it does not involve suicide bombings, honor killings, extremism or President Zardari's must ache. "What would you like to be when you grow up?" I asked Sakafat, a boisterous 12-year-old girl, while visiting a remote Pakistani village in the Sindh province. "A scientist!" she immediately … Continue reading Women changing Pakistan from the ground up