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| == Conversion == | == Conversion == | ||
| There are also many unreliable claims and rumours, especially for ] rates, that often spread as ]. Data on ] rates are hard to verify. | |||
| {{See|List of converts to Islam}} | |||
| For example, it has been claimed by the ] that 25% of American Muslims are converts to Islam.<ref> ''Accessed 2008-01-17''</ref>. In Britain, there are also claims that around 10,000 - 20,000 people convert to Islam per year.<ref>{{cite journal | For example, it has been claimed by the ] that 25% of American Muslims are converts to Islam.<ref> ''Accessed 2008-01-17''</ref>. In Britain, there are also claims that around 10,000 - 20,000 people convert to Islam per year.<ref>{{cite journal | ||
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| However, there are sources that claim conversions to Buddhism outnumber those to Islam.<ref></ref> | However, there are sources that claim conversions to Buddhism outnumber those to Islam.<ref></ref> | ||
| <ref></ref>. | <ref></ref>. | ||
| ==Criticism of the Population growth and Immigration theory== | |||
| '']'' has described the concept of Eurabia as "]".<ref>{{cite news |first= |title=Tales from Eurabia |work=The Economist |page= |date= June 22 2006|accessdate=19 December 2008|quote= Integration will be hard work for all concerned. But for the moment at least, the prospect of Eurabia looks like scaremongering.|url= }}</ref> | |||
| Scholar Matt Carr wrote in the July 2006 issue of '']'' that | |||
| {{cquote|''What began as an outlandish conspiracy theory has become a dangerous Islamophobic fantasy that has moved ever closer towards mainstream respectability.''<ref>Matt Carr, ''You are now entering Eurabia''</ref>}} | |||
| ], co-author of ''Integrating Islam Political and Religious Challenges in Contemporary France'', says his book intends to debunk "four myths of the alarmist school." Using ] as an example, he writes: | |||
| * The Muslim population is not growing as fast as the scenario claims, since the ] of immigrants declines<ref>See also , '''', 2004-04-13, ], "", '']'', 2008-09-20, '''', ], 2008-11-03<!-- thanks to http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/11/gates-of-vienna-news-feed-1132008.html#3416 -->, Mary Mederios Kent, '''', ], prb.org, February 2008; for fertility of Muslims outside Europe, see the sentence "The dramatic decline in Iran's fertility provides a recent example of how strict Islamic practices can coexist with widespread use of ].", and (the articles) Farzaneh Roudi-Fahimi and Mary Mederios Kent, '''', prb.org, April 2008, especially the , Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, '''', especially the ;<!-- Even by quoting , 2", '']'', 2008-10-28; --></ref> | |||
| * Muslims are not a monolithic or cohesive group<ref>See also "Merely speaking of a 'Muslim community in France' can be misleading and inaccurate: like every immigrant population, Muslims in France exhibit strong cleavages based on the country of their origin, their social background, political orientation and ideology, and the ] that they practice (when they do)." in Justin Vaisse, '''', 2006-01-12</ref> | |||
| * Muslims do seek to integrate politically and socially | |||
| * Despite their numbers, Muslims have little influence on ] (e.g. policy toward Israel)<ref>See also Justin Vaïsse, '''', April 2007 {{fr}}</ref> | |||
| The "Eurabia" theory has been compared to historically ] by British columnist ]. He calls the two "startlingly similar" and says that "there are intellectuals on the British right who are propagating a conspiracy theory about Muslims that teeters very close to being a 21st century ]."<ref>], "", '']'', London, 2006-08-21; see also "It is not an exaggeration to see in these wild conspiracy theories a mutation of Europe’s old, toxic anti-Semitism. What are Fallaci and Ye’or offering but the Protocols of the Elders of Muhammad?" in Johann Hari, "", '']'' magazine'', winter 2007;</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Muslim population growth refers to the topic of population growth of the global Muslim community. In 2006, countries with a Muslim majority had an average population growth rate of 1.8% per year (when weighted by percentage Muslim and population size). This compares with a world population growth rate of 1.12% per year. In India, Muslim population growth rate is higher by more than 10% compared to that of Hindus.
In Europe
Main article: Islam in EuropeData for the rates of growth of Islam in Europe reveal that the growing number of Muslims is due primarily to immigration (in the West) and higher birth rates (worldwide).
Islam is already the fastest-growing religion in Europe. Driven by immigration and high birthrates, the number of Muslims on the continent has tripled in the last 30 years. Most demographers forecast a similar or even higher rate of growth in the coming decades.
- According to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the World Christian Database as of 2007 estimated the six fastest growing religions of the world to be Islam (1.84%), the Bahá'í Faith (1.7%), Sikhism (1.62%), Jainism (1.57%), Hinduism (1.52%), and Christianity (1.32%). High birth rates were cited as the reason for the growth.
- Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiles the Vatican's yearbook, said in an interview with the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano that "For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have overtaken us," He said that Catholics accounted for 17.4 percent of the world population—a stable percentage—while Muslims were at 19.2 percent. "It is true that while Muslim families, as is well known, continue to make a lot of children, Christian ones on the contrary tend to have fewer and fewer," the monsignor said.
Conversion
There are also many unreliable claims and rumours, especially for conversion rates, that often spread as urban legends. Data on conversion rates are hard to verify.
For example, it has been claimed by the New York Times that 25% of American Muslims are converts to Islam.. In Britain, there are also claims that around 10,000 - 20,000 people convert to Islam per year. However, there are sources that claim conversions to Buddhism outnumber those to Islam. .
See also
- Fastest Growing Religion
- List of countries by Muslim population
- Religious views on birth control
- Islamic Missionary Activity
Europe:
References
- Averaging of individual country figures from CIA factbook see also Demographics of Islam
- CIA Factbook
- "Census of India". Census of India. Census Data 2001: India at a glance >> Religious Composition. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- BBC news site
- Staff (May 2007). "The List: The World's Fastest-Growing Religions". Foreign Policy. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - FOXNews.com - Vatican: Islam Surpasses Roman Catholicism as World's Largest Religion - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
- Muslim Convert Faces Discrimination Accessed 2008-01-17
- "Women Converts". British Muslims Monthly Survey. June 2000 Vol. VIII, No. 6. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - World Christian Encyclopedia
- Translation of AL-Jazeerah interview between Maher Abdallah and Shiekh Ahmed Katani