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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve harris who wrote (9996)	9/12/2007 8:51:19 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

You won't see that lead the MSM news.....heck, it won't even make it!

To: steve harris who wrote (9996)	9/15/2007 8:34:23 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Converts To Islam Move Up In Cells Washington Post ^ \| 15 September 2007 \| Craig Whitlock washingtonpost.com BERLIN -- Religious converts are playing an increasingly influential role in Islamic militant networks, having transformed themselves in recent years from curiosities to key players in terrorist cells in Europe, according to counterterrorism officials and analysts... ...The number of converts, it seems, is definitely on the rise," said Michael Taarnby, a terrorism researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. "We've reached a point where I think al-Qaeda and other groups recognize the value of converts, not just from an operational viewpoint but from a cultural one as well." Religious converts are sometimes more prone to radicalization because of their zeal to prove their newfound faith, analysts said. They are also less likely to attract police scrutiny in Europe, where investigators often rely on outdated demographic profiles in terrorism cases. Converts are a tiny subset of the Muslim population in Europe, but their numbers are growing in some countries. In Germany, government officials estimated that 4,000 people converted to Islam last year, compared with an annual average of 300 in the late 1990s. Less than 1 percent of Germany's 3.3 million Muslims are converts. ...The trend is not limited to Europe. In Florida, U.S. citizen and convert Jose Padilla was convicted last month on conspiracy charges for participating in an al-Qaeda support cell. In March, David M. Hicks, an Australian convert, became the first prisoner at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be convicted on terrorism charges. Converts have joined militant groups, including al-Qaeda, for years. Wadih el-Hage, a Lebanese Christian who converted to Islam and became a U.S. citizen, served as an aide to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the 1990s and was convicted for his role in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa. (Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ....