5 facts about the Muslim population in Europe
Recent killings in Paris as well as the arrival of hundreds of thousands of mostly Muslim refugees in Europe have drawn renewed attention to the continent’s Muslim population. In many European countries, including France, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, concerns about growing Muslim communities have led to calls for restrictions on immigration. But just how large is Europe’s Muslim population, and how fast is it growing?
Using the Pew Research Center’s most recent population estimates, here are five facts about the size and makeup of the Muslim population in Europe:
1 Germany and France have the largest Muslim populations among European Union member countries. As of 2010, there were 4.8 million Muslims in Germany (5.8% of the country’s population) and 4.7 million Muslims in France (7.5%). In Europe overall, however, Russia’s population of 14 million Muslims (10%) is the largest on the continent.
2 The Muslim share of Europe’s total population has been increasing steadily. In recent decades, the Muslim share of the population throughout Europe grew about 1 percentage point a decade, from 4% in 1990 to 6% in 2010. This pattern is expected to continue through 2030, when Muslims are projected to make up 8% of Europe’s population.
3 Muslims are younger than other Europeans. In 2010, the median age of Muslims throughout Europe was 32, eight years younger than the median for all Europeans (40). By contrast, the median age of religiously unaffiliated people in Europe, including atheists, agnostics and those with no religion in particular, was 37. The median age of European Christians was 42.
4Views of Muslims vary widely among European countries. A Pew Research survey conducted last spring found that majorities in France Britain and Germany had favorable views of Muslims. Opinion was roughly divided in Spain while negative views prevailed in Italy, Greece and Poland. Views about Muslims are tied to ideology. While 47% of Germans on the political right give Muslims an unfavorable rating, just 20% on the left do so. The gap between left and right is also more than 20 percentage points in France, Italy and Greece. And significant differences are found in Spain and the UK as well.
5 As of 2010, the European Union was home to about 13 million Muslim immigrants. The foreign-born Muslim population in Germany is primarily made up of Turkish immigrants, but also includes many born in Kosovo, Iraq, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Morocco. The roughly 3 million foreign-born Muslims in France are largely from France’s former colonies of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post cited a 2014 Ipsos MORI poll on peoples’ perceptions about the size of the Muslim population in European countries. The reference was deleted because the poll was conducted through an online panel for which the participants are recruited in a way that does not allow us to know each respondent’s chance of being selected.
NOTE: This is an update of a post originally published on Jan. 15, 2015.
Category: 5 Facts
Topics: Europe, Muslims and Islam
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Conrad Hackett is a demographer focusing on religion at Pew Research Center.
DEE • 7 hours ago
Having said that I should also say there are good Muslims and bad, good Christians and bad, good Hindus and bad and good Jews and bad. My hope is that the good Musilms separate themselves from the violent ones and take a strong stand against terrorism as a religious method. As long as the good Musilms stand with the violent ones they will be seen as and treated in the same manner. That is a shame because I know for sure there are many nonviolent Muslims in the world. Stand up and be counted!
DEE • 8 hours ago
The Muslims must be treated as a political/radical ideology, not as a religion, because that’s what it is. Religion is secondary to the ideology. They use religion to further their aggressive entrance into other countries so that they will gain a foothold and destroy and kill in the name of their God. It is a huge mistake to allow this……only extreme violence in our homeland will ensue as evidenced in Paris and in San Bernadine and in Boston, just to name a few.
hossein • 7 hours ago
my friend
please read more about islam . muslims are not terrorist.ISIS is the huge of people who don’t do islam’s act.they are not human.before Paris they were in Iraq & Syria but as soon as they come to Paris EU feels stress.
naz • 1 day ago
994 mass shootings in u.s in 1004 days…america’s gun crisis..what do u call those shooter??muslim terrorist??how many of them muslim??or…christian terrorist??if figure we depend on,then..the last one suits better…
naz • 1 day ago
ever heard of “the golden age of jewish history”??whwn was that?where was it?ever heard of king roderic of spain?what he did to julian’s daughter?do u guys ever read of spain history when the christian government took over it from muslim ??please guys…be generous to your own mind..do u guys know that not even a single word of “sword” mentioned in quran??and guess what?u can find it in bible..if we keep belittling others and keep looking for imperfections,sure we will find it..the problem lies on the muslim,but not the true teaching of islam and the holy quran..same goes to christianity..go back to the true bible teaching and u can find truth..truth which moses hinted his followers of prophet muhammad pbuh and holy quran..
naz • 2 days ago
is this an article of population division or religion aggression?
Shah • 4 days ago
Firstly, The land is given to us by God, by nature. No one has right to command someone to leave. No one possesses any centimeter of any land. No one has a right to claim to possess the land. If so, shouldn’t you divide the air and the oceans as well? And forbid others to breathe with your oxygen that you “bought”?
Secondly, Why are humans so rude and ignorant? When will you learn to jugde people not by their religion, not by what media says, but by their actions. Islam has been there for 14 centuries and if muslims were terrorists, none of you would be even born by now. Make your brain work. If you are true christians you have NO RIGHT to hate Islam, just like muslims should not hate on christians. If you believe there’s one God and only one, muslims say the same thing, then what’s the problem? Shouldn’t we stay together in these days when living in peace is so hard? You became christians at one point, before that you used to be pagans, so what’s all that hate for Islam? Be wise, humans. If you believe your God is different then you are not christians. If you think only your religion has right for existence than you are absolutely ignorant and arrogant. Peace.
maggie • 3 days ago
Shah, from the beginning of time people learned to fight back the atrocities implanted by your prophet, muhammed, to his followers. The religion got so big because the method of recruiting. You join us or be killed and if you get out of the muslim religion and be killed. Tell me I am wrong. The Christians can live next to you but can you live next to a Christian? Being peaceful is irrelevant because there are over 300 million of you willing to die to kill many of us. You demean the women, they are not allowed to be educated, work, think, talk, and you have hide their faces for what? It’s not about religion, it’s about controlling people. I can’t leave next you guys because I will not survived, I will be killed in no time. No thanks to your suggestion. I cannot breath the same air you are breathing, it’s poisonous.
Ulf • 5 days ago
Något att ta in!
Kommer nu Turkiet in i Europa genom medlemskap i EU så ökas muslimska populationen i Europa med 10%
Och innom EU kommer det i ett klubbslag slag att öka muslimsa populationen med över 500% samt att det blir fria gränser för folkvandring.
