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Conversion to Islam in U.S. prisons
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “topic that has drawn attention because a very small percentage of the large number of prisoners who have conver”. Today it says “high in american prisons”. "terror" appeared 1 time in the opening in 2010. Today: absent from the opening.
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The contemporary rate of conversion to Islam is high in American prisons , for which there are a number of factors. It is the fastest growing religion in U.S. prisons, where the population is 18 percent Muslim in federal prisons and 9 percent Muslim in state prisons, compared to 1 percent for the general population . 80 percent of all prison religious conversions are to Islam.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “topic that has drawn attention because a very small percentage of the large number of prisoners who have conver”. Today it says “high in american prisons”. "terror" appeared 1 time in the opening in 2010. Today: absent from the opening. Read the current article and compare.
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topic that has drawn attention because a very small percentage of the large number of prisoners who have conver
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high in american prisons
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