Cross or Crescent? – Many Latinos are abandoning Catholicism for Islam, but LA parish doing its best to keep them in the fold
Tagged: California, Los AngelesPosted on: May 15th, 2007“As a girl in Catholic school, Khadijah Rivera told religion writer Anthony Chiorazzi, she dreamed of becoming a nun despite the fact she feared Jesus. She was frightened by her church’s bloodied statue of Christ. Years later, as an adult, she says she has now gotten over those fears and learned to love Jesus more. The reason for her change of heart? Rivera converted to Islam.
According to Chiorazzi, who writes for Busted Halo, “an online magazine for spiritual seekers,” Latino Muslims in the U.S. may number close to 100,000, more than doubling their numbers in less than a decade. “
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