The appeal of Islam to black American prisoners.

As an American, it continues to baffle me that so many African-Americans have become Muslims.

Islam is a fast growing religion in the prison population in the US. I worked on the staff at a maximum security prison's mental health unit a few years back. The imam was a frequent visitor.

Islam is the perfect religion for anti-social felons, you never have to say you are sorry, which most of them aren't. Salvation requires rituals rather than conscience.

Of all of the various ministries that visited the unit, it was the imam that was aloof and [declined] any interaction with the staff.

Penny commenting on "No Mosques in Slovenia." By Baron Bodissey, Gates of Vienna, 9/14/07.