ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM: More Hispanics turning to Islam, majority women.

“When people see you with the hijab, they respect you first. Second, it’s the emotion you feel because you are different. You believe in something. It’s amazing.” Londono said.

“It defines their world on a clear grid of what’s permitted or ‘halal,’ and what’s prohibited which is ‘haram’. So they know exactly where they stand. So the Qur’an becomes this guidebook that tells you exactly what to wear, what to eat, how to wash, how to behave, when to pray.”

Like Karl Rove keeps telling us, these Latin immigrants are “natural social conservatives” all right. . . .