Eu går då från att ha ca 13.000.000 muslimer till att ha ca100.000.000 vilket då utgör 1/6 av Eu’s population.
Vi går fortare och fortare mot ett muslimskt Europa.
Wayne Mulherin • 6 days ago
… little, if anything, is written on the drag to the progress of mankind presented by this religion … we have advanced beyond the adverse effects of the Judeo-Christian thing…but this one…it’s so retrograde … will anything be done… our hold on the future is tenuous…must it be further weakened by by-passed tribes…using our own advanced weaponry against us…
Larry Rondeau • 6 days ago
If France has the largest percentage of the Muslim population in Europe, do they also have the largest number of terrorist attacks?
me • 2 days ago
yes
brad • 2 weeks ago
John. 3_16
Muslim • 2 weeks ago
I urge everyone interested to read the quran and judge for themselves what it says. It is available online translated to most languages and explained. It’s even available in searchable format.
Jesus Army • 5 days ago
Really unimportant for me to read koran…
Alberto Gutierrez • 8 hours ago
I have and I don’t like it.
V Concerned • 2 weeks ago
For those that are sceptical, I direct you to watch ‘The rise of ISIS and the Christian response’ and ‘An Historical critique of Islam’s beginnings’ both lectures are given by a learned scholar.
They make for interesting viewing.
ravi • 2 weeks ago
THe fact of religious conflict is fundamentally global religious dominance. Christianity and Muslims want to make all people in the world in their fold.this is the unwritten fact. These two religions have killed millions of people the world over to achieve email their goals. Now both of them are fighting each other.
religions that are not democratic, and thatme force on others will not survive for long. To survive they have to fight each other and perish. Already these new religions are loosing their faithfuls in Europe.
RamaKishan • 2 weeks ago
Right in European context. Pls explain how these Abrahmic religions behave in Indian context?
Wayne Mulherin • 2 weeks ago
Muslims flee Islim, not the other things. They believe they will be safe in Christian countries. They should know Christians would not flee their country, and anyway they have nowhere else to go. To be fully accepted anywhere they must leave their pathetic religion of Islim wherever they came from. For the sake of the planet, please Islimists, do not force the rest of us into dreadful actions…go away and die if you must, but do not for God’s sake trouble either He or us …anymore, for surely, we’ve had enough of you…
Baptized and Concerned • 2 weeks ago
You’re being extremely ignorant and hateful. You say it is okay to condemn fellow humans to death. You need to learn what God would really want from good Christians. And, also, how to spell.
CJ • 1 week ago
Wayne, Amen to that!
Joyson • 4 days ago
If you read history, when muslims were persecuted in Saudi Arabia itself they took shelter in Ethiopia, that was ruled that by believer of christian faith. Now Al-shabab had declared all the african christian their enemy. Who ever has sheltered, helped, treated the muslim favorably, they were back stabbed. The future generation of native europeans will be slaughtered by these forces of jihad. Remember one British soldier was butchered on the street of London what the european could do than and now after paris what they can do nothing.
Bilal • 2 weeks ago
I’m amazed by the wisdom and intellect of the people here, but I don’t blame you. You have gone through an education system which produces tunnel visioned, selfish, unjust, materialistic, oppressors. your perception about Islam can only change if you are able to think freely and do your own research by looking authentic sources. God Bless you all.
Ron • 1 week ago
Actually the educational system i had says we have the freedom to do what we want and think how we want.
If everyone around you is muslim and you school system is muslim and your parents brought you up to be muslim how is that being able to think free?
In an islamic country you’re brainwashed just as much as you say we are here.
furtmermore we have christian schools and public schools which just tell you about all religions and not negatively as you think.
But yes capitalism is forced upon us and i don’t think this greedy system is good too but saying we cannot think freely when you are just as brainwashed as the brand name sheeps we have here is ignorant at best.
The only reason you’re a muslim is because you were brought up that way,if you were born in south korea you would be a completely different person.
Kevin • 2 weeks ago
The trouble is gangster activity. Al Capone was a gangster. The right response was to target gangsters, not Roman Catholic Italian immigrants, most of whom were not gangsters. To infer that Islam promotes gangster activity because gangsters invoke it in their own defense does nothing but elevate the gangsters. Gang activity can grow exponentially when it is not held in check. Call the gangsters what they are and pursue them relentlessly, without the irrelevant detour through race and religion.
Wayne Adams • 2 weeks ago
Al did what he did in the name of good old american greed not god.
karthik mahesh • 2 weeks ago
Muslim men marrying non muslim women is a ploy to increase their muslim population… They are doing that same thing in india, look at(love jihad) . For instance think abt confronting a muslim woman who is in burkha, how awkward is to converse with her..
fazee • 4 days ago
unwittingly u agree that burkha is really useful for womens safety. all women cover their body and faces to protect themselves from heat and sexy gazes of perverted men. Is int not burkha is really required for womens safety. To not consider it from the point of moslims, then u will be biased against burkha
Jai R • 2 weeks ago
Islam is 600 years behind Christianity
Christianity has evolved and matured. Christians are relaxed about their faith and do not allow their book or preacher to dictate the minutae of their lives. In particular Catholics disregard the Church teaching on contraception.
All religious believers need to meditate at least an hour every day and listen to their hearts not allow others to mess with their heads.
Robert • 2 weeks ago
Seems like Big Problems ahead if such a small percentage can cause so much havoc
OSM • 2 weeks ago
globalresearch.ca/non-muslims-ca…
NOT REALLY HUH?
read this, the media is really forming your opinion
kris • 2 weeks ago
this is clearly outdated – so not “factual”, as the lying author promotes. Just this year alone, over 1 million Muslim “refugees” have flooded in to Germany!
Katheryn • 2 weeks ago
I teach English over the internet to Muslims using the Bible as a text book. I have had some younger students in the Middle East tell me they wanted to go to Europe. They are not refugees, but planned to claim refugee status. So far I have talked them out of it, telling them to stay where they are where they are attending university or have a job, because they will lose their self-respect if they go to Europe and have to take handouts and live in refugee centers.
Ashiraf • 2 weeks ago
thanks Katheryn for the teachings u do and pray that it is of good intentions to we as muslims . thanks
CJ • 1 week ago
Keep up the good work Katheryn! Tell them the truth, that white Europeans do not want them.
