http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/11/islam-converts-british-women-prejudice
My mother was disappointed and my father quietly accepting. Other members of my family felt betrayed.
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It can attract negative attention from people who stereotype "visibly" Muslim women as oppressed or terrorist. It can also get positive reactions from the Muslim community.
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My family were initially surprised, but accepted my conversion. After 9/11, however, my relationship with my sister-in-law changed and I am no longer welcome in their home. I have friends for whom my conversion is an accepted eccentricity, but I lost many superficial ones because of it.
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When the German media found out, a negative press campaign followed and within no time my contract was terminated. It was the end of my entertainment career.
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When I converted, my father thought it was crazy, but he liked my husband; even so, he bought me a little flat so I "could always come back". My mother was shocked, horrified even.
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