My opinion

Submitted by Bugra (Turkey), Nov 3, 2006 at 07:05

As an atheist guy living in Turkey, I do not understand why one side should give up his/her religion for the other at all. It sounds like submission to me. Can't you keep yours and your friend his? So everyone is happy. Or you might try to make him a mormon (I didn't know about it until you mentioned, now I know).

But what you should least prefer is to become a muslim I think. Because this society is not uniform. You may not know the expectation behind becoming a muslim. Is it just a formality to please his family members? Or do they want more? Like wearing a stupid turban. Confining your self at home? I don't know his socio-economic background and his degree of conservatism. So it's quite hard to comment on that.

But one tip could be this. If he does his prayers five times a day, forget about him! (There are many young people in the big cities here who don't even consider walking by a mosque even during religious days) He is no good to you if does that thing all the time. I wouldn't consider it as very urban attitude.

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