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Converting to Islam - the white Britons becoming MuslimsBBC News/ 04.01.2011 As 22-year-old Aisha Uddin recites Surah Al-Fatiha - the first chapter of the Koran - at home with close friend Sameeah Karim, she may stumble over one word but otherwise the text is perfectly recounted. But unlike Sameeah, 35, who has Pakistani heritage and grew up reading the holy book, Aisha is newer to it: she used to be called Laura and only converted to Islam two years ago. She is pale and has bright blue eyes; originally from Birmingham, until recently she dressed like many other young white British women. |