Former Muslim Claims 'Deception' Key in Rise in European Converts to Islam
by Chad Groening
January 16, 2006
(AgapePress) - - A Christian evangelist who was involved with Islam for 15 years says she understands why a growing number of European women are converting to the false religion. Speaking from experience, she claims it is primarily because the women are being deceived -- by Muslim men. A recent article in The Christian Science Monitor said that European women are being attracted to Islam because they like "the sense of belonging and caring and sharing that Islam offers" amidst the "moral uncertainties of Western society." According to a researcher quoted in the article, many women are attracted to the Muslim faith because "there is more space for family and motherhood in Islam -- and women are not sex objects."
W.L. Cati is the founder of Zennah Ministries and a former Muslim. She says in reality, Islam treats women very badly -- and European converts, she adds, are buying into an age-old lie. "The way Islam treats any woman, why does any woman ... convert? Because these [Muslim] men are deceivers," she asserts. "It's like you have to go back to the Garden of Eden: Eve was deceived by the serpent."
Cati believes Muslim men have a deceptive spirit and will tell unsuspecting women anything they want to hear to get them to convert. "They twist the word of God on these women, on any women, on anybody, and they use deception," she says. "They have a lying, deceptive spirit."
The Christian Science Monitor article suggests that one reason for the increase of Muslim converts among white European women may be due to the fact that security monitors and police are "more relaxed" about them and less likely to consider them terrorist risks. But Cati believes there is another reason why Islamic leaders want as many European women as possible to convert.
"They can marry them, have more children, populate the earth, and spread Islam in that way," she says. "It's the same M.O. anywhere they go."
Another factor, adds Cati, is that the gospel of Christ is not strong in Europe, which she says has allowed Muslims to "come in and [sweep the] whole continent with Islam." The Monitor article states while there are not precise figures, researchers who monitor Europe's Muslim population estimate several thousand men and women convert each year.
Chad Groening, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
