As I was reading this article, I found it very interesting with the types of perspectives individuals had about Islam, whether they were Muslim originally, or a convert. For example, Omar Ibn Sayyid, a former slave, justifies slavery because his owner fed and nurtured him, and he learned about that family’s Christian beliefs. Once he did, he decided to convert from Islam to Christianity. While other individuals like Mohammed Webb was raised Christian and converted to Islam. Sayyid talks about Islam in a negative connotation, while Webb does not. Why do you guys think these contrast perspectives developed and do you think religious scholars view this as a sense of those individuals turning their backs on their “original” religion? How do you think culture influences the religion that you grow up with?