I'm curious why there are more female reverts to Islam vs. male.  I'm thinking it's because it's because most of these women are marrying a Muslim man and revert to the religion. 

seekshidayath wrote:  I think since, Islam is the only  religion which speaks of woman,  uplifts women by giving her all the rights she deserves. And yes, "Hijab " is also an important factor for reverting. So perhaps these things  bring them closer to Islam and when they study more out of curiosity, then there misconceptions shed, thus they embrace Islam. I don't think so that they embrace islam for the sake of getting married. One or two may be an exception. BUt mostly they embrace only when they study Islam. We have many reverts here. May be there opinions shall, matter you more.

Salaamu Alaykum

You've got it right, Brother Seeks Hadayith!

JAK!

ASA,

Megatron, I just wanted to ask how did you come up with your theory of marrying into Islam?

In the Quran' it says many places that Allah is the one that opens someones heart to accept Islam or closes it if he wills so that they will never be able to embrace it.

I like what br. Seekshidayath had to say.

I took Shahada and accepted Islam before I married my husband. At the time marriage was not even a thought in my mind as I was just finishing HighSchool and working part-time and making plans for college.

It would be interesting to see what other sr's had to say about your question.

Islamic countries like Turkey, Egypt, and Syria gave women the vote as early as Europe did its women -- and much earlier than in Switzerland! In those countries women have long enjoyed equal pay, and the opportunity to play a full working role in their societies. The rights of Muslim women to property and inheritance, to some protection if divorced, and to the conducting of business, were rights prescribed by the Quran twelve hundred years ago, even if they were not everywhere translated into practice. In Britain at least, some of these rights were novel even to my grandmother's generation!

Western critics often blame the Quran for its treatment of women, which they see as iniquitous, but in fact the emancipation of women was dear to the Prophet's heart. There are complaints that the Quran teaches a double standard: the laws of inheritance, for example, decree that a woman can inherit only half of what her brothers (who have to provide the mahl to start a new family) will receive. Again, women are allowed to be witnesses in law, but their witness is only half as valuable as that of a man. In the context of the twentieth century - when, we should remember, we are still campaigning for equal rights for women - this Quranic legislation does seem prohibitive. But in seventh-century Arabia it was revolutionary. We must remember what life had been like for women in the pre-Islamic period when female infanticide was the norm and when women had no rights at all. Like slaves, women were treated as an inferior species, who had no legal existence. In such a primitive world, the very idea that a woman could be a witness or could inherit anything in her own right was astonishing. We must recall that in Christian Europe, women had to wait until the nineteenth century before they had anything similar: even then, the law remained heavily weighted towards men. -- p. 191

Women In Islam Versus Women In The Judaeo-Christian Tradition

 The question is why the ladies of western countries are embracing Islam more than the gentlemen of the same countries. There could be many reasons. One main reason has been described above that the religion of Islam is in fact superior to other faiths. BUT that is equal for the men and women. So why the women become Muslimahs in greater number.

 I feel that education of men and women is equal in those countries. The men are too busy woking but women may find some time to study things at home. The men are mostly sunk in booze and gambling. They smoke too much and misplay (misbehave) with the wives too much. There being so many divorces (which is not allowed by the catholic church) upsets the family.

 The men and the women (as I have seen them in europe) do not marry until they produce a child first. If not successful with one person, they move to to another one. Most of them have done away with the marriage.

 It is felt that the ladies feel the pinch of bad social behaviour. They have a fear of the future and intention to avoid troubles.  They intend to lead a good moral life and need security. So they look to some solution. That solution they find in Islam more than any where else.

 They become attracted due to talk with other muslim ladies too who have a house or family setup with good children. Due to the bad teachings of the other religions, the family setup is all destroyed. People are not really happy with the family matters in non-muslim couples.

Minuteman,

I am disappointed that you feel european men are adulterous drunks! But I can only surmise that it is a generalisation of european western life.

Whilst I agree that this type of behaviour exists, on the whole it is limited to the larger cities. City life is never a good indication of 'real life' . Most country folk are decent, marry, then have children, and the husband looks after his wife and family.

Megatron,

Answering your question. I of course am generalising. But many many British women become muslim after they marry their muslim husband. I can only hope that it is their own free will that makes them revert to Islam.

Fortunately, I became muslim when I was a single parent, and way before I met and married my Pakistani husband. I take great pains to always point this out to otheres, before they put me in the same box as other muslimahs. The highest percentage of British muslim reverts live in the cities. And usually they marry men of a different culture.

You obviously think that women revert to Islam after marriage. Do you have any ideas why this is so?

Yesterday, i happened to read an intresting story of a revert - An Italian actress. She was in her shooting at Egypt and there she was influenced by the teachings of Islam. She found peace in Hijab. Soon after her study and then embracing Islam , she called up  her ex-husband, and he too was influenced by its teachings and was now Abdullah. They are now married and lead a peaceful life.

It is said that Maya Karin is to marry British-born teacher, Steven David Shorthose in Bellagio Italy, 9 August 2008.

Steven David Shorthose has been waiting for this wonderful moment for seven years. What a long period of waiting.

Steve whose Muslim�s name is Muhammad Ali, has embraced Islam 4 years ago.

It surely makes many wonder why this guy does not come into the picture or the mainstream news when the gossip between Maya Karin and Khairy Jamaludin (Malaysia�s Prime Minister�s Son in Law) broke out.

Saiful Bahri will do the honour of designing Maya Karin�s wedding dress in Italy, while Radzuan Radzwill for the reception (Kenduri Kahwin, Ijab Kabul, Nikah) in Malaysia.

This news show the way round. A british man became muslim to marry a mixed malaysian lady. Hope they are enriching their Islam and blessed with a great life adventure. Passing the trials of dunya to the Garden of Akhirah. Here presto:

9 August 2008 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

Steven David Shorthose  is a Mathematics teacher in Alice Smith International School. Maybe their children would be beautiful and genius too!

This marriage will surely devastating many of her male fans, whatever it is, everybody should hope that Maya Karin would stay in Malaysian entertainment industry.