WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.200 When you look at this photo of Angela Collins, she looks like the all-American girl with blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes. 00:07.560 --> 00:11.220 But that was the old Angela. Now you wouldn't recognize her. 00:12.720 --> 00:15.760 Today, Angela never shows her blonde hair in public. 00:16.120 --> 00:21.940 In fact, she never goes out without being covered up, because Angela is a recent convert to Islam. 00:22.440 --> 00:23.720 She is now a Muslim. 00:24.180 --> 00:25.520 I'm like the girl next door. 00:25.800 --> 00:27.760 Angela is the girl next door. 00:27.760 --> 00:34.100 She was a typical California girl growing up in Mission Viejo, California, right in the heart of the O.C. 00:34.220 --> 00:38.220 These are family photos of Angela growing up in a traditional Catholic family. 00:38.540 --> 00:45.680 So why would she ever give up everything she knew to follow the teachings of Islam and work running a school for Muslim children? 00:45.920 --> 00:50.520 What do you want people to know about why you converted? 00:52.140 --> 00:56.060 I was speaking truth, and I found it in my religion. 00:56.060 --> 00:58.740 And Angela isn't alone in converting to Islam. 00:58.920 --> 01:03.700 In fact, an estimated 20,000 Americans each year become Muslims and join mosques. 01:04.100 --> 01:08.080 But life in the U.S. for Muslims hasn't been easy since September 11th. 01:08.180 --> 01:10.660 Yeah, people do react differently to me. 01:11.000 --> 01:16.220 And in a strange twist of events, Angela became a Muslim just weeks after 9-11. 01:16.520 --> 01:17.940 What was the experience like for you? 01:18.200 --> 01:20.460 Well, it was poor timing on my part. 01:20.460 --> 01:23.660 And how did her family react when Angela told them? 01:23.800 --> 01:24.520 What was your reaction? 01:24.980 --> 01:28.840 Well, actually, I wasn't all that surprised. 01:29.320 --> 01:34.880 I was also kind of proud of my daughter because she proved to be an independent thinker. 01:35.260 --> 01:41.820 So looking at Angela today versus the Angela that you grew up with, do you see her as being happier today? 01:42.320 --> 01:42.600 Yes. 01:43.280 --> 01:43.820 Yes, I do. 01:43.820 --> 01:45.620 So you see this as a positive change? 01:45.720 --> 01:46.140 Absolutely. 01:46.740 --> 01:56.060 But Angela says when she hears terrorist talk from Adam Gadon, the fellow Californian now accused of treason for becoming a member of Al-Qaeda, it makes her blood boil. 01:56.180 --> 02:00.220 We should go and slaughter their women and children one by one. 02:00.280 --> 02:01.440 Does that get you angry? 02:02.100 --> 02:02.580 Yes. 02:03.040 --> 02:05.680 Yes, it's my religion, and it's being hijacked. 02:05.680 --> 02:10.060 And even with all the changes she's gone through, there's one thing she's not changing. 02:10.360 --> 02:12.080 She's keeping her Christian name. 02:12.320 --> 02:13.740 Why have you not changed your name? 02:14.140 --> 02:20.000 Because my mother gave me my name, and my name is Angela, and Angela is a Muslim. 02:20.000 --> 02:21.360 We should go and let her go. 02:21.920 --> 02:23.000 Thank you. 02:23.780 --> 02:24.740 Thank you. 02:24.960 --> 02:25.640 Thank you. 02:25.800 --> 02:27.060 Thank you. 02:27.640 --> 02:27.840 Thank you. 02:30.360 --> 02:30.980 Thank you. 02:31.220 --> 02:31.520 Thank you. 02:31.740 --> 02:31.800 Thank you. 02:32.300 --> 02:32.640 Thank you. 02:32.640 --> 02:32.860 Thank you. 02:42.700 --> 02:44.780 Thank you. 02:45.340 --> 02:46.820 Thank you. 02:47.980 --> 02:48.960 Thank you.