Sign reading "Allah" Credit: Shahla Suleiman.
A project concluding this weekend examines why women choose to convert to Islam - and what the experience is like. Judging by what the media tends to write about Islam, you would expect liberal-minded, intellectually-engaged women to give it a wide berth. The paradox is that a noticeable number choose to become Muslims." - —Yasir Suleiman A landmark project which seeks to map out the different routes through which women convert to Islam, and describe their experiences on entering the faith, reaches its conclusion this weekend. "Narratives of Conversion to Islam in Britain", which is being run at the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge in association with the New Muslims Project at Leicesester, is collating the views and stories of female converts in an effort to provide an insider's view of what the experience is really like. A report, detailing the results of three meetings exploring why they chose Islam, their feelings about doing so, and the responses of family, friends and other Muslims, will be published in the spring. Those involved in the project will remain anonymous until the final report is released, as a condition of their participation. They include women from a range of age groups, variously of white, African, and Caribbean descent.
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