Today in RSOP, a guy, religiously very passionate posted some text (his own thoughts or maybe some copy paste stuff) that there is a 25% rise in the Muslim conversions in France last year. Well to many of my friends and readers of this blog, it will be exciting enough, really cool and a big deal. But before we get high on this, there comes a reality check. Let's have it and ask ourselves some serious questions.
1. Are
these converts Shia, Sunni, Ahmedi or Wahabi? I hope as soon as they'll learn
about this confusion and whether they are accepted as Muslims by their
other new brothers in faith, they'll get bamboozled.
2. In Europe and US, people are free to think and act and they like experiencing these
kinds of spiritual adventures for soul searching. They keep on switching
religions from one to another; sometimes becoming hippies and
enjoying drugs and sex or sometimes budhism just for the sake of an
experience of spiritual meditation. Sometimes they become Muslim too. It
would be great to have a research on, "How many do sustain this faith
after being converted?"
3. How many are leaving Islam in this age when they are being confronted by some disturbing questions in the modern world. Like slavery, polygamy, women rights, inheritance issues, extremism, fundamentalism in Muslims and so on and so forth. Probably, it might be a propaganda of some "Western Islamophobes." But really can we give it a try to ask the question that how many those our brothers of less faith are being fooled out by these "Western Islamophobes?"
4. How many are leaving Islam due to the atrocities done to them by their very own kind (brothers in faith), in Middle East, Egypt, Libya, Syria and in Pakistan, or being called non-Muslims. For instance, Ahmedis, Shias, Barelvis and All others after the puritan movements are in full swing under the command of Islamist groups like Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Al-Shabad, Al-Ikhwan, Hizb-ut-Tehrir etc to enhance the effect.
Instead of getting high on their conversions, a well-needed self-check will help us out of this foolish narcissism that we feel when people
get converted to our very own faith in the another corner of the world. Besides, it is not a big deal.