Re: Some food for thought...
I can honestly say that despite being born in a Muslim family, I became a Muslim a after I hit 20 years of age.
My parents and extended family is much more liberal than I am, so my upbringing was hardly religious. Islam, for me, is the perfect religion grounded in rationality and asking the human to place forward the best in themselves.
This is a very important question for all of us Muslims - particularly those us who boast about their Muslim lineage. I would rather pray behind an incarcerated momin over a muslim in name only seyyid.
May Allah guide us towards the eternal truths of Al-Islam.