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Conversion to Islam is a complex phenomenon in modern Western society. Men and women choose Islam as an alternative lifestyle, to give their lives reason and meaning, and oftentimes in order to protect them from particular social habits and
behaviour which they cannot identify themselves with. Although, Britain and Germany are Western-European countries, they offer different cultural and social settings which make them unique, and therefore converts to Islam in each country individually portray and demonstrate their national and religious identity in an intriguing manner. This dissertation will primarily focus on a set of personal interviews with Muslim converts in both Britain and Germany.