Found this article interesting and thought at least a few of you the frequent the R&P would too. It essentially tells the story how living in a Muslim country helped a cultural Catholic become a practicing one. The last paragraph of the essay:
by Alessandra Bocchi | First Things
Islam Made Me ChristianQuote:
While living in the Muslim world, I had thought that European society was under threat from the moral traditionalism of Islam. When I returned to Europe, I realized that Islam is a lesser threat to us than we are to ourselves. There is not much left to save in Western society; our task now must be to recover what has been lost. I am grateful to Islam for helping me see this. Though I continue to reject elements of Muslim society, I have come to admire its sense of faith, which brought me back to my own. I still struggle in a society that rejects my beliefs, and in which isolation or compromise often seem the only options. At least now I have a spiritual orientation and a path forward.
by Alessandra Bocchi | First Things