Kareem: "Why I converted to Islam"

[dunksby]

[QUOTE]I was born Lew Alcindor. Now I

[OmniStrife]

Life was too complicated / simple / hard / easy / whatever... blah blah,
Pour some medieval-esque indoctrination and brainwashing,
BANG! religion plague claims another sane man.

[LEFT4DEAD]

So many more Christians converting to Islam than opposite. I wonder why?

[Eric Cartman]

Whatever helps him sleep at night.

Existential crises can be a real bitch.

[Im Still Ballin]

Finding oneself is an ongoing battle from the minute you exit your mothers womb, to when they bury you 6 deep in the casket

[FONT="Palatino Linotype"]Life's a theory. Hypothesize.[/FONT]

[Trollsmasher]

Because islam treats/ed blacks so well

[Harison]

Good read, thanks.

[pauk]

Interesting read, thx.

[pauk]

Because islam treats/ed blacks so well

The thing is up to 30-40% of the african-americans today have muslim roots considering studies say up to 30-40% of the slaves/africans that came in back in the days were muslims who all eventually converted to christianity including converting their African names to something like "Michael Jordan"...

So i mean there is up to a 30-40% chance he might have just converted back to his original religion.... changing his name to "Kareem Abdul Jabbar" was not necessary though, thats not a "muslim name" (there is no such thing), thats an Arabic name, Arabic Christians walk around with such names aswell, but i guess some converts like to highlight their conversion that way and/or simply feel that is the more closer manifestation like Kareem said.... but then again "Lew Alcindor" was definitely not his original family name back in the days either, thats for sure no matter what religion his roots hailed, this part goes for any African-American...

[BigNBAfan]

How's Boko doing in Africa?

[Dresta]

Otherwise, the white public’s consensus seemed to be that blacks weren’t much good. They were either needy downtrodden folks who required white people’s help to get the rights they were due or radical troublemakers wanting to take away white homes and jobs and daughters.

This is the key point. Paternalistic and patronising pieces of shit create many negative stereotypes, and are just as unhelpful, as outright racists. How many white people do you see talking about black people as if they were all children who need to be led by the hand? Does anyone really think this isn't believing yourself to be superior? Anyone with a bit of self-respect (like Kareem) will say, thanks, but no thanks.

[the mesiah]

His mama named him Lew , I'ma call him Lew!

[fiddy]

*insert harsh insult here*

[gcvbcat]

Does anyone know of famous people who converted to Christianity.

[ralph_i_el]

Probably better to become an athiest