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Religion / Spirituality 09 Jul 2015 3 min read

Mass conversions to Islam in the city

Mass conversions to Islam in the city
Ramadan is the month when conversions to Islam break all records. Rituals of declaration of faith are held every week, in this holy month, at the Al-Koutoubia Mosque monument in Marrakech.Islam, a religion of tolerance, peace, and love, continues to seduce and attract many foreigners in search of peace, despite its instrumentalisation and potential stigmatisation. The month of Ramadan is the ideal period during which non-Muslims ask questions about this practice and more generally about this religion which has become the centre of a media spectrum.Indeed, Ramadan is the month when conversions to Islam break all records. Despite the ambient propaganda attempting to make people believe that Islam is a retrograde and violent religion, it is clear that more and more people are choosing to become Muslim.In this context, our mosques receive a considerable influx of requests for conversion. Th…

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