Auro • 2 days ago
Hahaha!! That was funny!!
imad soltani • 2 weeks ago
how this “research” have been made ? it will be interesting to understand the methodology . i see it very hard , for example , to obtain a “median age” for a religion
Jai R • 2 weeks ago
3000 BC Krishna was born and said according to the epic Mahabahrata “Its OK to kill your brother-if he stands in opposition to you on the battlefield”
2500 BC Buddha was born and said “Love Your Enemy”. A pioneer.
0 AD Jesus was born and said “Love Your Enemy”. Maybe he met a Buddhist monk in the 20 years the Bible does not tell us where he was.
600 AD Muhammad went about establishing the Religion of Peace with many battles fought and lives lost to establish it.
Think about it. Which faith is truly divine and which man-made.
Russell Laverty • 1 week ago
No faith is divine. They are all man-made.
zilani golam • 2 weeks ago
may i know why they involve that kind of activities ?
what is the main reason ?
aana • 2 weeks ago
These were facts, now they are old and outworn. In Austria we estimate 600.000 to 650.000 muslims. On a per capita basis this about equal to Germany and almost to Sweden.
Nancy • 2 weeks ago
All the pictures I see are of fighting age young men. I see very few women or children. My question is why aren’t these men banding together in their own country to fight oppression in stead of cowardly running away from it; going to other lands where they can live peacefully? Don’t the refugees understand that the Europeans had to spend precious blood, fight for their freedom, die for their freedom; that freedom is NOT free? And now they come, asking for welfare, housing, food, etc. Who do they think is paying for all of this? Certainly not them. They believe that if you don’t conform to and accept their religion that they have a right to kill you. They have multiple wives, many children, child brides. There should have been a better solution to this situation. A safe place in the middle east should have been carved out, protected by the U.N. The U.N. soldiers should have had live ammo and the order to fire to protect these refugees. Look at Saudia Arabia they have over 1 million air conditioned tents set up and ready to go, but they offer nothing. Saudis will not accept any refugees. Same with many other Gulf countries. This is wrong. They should be pressured to take them in. Financial sanctions should have been imposed on these countries in the middle east who are not taking in refugees. Why does Europe and the USA have to take them in? These people are from the middle east. They are used to the climate and weather there. This whole entire situation has been extremely badly handled.
Charles • 2 weeks ago
I am with you on this.
Stacy • 2 weeks ago
I thought it was obvious that they want to achieve what Europe stopped so long ago the Islamization/Arabization of Europe. Think North Africa. Conquered centuries ago and just about totally arab including the indigenous population who survived the caliphates. It will be achieved. No doubt about it.
Ali gharaibeh • 2 weeks ago
Nancy, your concerns are legitimate, however, please do not generalise. Most probably you do not know the background of the Arab/Muslim problem since the Sykes Picot Agreement in 1916 where the Middle East/North African Arab countries (they were one country) were divided by the French and the British. Since that time the installed puppet dictators upon these people where they were starved oppressed tortured deprived of their basic human rights (Gulf states were excluded because of the oil discoveries and the smaller population, people are better off, however, no human rights or freedom of any kind exist). When the population of these countries started to wake up, and because of the openness of information, the youth in particular started to rise against the long term oppression. The west intervened again veraciously and supported the tyrants to squash these uprisings and that what makes these young people to flee for better like since they gave up on their countries and their political systems. However, if they want to stand hand in hand and fight they will be bombed to smithereens by the western powers from the sky and been called savages and terrorists.
Zahir • 2 weeks ago
who send guns who are gun maker, if you European think you respect humanity, then please stop sending guns and stop supporting extremist like IS
Ron • 1 week ago
You’re confusing our goverments(which are puppets ) with the normal people who live here.
Democracy is a lie,the goverment does big business wants.
I don’t want us exporting weapons and we could have had other sources for oil many years ago but the oil companies rule us just like our banking system.
We in Europe and the rest of the west are living under the powers of big corporations. We live in a corpocracy.
Please don’t blame us,
Pam • 2 weeks ago
My thoughts exactly. I agree with everything you’ve said.
Nancy • 2 weeks ago
This is from 2010. This is OLD info. I would have expected PEW to have more current info. The Muslims have been on the move in Europe. So this is quite useless as it is not a true current reflection.
Jackson • 3 weeks ago
It’s becoming a huge problem. Nobody denies that vast majority of European Muslims are peaceful. Terrorism in Europe isn’t that big of a problem yet. But the problem is more of a cultural thing. Islam is a blend of religious believes and traditions that have been developing for years in the Middle East region and Arabic world, and the result of those believes and traditions is the current situation in some of those countries: wars, poverty, dictatorship, lack of good education. Those people that coming to Europe were brought up in Islamic world and they are not likely to adopt to Western culture for the rest of their lifes, they will continue wearing hidjabs, follow their own social norms, behave, believe, and teach their children those islamic cultural believes. That where the problem comes, that European muslims are such a strong believers that they don’t want to accept Western values, instead they want to carry on with their own values that are only good in the country they came from. But Muslim world and Western civilization doesn’t have a lot in common therefore conflicts occur. Those muslims that want to move to Europe or already moved either have to accept Western values and be like everyone else or stay home, EU has to force them to make a choice. But unfortunately it’s not easy for the muslims to betray their believes thay would rather die, so then they have to stay home and build their own countries with their own hands the way they want them to be.
magic • 3 weeks ago
Preach your peace to your brother hood. ..
Ron • 3 weeks ago
Europe is committing suicide before our eyes.
Mary • 2 weeks ago
You are so right…And yet, Europe is so NAIVE!
Andrew • 3 weeks ago
I feel sorry for Slovenia, a nation of 2 million, having to deal with 150 thousand Islamic Syrian and other refugees (some, very likely terrorists) . Hungary and Croatia have been happy to recently push their migrant influx problems on to bordering helpless Slovenia. Austria apparently has recently closed their few southern border crossings and these desperate 150K + Muslims will likely not be able to cross the northern mountainous snowy Julian Alps boundary between Slovenia and Austria. Winter with extreme cold and snow will likely precipitate a horrible crisis between desperate starving and freezing Muslim Syrians and desperate Catholic Slovenians, and farmers with totally depleted reserves, trying to fend off fatalistic, desperate attacks on their lives and properties.
michael • 4 weeks ago
The majority of Muslims is peaceful, many ones are kind and nice persons, is but Islam itself is not. 107 verses in the Quran are against human rights, by promoting violence against non Muslims.
