Why are you a Muslim?

No, I’m not asking you, but sister Aaminah has been asking about people asking you, which is something I’ve found rather annoying over the years, as if I’m going to tell the story of five years of my life from 16 to 21 in five minutes, or perhaps they expect something dramatic when really it wasn’t (and what wasn’t smooth and ordinary, I’d rather not tell). [Here](http://writeoussisterspeaks.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/question-how-do-you-feel-about-conversion-stories/) is a set of questions for converts (with my responses, assuming she publishes them) about these questions and [here](http://writeoussisterspeaks.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/my-conversion-story/) is a poem she wrote about the subject. (More: [Ginny](http://ginnysthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/conversion-stories-and-the-people-who-love-them-or-dont/).)