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The UK Daily Mirror reports that at least five of the fourteen men arrested in last weekend's anti-terror operations grew up in Christian families of Caribbean extraction.
FIVE of the men held in the latest wave of terror raids are new converts to Islam, the Daily Mirror can reveal.
All of them are the sons of families who came to Britain from Jamaica and the West Indies.
Police say that more and more young British blacks who grew up in Christian families are converting to Islam. That could suggest a breakdown in sound Christian preaching and discipleship in the churches those young people attend. Time for the church to wake up and teach the faith to parishioners?
It seems to be typical in arrests of alleged terrorist plotters that relatives are utterly clueless incredulous. The family of Gilbert Teye Baiden, at 24 the youngest in the latest group, is no exception.
Yesterday, his shocked family protested: "Our son is no terrorist." They were speaking from a friend's house as their own home in Brixton was being search [sic] by police.
His mother Beatrice, 53, said former video store worker Gilbert, one of five brothers, converted from Christianity to Islam two years ago before marrying his Muslim wife, Shawnette. They have a two-year old daughter.
Beatrice said: "Gilbert was a strong Christian like the rest of the family until he got married. Now he wears Muslim clothes and goes to the mosque, but I accept his new religion, which he keeps to himself."
Beatrice, a gospel choir singer, said she learned her son had been arrested when police phoned her.
I’m sure Beatrice is very upset, and rightly so, but her claim that Gilbert was a “strong Christian” before his marriage strikes me as dubious. A "strong" Christian does not contemplate converting to some other religious faith. And why would he want to marry a Muslim in the first place?
I think I see a lesson here for Christian parents: Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to marry Muslims (apologies to Willie Nelson).
h/t: Jihad Watch
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The “I accept his new religion” part is more telling, IMHO. If his mother doesn’t know any better than that, just how strong of a Christian do you think she raised him to be?
wow! i never thought i’d ever say this myself but you cannot believe everything you read or hear from the media.
i’m gilberts first cousin and i’m a christian. i was browsing through the net and came across this site (1 year later). It’s shocking how quickly people judge others especially when they don’t know the full story.
He did not convert to islam when he married, he converted before that.
and for nonnymoose, yes my aunty does except her sons new religion because she loves him. He is her son, she brought him into the world and although she does not believe in his religion she’s happy he is happy. what would you prefer for her to do? Disown him? At least he’s not killing people or stealing or committing vrimes.