Reciprocity does not exist, so whoever Muslim converts to another religion will be condemned, killed, or simply isolated.
Women cannot marry non Muslim – they are a possession of men. Justifications for that are ridicolous.
Muslims grow impressively, without caring about ecologic consequences of this growth.
Once Islam becomes majority in Europe, it will be a disaster for human rights.
Matthew Fitzgerald • 3 weeks ago
I agree.
Piedone • 3 weeks ago
WRONG!
Dale • 3 weeks ago
Its the truth
Jacki • 2 weeks ago
I hope it can be stop.
I do agree this will happen if not stopped
Sal • 3 weeks ago
U don’t know any thing about Islam… Then how can u say these utter uglt words…
Dale • 3 weeks ago
I don’t know where u live? but what he said is nonetheless a truth
Anjali Randeva • 3 weeks ago
Agreed. It comes from within the religion. Most Muslims are peaceful and truly kind but if they truly examine their prophet and their religion and if they are truly true to themselves they would know what their religion teaches.
It is true that there are very many peaceful verses in the Quran but this was in the beginning when their prophet didnt have many followers and had humble beginnings..you can see that the Quran naturally progresses to being more violent and militant in their approach to spreading islam and gaining leadership.
As much as Quran teaches peace, it also and moreso leans to the violent side. Esp when it comes to arguing its authenticity and its prophet. It is amazing to see how many of these “peaceful muslims” would turn violent in a heart beat when it comes to their religion, their book and their prophet. They do not spare their own.
ASI • 2 weeks ago
Plenty of religious Muslims do not interpret these texts literally, just as most Jews and Christians don’t follow Old Testament injunctions literally. Most people – and this includes Muslims – are perfectly capable of separating out their daily religious practices from violent passages in their religious texts. Given that an overwhelming majority do, it’s not really fair to assert that Salafi or ISIS-style interpretations (which are a distinct and small minority) represent “true Islam” (a claim that is ironically one being pushed most hard by ISIS itself).
Jai R • 2 weeks ago
Islam is a Religion of Peace.
If you disagree with this statement then you may be killed ?
Does this make sense ?
ASI • 2 weeks ago
This is a fairly unsupportable generalization. Yes, there are violent passages in the Qu’ran — as there are in the Old Testament and even within Hindu scripture. Yet Jews and Christians by and large don’t endorse punishments like stoning of adulterers, or murder of non-Jews or Christians.
Most people who practice religion do not live their lives according to the most retrograde parts of religious text. Most people are not religious literalists. This includes the overwhelming majority of Muslims and the overwhelming majority of European Muslims. To imply that all true Muslims “must” believe in killing nonbelievers is to embrace ISIS’ theological interpretation, one that, again, the vast majority of Muslims – and certainly the vast majority of European Muslims – reject.
I agree that contemporary Islam has a problem with extremism and intolerance, and while violent jihadists are a small fraction of the Muslim community, they constitute a very real threat. But let’s not forget that most victims of jihadi terrorism are Muslims. And let’s also not tar the majority of European Muslims, who are already living in a climate of fear and rising Islamophobia. In France, ironically, most Muslims are secular, and intermarriage rates are very high (half of all Muslim-born French men marry non-Muslims; a quarter of Muslim-born women do too). France and other European countries do face problems integrating Muslim immigrant communities, but for all their processes’ flaws, most French Muslims actually do integrate.
Ellen • 2 weeks ago
I disagree with u about what u saied about Quran
Why did u mention only the violence
There are a lot in Quran that teach how to be a good person and how to deal with non Muslims pacefully . U should search and find that.
Moreover, what is exactly happening is not related to Islam it’s just holding the name of Islam and it is actually controlled by non Muslims people
Just go to the European history and see who is promoting the violence from the past until now . The churches were dominating every thing and kill the ppl
Also, look to the eurepon history when they satelled in Muslims countries, they killed millions of Muslims ppl
Just read and read carefully and u will find out the truth
Alex • 2 weeks ago
Thanks!
Rizvee Imran • 2 weeks ago
Muslims can marry Christian and Jews , Btw .. Yes there are verses in Quran that might lead once to believe in violence but wait a second isn’t a cartoon series can lead people to violence if its seen that way . If you teach Islam or any religion in a way that promotes violence then the end result will be a violent person , and where does it come from ? Culture my friend , Culture .. Muslims are not allowed to worship anyone else then Allah , but a large amount of Muslims in South Asian countries do worship dead people ,yes they are great dead people according to our history and pure religions persons too but according to islam you can’t worship anyone but Allah . But still these fanboys have other ideas .. What I am trying to say is , culture is the issue here .. Religion isn’t . It can easily get on top of religions and you will do whatever you think right .
Jai R • 2 weeks ago
In the many Muslim marriages to non-Muslim the inevitable happens. Conversion of the non-Muslim. Isn’t this paranoia on the part of the Muslim spouse ?
Why not love the non Muslim person for who they are when you fell in love with them and not try to remake them into an image of yourself ?
Shafira • 1 month ago
Im a muslim and i am sick of being blamed for what “some of the muslims” did. Just because some people who claimed they are muslim and made a mess doesnt mean you can blame the rest of the muslim population. I know we have some issues in the middle east that might worries you, but please give the rest of us a break. The true islam is actually a very peaceful religion. Please stop the hate and the racism.
dillslim • 1 month ago
Then preach to your muslim brothers and not to the people that have valid concerns of the actions and intent of your religion of peace!
Robert • 1 month ago
Exactly! Moderate Muslims should be blaming extreme Muslims for their problems, not secular Europeans!
Mostafa Ali • 3 weeks ago
And we do actually, A loot, we fight terrorism here as well and we pay blood for it, but those are not here to be preached, they see all other muslims in the world as infidels and should be killed.
That said, still you have no right in generalization, and making all muslims the same as a group who did something bad, if an athiest commited a hateful crime, or a group of them for this matter, should we have fear of atheism?
Michael • 3 weeks ago
No, that argument is either idiotic or dishonest. Athiests don’t believe in a stupid holy book that has 107 verses that are against human rights, by promoting violence against non Muslims.
