A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is taken from Perverted Priorities: Who is and Who is not Muslim by Dr. Suhayl Lahir.  The author is the Muslim Chaplain at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a lecturer at Brandeis University.   “‘If you don't convert to my sect, you might as well not convert to Islam!’ exclaimed the ‘uncle’ to the young Christian lady.  The lady’s husband, a Muslim, had requested his elder friend to come and help explain to her why Islam is so important to him, and why he would like her, too, to share in its joy.  The husband was startled by this narrow-minded bombshell.  The shocking words of the ‘uncle’ highlight a lack of priorities plaguing some of those who profess themselves to be Muslim.  It is understandable for someone to feel passionately about a cause which, rightly or wrongly, they believe to be true.  I remember a rabbi relating how he went home after his first year at rabbinical seminary...