Record number of Britons converted to Islam
The UK Independent (via Big Peace) reports that the blighty's number of converts over the past decade has nearly doubled, and is far more than most other European countries:
The number of Britons choosing to become Muslims has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to one of the most comprehensive attempts to estimate how many people have embraced Islam.I personally would not be surprised if in Britain, with all the anti-American, anti-war sentiment running rampant, that could explain at least some of the case. Either way, as you'll notice from some of the interviews featured in the rest of the article, there are quite a few very naive people living there, and it may thus not be too surprising.
Following the global spread of violent Islamism, British Muslims have faced more scrutiny, criticism and analysis than any other religious community. Yet, despite the often negative portrayal of Islam, thousands of Britons are adopting the religion every year.
Estimating the number of converts living in Britain has always been difficult because census data does not differentiate between whether a religious person has adopted a new faith or was born into it. Previous estimates have placed the number of Muslim converts in the UK at between 14,000 and 25,000.
But a new study by the inter-faith think-tank Faith Matters suggests the real figure could be as high as 100,000, with as many as 5,000 new conversions nationwide each year.
Labels: dhimmitude, islam, londonistan