Panos • 3 weeks ago
The “holy” Bible has several violations of human rights, including orders to kill (by stones or otherwise) people who commit what the bible sees as a crime. So according to your moronic logic Michael there are 2.2 billion people who believe in christianity (many of them europeans) who are misogynic, misanthropes and are ready to commit crimes even against it’s own.
Don • 2 weeks ago
The difference is christianity was reformed and modernized. The quran has never had a reformation. The beginning of the quran states this is a perfect book. Muslims believe the quran was written by the hand of god. How can they then question this book (question Allah)The quran is also filled with violent references towards muslims who wish to reform (apostate). Europe will have worsening problems
plumwoods • 1 month ago
Then go out and do something about it instead of saying ur sick of being blamed.
Free Thinker • 4 weeks ago
If you belong to any religion/group/mob/political entity you have to bear the blame for crimes committed by your mob. You can’t conveniently disclaim them when they misread your religious teachings! If you don’t want to share the blame, remove the source of blame from your group. Or just be a free human being. Simple.
Mostafa Ali • 3 weeks ago
Ok what if I became an atheist, and started committing crimes in the name of atheism, how exactly will you remove me? verbally? still will not stop me from committing crimes and put atheism’s name on it, same goes for Islam, we reject them, we fight them, and they are terrorists here as well.
Tesla • 3 weeks ago
The problem seems to be that every muslim is supposed to believe that the Koran is the word of God, and therefore immutable. And the koran preaches violence against non-muslims. So If you stay a muslim, you believe in violence against non-muslims.
Sophia • 3 weeks ago
People don’t and never have committed crimes in the name of Atheism – because it is not a religion or belief system, simply the absence of belief.
John • 2 weeks ago
Belief that there is no God is still a belief.
Damon • 3 weeks ago
If you started committing terrorist acts in the name of atheism it would be very easy to disavow you. First off atheists are not organized group who feel the need to defend each other, there is no common bond between us other than the certainty that there is no God.
Secondly every other atheist is not carrying around a book which they proclaim was written by some higher force that, while some passages may advocate peace, contains many that support the degradation of women’s freedom and rights and which refer to everyone who is not an atheist as an infidel.
Finally. If you ever did become an atheist you’d never do what you’re suggesting, you’d just sit down, shake your head and wonder why it was you defended Islam for as long as you did.
Note I am a former Muslim who saw the light
Panos • 3 weeks ago
Funny Logic “Free Thinker”. So if I don’t want to be blamed for the crimes humans commit upon nature, earth, animals I shall remove myself from the group of humanity? So I should commit suicide? Seriously? LOL
Marcus • 3 weeks ago
If the majority of Muslims are peaceful, then they should speak up and police themselves. You cannot expect to be well received when others are doing horrific things and representing you. I believe that the majority of Muslims are peaceful. I have known many wonderful muslims.But the voice screaming loudest for the Muslim community is telling me and the rest of the world to live in fear and mistrust.
Larry • 3 weeks ago
I do believe there are many peaceful Muslim people. My concern is why are they not speaking out against these horrible actions and helping take action to stop the lunacy? I believe if there were a terrorist Christian group killing Muslims that the peaceful Christians would take up arms against them is a second.
Panos • 3 weeks ago
Christians do not take arms against anyone even when Christians killing Christians, Larry. Let alone for muslims. Never did, never will. When 1000 of muslims where killed in Bosnia nobody raised a voice. No Christian no Atheist no Jew no-one.
jamor • 7 days ago
What did Clinton do in Bosnia,if not take up arms
al • 3 weeks ago
i think it was called the KKK
ASI • 2 weeks ago
Muslim leaders and communities routinely speak out against extremism and violence. Just from the last couple of days, examples include:
theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/1…
huffingtonpost.com/entry/imams-s…
abcnews.go.com/US/american-musli…
cnn.com/2015/11/16/world/not-in-…
english.alarabiya.net/en/News/mi…
thinkprogress.org/world/2015/11/…
Jan • 3 weeks ago
I think It’s our land and we decide who to invite. Muslims, are not welocome. That’s it. World is wide. Let them live i any other part of the globe.
Eugene • 3 weeks ago
Shafira nothing to do wth the racism. Unfortunately, for you (normal peacefull and kind muslims) there are to many terrorists acts performed in the name of Mohamed and Islam. Too much innocent people died in the name of Allah. This is the very hystorical moment when muslim community over the world must take position against these barbarian acts. We, the others christians, juives, budhistes etc we are all expecting that you, muslims, get upgrade your personal phylosophy…and became more tolerants with the others. And less toleants wth those criminal extremists wich in the name of your Prophet kill peoples everywhere on this planet.
Karen Andrews • 3 weeks ago
Yes, don’t preach to us… Get all of your none violent Muslims and start protesting the groups who give peaceful Muslims a bad name…
Harry S • 3 weeks ago
I assume your post is a joke. Everyone knows that Muslims are the most intolerant religion on earth. How many churches and synagogues are there in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait or Syria?
Vincent • 2 weeks ago
I wish to stay long term in southern Zamboanga, Philippines but, do to so many kidnaping by Muslims, I am very afraid. Where are all the nice gentle Muslims there?? Seems they have free reign and can do all they want there in the name of their religion. This is a peaceful group that is tolerant of all?
Richard Daugherty • 2 weeks ago
The problem is its no longer just in the middle east??
Jai R • 2 weeks ago
Islamic populations are growing at 2x the rate of Christian populations according to the Pew future projections and todays reality.
Is this because the world has a surplus of natural resources or the Islamic world has a surplus of natural resources ?
Naz • 2 weeks ago
Who is blaming Muslims? The whole blame falls on Islamist people. Don’t confuse the two just because they try to hide behind your religion, and don’t defend them because of that. Christians don’t defend Christian criminals because we happen to share a religion, neither do we condone extremism. I don’t think Muslims should be blamed for the actions of these people, but you certainly should not defended them either. People should not confuse and mix these matters. If you do, it just plays right into the hands of extremists.
Crawdaddy • 2 weeks ago
Did not Mohammed have his opponents beheaded, thus starting Islams fixation with decapitation? Did he not exterminate a Jewish tribe in Medina and marry their female children? If your religion is founded by a psychopath, it is and always be false and evil.
