Why Would an American Want to Convert to Islam?

            Islam is an authoritarian, specious, demanding religion that discriminates against women.  I have read enough of the Koran and Hadith to know I don’t want anything to do with Islam for many reasons but basically because it condones hate and violence. 

            I think that under those burkas and veils are some beautiful women.  Whose idea was it anyway to obscure the face and body of Muslim women?  Was it Muhammad?  Female behavior is mysterious enough without embellishing it with the use of shrouds and irrational rituals. 

            Islam is so alien to the free thinking democratic ideals of our Constitution that I think the most meaningful way to answer the question, “why would an American want to convert to Islam,” is by asking other questions.

            Why would anyone want to cover their body with tattoos?

            Why would any man want to let his hair grow long and coiffure it into a pony tail?

            The owner of a tattoo shop told me people get tattoos to make a statement and because they intimidate.  Normal people are generally fearful of men and women with grotesque tattoos are their arms and neck. 

            Christopher Marc Nemelka has long hair he wears in a pony tail.  Chris has founded an anti LDS religious movement and claims to have interpreted from gold plates, “the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon.”  I asked Chris, “Why the long hair?
  His answer, “It symbolizes rebellion.”

            I have consistently argued that the secular motives for converting to Mormon fundamentalism are more compelling than the religious motives.  I feel the same about Islamic Americans.