Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

Till faith do us part

Thousands of Christian women are converting to Islam for love. But is it wise?

issue 13 October 2012

A girlfriend who was about to get married was telling me about her wedding plans recently when she said, almost as an aside: ‘Oh, and I’ve converted to Islam.’

Her fiancé was a Muslim but she thought it no more than a minor detail — like ordering the corsages, or finalising the table plan — to arrange a private ceremony before the big day in which she took on his faith.

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