Lew • 1 month ago
Why do so many posts talk about evil things people did 500 to 1000 years ago. For the love of all that is holy we all stipulate; Crusades BAD, Inquisition BAD, Ciliphat enlightenment good. How do any of those relate to 2015. I get it you need a historical perspective, (I am a historian) but I was taught at about the age of 2 that just because little Jonny hit me that was no excuse for me to pull Susie’s hair. I don’t give a rat’s ass about The Lion Hart and Saladin’s 800 year old feud how does it justify ISIL’s rape, torture, murder etc…. in 2015!? Forgive my indulgence in reductio ad absurdum but I don’t care what the Europeans did the 19th century either!!! They are all dead go dig them up but quit trying to justify bad behavior by pointing to centuries past!!!
Bobby • 2 months ago
No, Jesus never said the exact three words, “I am God.” But Jesus also never said the exact four words, “I am a prophet,” or the exact four words, “I am a man,” but we know He was both a prophet and a man. It is not necessary for Jesus to say the exact phrase, “I am a man,” for us to know that He was a man. Likewise, it is not necessary for Jesus to utter the exact three words, “I am God,” in order for us to determine whether or not He is divine. Jesus may not have said the exact sentence, “I am God,” but He did claim the divine name for Himself (Exo. 3:14 with John 8:58), and He also received worship (Matt. 2:2, 14:33, 28:9; John 9:35-38).
Sal • 2 months ago
Jesus also never led an Army and then personally beheaded people. Not all other prophets can say the same…
Crawdaddy • 2 weeks ago
There is not one teaching in the New Testament advocating violence. The Quran cannot say that.
herald • 2 months ago
ARE ALL MUSIMS TERRORIST?
no, if all muslims were terrosist then america and europe would have been conquered already because of the vast number of muslims and not only that ive seen other corruption within the these continents and countries but i have never seen anyone talked about them. i have many muslim friends and they are no different from you or i. when was the last time u actully saw on TV a real authentic video in america about asian or african muslims blow up something. in boston it was russian guy, him and his brother and they were fully russian. not only that what aabout the milllions of people america[ obama] killed in the middle east with his drones. he pull the trigger under false pretenses.
Dr Doctor • 4 weeks ago
“if all muslims were terrosist then america and europe would have been conquered”
lol no, they would be exterminated in weeks, Russia,USA and Europe each can easily take over the muslim world by themselves or simply nuke them for fun, the muslim firepower is pathetic if compared to western armies, almost all weapons that muslims use are created and sell by Russia USA and Europe
When muslims are in the stronger side they always attack, christians in middle east are being exterminated, muslims tried to invade Israel,muslims started killing thousands of christians in Nigeria without reason,92% of Saudi arabia think ISIS are right,most muslims want Sharia law that opress christians and Jews,kill anyone who leave Islam but force many to leave other religions and have laws to kill anyone who don’t believe in God or is a politheist
Mostafa Ali • 3 weeks ago
1- About killing who leaves Islam, this is not even agreed on in muslim communities and I have never seen it happen, and even if you can apply there are many things that must be present first before you can do it, and he also must be hostile against Islam, just like war, as long as he is peaceful and he leaves our religion alone, he cannot be touched, there are many opinions in Islam and powerful ones also that says it’s not from Islam.
2- It’s actually funny, you see there is a whole verse in Qur’aan about forcing people to convert, and that you cannot do it, and it’s not even your right.
3- What are the Sharia laws that opress christians and jews? never heard of those, actually in Qur’aan we are taught that Christians and Jews are our most friendly people to have.
4- ” christians in middle east are being exterminated” how is that even possible? I have like a dozen of christian friends, I live next to a Big Church? where did you get that?
5- “92% of Saudi Arabia believe ISIS is right” ? I’ve not seen any, and I repeat any one from whome I knwo from KSA who even believes in ISIS, diverse opinions exist about why ISIS exist and why they do what they do, but every one agrees on that they should be exterminated.
David W • 3 weeks ago
I agree my friend. Isis is nothing more than a group of hired thugs let loose by the great satan to eliminate Assad and seize his oil and to frighten the Iraqi Shia president into falling back into line. This is ostensibly about control of a third of the worlds oil production by three super powers and, as far as Saudi Arabia is concerned and Israel (who I believe are colluding behind the scenes) it is about dismantling a local Shiite empire.
jamor • 7 days ago
1.In Afghanistan you are killed if you convert
2.In Pakistan Hindu & Christian girls are kidnapped,forced to convert and marry Muslims
3.In Pakistan non Muslims are arrested under blasphemy law and are killed.Ahmedyias is another sect of Islam who are not allowed to call themselves Muslims and are banned from reading the Koran.Their Mosques are frequently vandalised in Pakistan There is also a jizya tax which non muslims are supposed to pay,though it may not be widely followed in present times.
4.Christians are being killed in Egypt and Indonesia.Churches are also being vandalised in same countries.In Muslim countries non muslims are not allowed to eat or drink in public during Ramadan
Rubinstin • 2 weeks ago
@Heral They were not “Fully Russian.” Their ethnic background is Chechen and Avar.
anne • 4 days ago
well chechens are muslim right?
Josh • 2 months ago
I never saw in the bible where jesus says hes god i dont know why
gwynedd1 • 3 weeks ago
“Before Abraham, I am” is calling yourself the essence of God. He also forgave sins. You cannot do so without being sinless and you cannot be sinless without the essence of God.
I am not proselytizing. Its simply what it says. So either Jesus considered himself God or the Bible is a forgery. I can’t ever remember prophets going around and saying things like “don’t be bad or you will be punished”, or “bad people are coming”. No, they say a flood will come to the mountain”, poetically.
Clay • 3 weeks ago
With regard to Jesus as God please read Erhman’s “How Jesus Became God”…
huffingtonpost.com/bart-d-ehrman…
Mike • 2 months ago
im on neither sides because im neither muslim nor christian. but i read an earlier comment and that is actually true because if muslim killed all “non believers” then there would have been no jews nor christians alive today not only that india claims that they were forced to follow islam as “the straight path” but actually if they were actually forced then there islam would be the major religion of india nor hinduism
Cindy Ginn • 1 month ago
The Christian crusaders fought off the Muslims
Artur • 3 weeks ago
There actually are NO jews in most of the muslim countries even in countries where there where hundreds of thousands of jews
So check your premises and do your homework first
kalyan • 3 weeks ago
somebody here mentions india / hinduism as week. But its not true. we let our muslim brothers co-exist with us. if and only they live peacefully.
