Re: Britney wants to embrace Islam
Folks, kindly wait till you hear more about this story being true...
The following is not related to Britney since I will not (and should not) talk about this deal till the "news" is validated.
About passing judgement and not: A person has to know what Islam is before he/she can become muslim... by taking things to the point of whether one should say the Shahadah or not (before any exploration) does not make sense. Do you really dive into a body of water before finding out the depth, flow or temperature etc.?
The Shahadah is an affirmation of a covenant you make with God. It requires that you explore the system (atleast to a theoretical point), and see the value in it before you decide to be part of it in terms of applying it in daily life and becoming part of a system.
If anythying, a person who does not do the above is him/herself judgemental, and not those who try to point out that making a "causal" shahadah does not signifiy a covenant, but rather signifies being unserious about the whole thing thereby reducing it to a game of identity crisis.
Islam is not about being "politically correct". It is what it is...