RamaKishan • 2 weeks ago
Islam became dominant religion, rather the only religion in countries spreading from Arab, decimating totally the aboriginal, native religions, in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. In India, Islam tried hard but could not decimate Hinduism. But its softer version Buddhism was decimated from lands of Afghanistan, Indonesia etc.
AT • 2 months ago
What happened to the first port of call for asylum seekers/refugees being tje countries neighbouring them???
xerxes • 2 months ago
Koran.(8.1) “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.” (8.39) 2 and fight them until there is no more disbelief in Islam and religion will be for Allah alone” It does not look good for Europe
Matt • 2 months ago
Coming from a guy named Xerxes? I think this is hilarious.
Your quote is taken out of context, the disbelievers in your quote refers to pagans in the Arabian Peninsula, who persecuted and killed converts to Islam during the beginning of the spread of Islam. At that time, most inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula were not Muslim–so when someone converted to Islam, they were persecuted heavily–the term “disbelievers” in the Qu’ran is almost solely used to refer to Arab pagans. In terms of the Qu’ran, Christians and Jews are considered “People of the Book”–not disbelievers or infidels.
As a matter of fact, hundreds of years ago, the Ottoman millet system allowed Christians and Jews to live almost autonomously (they still had to pay a tax to the empire) within the Ottoman Empire, while persecuting other Muslim denominations as heretics, because the other Islamic denominations (such as Shias) are not protected by the Qu’ran to the extent that Christians and Jews are.
Not so different to how new converts to Christianity were at first persecuted and tortured heavily by the Romans, until Emperor Constantine ended the persecution of Christians after civil wars of the Tetrarchy, the pagans of Arabia tortured, persecuted, and killed new Muslim converts, and the quote that you have referenced is attributed solely to those pagans of Arabia.
tina • 4 weeks ago
The Ottoman millet system …. Yeah…. you haven’t mention the type of tax the Christian Bulgarians had to pay while under Ottoman invasion. In fact one of the worst taxes was called ‘Blood Tax’ where the Muslim were visiting the homes of Bulgarians and were killing all baby boys born to Bulgarians.
Only taxes…. right……
Mostafa Ali • 3 weeks ago
Where did you get that from? “Blood Tax” do you have any citation? It’s in any history book I can find.. please provide your source of info, if exists one, and I’m sure you won’t find any
gwynedd1 • 3 weeks ago
The Janissaries are famous for being the Kidnapped children of their Christian Vassals. So does it matter. Get lost and stop making excuses. The cultures do no work. Even your fasts don’t work the further north you go. No observant Muslim could be north of the arctic circle because they would never eat.
None of these Levantine voodoo religions are well adapted the further north you go. Where are Inuits going to get the “blood of Christ” and the bread for his body?
Steven northington • 2 months ago
An eye for an eye and let’s do unto other as they do
Lester Hemphill • 2 months ago
In the United States, there is separation of church and state, that should also mean separation of mosque and state.
T. Traub • 2 months ago
The Muslim world is growing, while the Christian world is shrinking. That’s the current trend and we have to live with it.
Europe is a dying place. War weary, depleted of resources, decadent, and lacking in new ideas, they’ve grown soft and comfortable and no longer have the energy to carry on their traditions, so they’re handing the continent over to a younger, more energetic population.
The Americans, energized by continued immigration from Mexico and Asia, will dominate as Europe recedes. The Asians led by China will dominate in their hemisphere. The rest of the world will deteriorate as overpopulation and civil war continue to eat away at Africa, central Asia, etc.
Seth Edwards • 2 months ago
The Christian world isn’t shrinking but it isn’t exactly growing either. The Muslim world is growing though a little faster than Christianity but not by that much.
Ian Bryce • 3 months ago
The article needs to say when the figures apply. Some figs 2010, published Jan 2015.
Brian McInnis • 3 months ago
Uhm, so Russia is actually the northern half of Asia, so…?
Adam Dilem • 3 months ago
Waw! Reading the comments, and as I am a muslim, I am shocked by the amount of racism and hatered against fellow citizens based on their religion and race. Coming from people who claim to defend the so called civilised Europe from the other. I see no difference between these voices of today’s Europe and America and the voices of crussading Europe of a 1000 year ago that claimed the same moral supremacy and in the course slaughtered whole cities and villages in muslim countries. Committing genocides not only against muslims but also against fellow Christians from other denomi ations and Jews. 5 centurries ago the Muslim Caliphate of the Othomans sent its entire fleet the shores of Spain to evacute and save over 100 000 jews. In todays rates thats equivalent to 10’s of millions population. Muslims welcomed them in mainly Turky and North Africa and there was no debate weither these Jews should be deported or rejected. Although in the History of Islam the Jews never stopped plotting against muslims and betraying them. I wonder how much of the 14 million Jews around the world today trace their ancestry back to those we saved and accepted to live amongst us and flourish with with full citizenship rights. Look at as today! We are at war. Most of the main stream western media is controlled by the Zionist war mongerring lobby. A media that spread more hatered and racism against muslims than themselves could ever imagine to achieve. Brainwashing the masses for what? More wars and more invasions and more human desasters. Wake up people. We are all human beings. Europeans themselves can trace their ancestors back to the midle east. So what you hating are your brothers and sisters.
Julian • 1 month ago
I understand you and agree, but the problem is, so many muslims seem to hate europeans. They show aggression, and end up in so called “no go” districts. That’s not a sign of wanting to live like brothers and sisters. To achieve that people should be cultured, and forget about egoistical nature, but that’s utopia in these conditions. Besides, many europeans still struggle because of the economic crisis, we have problems with our corrupted governments as well, and such huge masses of people (with their own demands) are too much for many. No matter how beautiful ideals we have, this is XXI century, and reality is reality. Apart from religions, we have other differences.
Kirza • 4 weeks ago
Why are you calling it ‘racism’? Islam is not a race.
Stop trying to stop debate by labelling people.
Westerners have a right to be concerned re hatred and attacks committed by people we have allowed to migrate to our shores.
I am appalled at the extent of intolerance and hatred shown to non-Muslims, by Muslims living in the West! Many hate everyone – Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, atheists – everyone but themselves. We have a right to have had enough of this.
And do you fully know the extent of crimes commiteed by Muslims? No.
Mohammad himself, with HIS OWN HANDS, killed people.
Dr Doctor • 4 weeks ago
And now muslims are the only ones doing that, also they did the same things europe did in that age
gwynedd1 • 3 weeks ago
They didn’t know how to read. Nothing in the Christian doctrine says anything about conquering. Muslims on the other hand do know how to read.
Jose Frajtag • 3 months ago
I believe in a unique solution for the immigration problem! All countries should make them TEMPORARY! They should make the immigrants sign a commitment to return to their countries as soon the problems int that countries is solved. In the meantime they should also commit to not procriate, otherwise they should be deported! Then all the countries should reunite and SOLVE the problem. It is better to make a war there in the Middle East, than to have a bigger and local war in the future!
Kev Z • 3 months ago
Very well said. Their stay should only be temporary, and not permanent. But I think that is going to be very since Sweden is basically giving them a citizenship the moment they land. I strong believe if any of them were to commit a crime, they should be deport immediately.
Phil • 2 months ago
The people in the middle East region have been at war with each other since recorded history was created.
Since these people are moving into other parts of the Earth, the battleground site spreads with them. Just read the news every day, not propaganda from the right or left…actual records and you will see the evidence.
Matt • 2 months ago
Yeah, because war and violent crimes is solely a product of the Middle East.
Do you even read the news or study history? Almost every year, there is a massive school shooting in the United States. Is that a product of the Middle East?
Not so long ago, Europeans could not stop warring against each other, for purpose of religion–Protestants versus Catholics. The worst acts of depravity, from beheading to mass slaughter, to all sorts of medieval torture, took place there. There was even a European attempt to mitigate the violence, a marriage between a Protestant and a Catholic, but even that turned into a massacre, the St. Bartholomew massacre.
Then, the Europeans put religion aside, and began warring for Empire, with the biggest Empires springing out of England and France. These empires spread across every continent, committing acts of violence, torture, and robbing entire populations of their wealth. The empires of Europe spread so far, that they triggered disputes within Europe, with Europeans arguing and fighting over land and resources that never belonged to them in the first place!
Sure, the Middle East has seen no shortage of war, but neither has Europe, the rest of Asia, or even the Americas (before and after the Europeans settled there).
phil • 1 month ago
So we agree. Good. Nothing you have pointed out disproves the points I outlined in my original comment.
I appreciate your hearty endorsement,
On a personal note, “Do you even read the news or study history”. Personal insults on imaginary weaknesses of random strangers on the internet often backfires. I dumb it down for people like you.
I find most of your comment historically inaccurate and you comprehension of war and conquest childlike in simplicity.
Matthew Fitzgerald • 3 weeks ago
That’s a good idea.
NoWay • 3 weeks ago
Wishful thinking, they will never come home willingly.
Mark • 2 weeks ago
If all the moderate/innocent muslims are to leave their war torn lands then they have ‘given’ the lands to the extremists.
Once the extremists have a foothold there is no way you could get the moderates to return.
Hugo • 3 months ago
These figures do not include illegals that add considerable numbers in most countries. The 1% per decade will undoubtedly grow as the flood of migrants reaching Europe are mostly moslim.
igor • 3 months ago
The Bible says in the Proverbs 22:6
”Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”
Does it also mean that Western education system will not change the menthality of next generation of muslims?
what the statistics says?
On what basis those prognoses were made that at the end of century all population will be muslim?
How the nominal-muslim will reflect positively/negatively on the future of europe?
Rene Demonteverde • 3 months ago
Problem is once Islam gains a foothold and Sharia is founded as basis for law in Muslim communities it is hard to withdraw. It is not like an election where the political atmosphere ebbs and flows. Once a Muslim always a Muslim. This, the Europeans will later find out to its grief. And to most Muslims a non Muslim is somebody who is destined for hell fire. So figure that out.
Abdi • 3 months ago
Please lets not speak out of ignorance. Let’s state the actual facts. I’m pretty sure you do not know the actual definition of the word SHARIA without you GOOGLING. If you want to learn something or know more about something, you go to the actual source. Not repeat what you heard from our friends from Fox.
bob • 2 months ago
The word “al-Taqiyya”literally means: “Concealing or disguising one’s beliefs, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and/or strategies at a time of eminent danger, whether now or later in time, to save oneself from physical and/or mental injury.”A one-word translation would be “Dissimulation.”
al-islam.org/shiite-encyclopedia…
Looks like it may lean more to Shiite angle of Islam.
14 references/sources there for you mate.
Matt • 2 months ago
Al-Taqiyya, which right-wingers love to cite as evidence that Muslims are concealing their actual plot to murder and kill all non-Muslims has nothing to do with killing or murdering anyone.
As you stated, al-Taqiyya is a practice most associated with Shia Muslims, who had to conceal their confession from the predominately Sunni Muslim population or face persecution by the predominately Sunni Muslim population. In Sunni Islam, most practitioners believe it is sinful to ever perform al-Taqiyya. And when terrorists like ISIS perform the atrocities that they commit, they are certainly not trying to conceal anything.
If Muslims wanted to kill non-Muslims, then there would have been no Christians or Jews living in the Ottoman Empire–which was the last legitimate “Caliphate”–a dirty word to many right-wingers. Yet, the Ottoman Empire, even during its time when it was the most powerful empire on Earth, allowed Christians and Jews to live by their own teachings, by the Bible or by the Torah–and the Ottoman Empire found the basis of allowing Christians and Jews to practice their religion autonomously within the Qu’ran. The Ottomans even extended their hands (and their armies) to rescue Jews from several European atrocities. Way back in 1324, Sultan Orhan even built a synagogue for the Jews himself–it was ordered by decree.
E. Kleber • 2 months ago
YOU are so right. It is a really an awful vision for the future of our children, our rich history and culture. It makes me very sad and depressed.
Ali Iqbal • 3 months ago
i think Muslim is not a big problem for Europe, Muslim comes there for job and better lifestyle, every half million year world geographical region changed, if muslim will be next power in Europe so that`s not a bad thing for christian because nature give everyone chance to migrate and changes there places
not in human land but also in forest for wild animals.
bobby g • 3 months ago
Huh?
Rene Demonteverde • 3 months ago
Yep. No big deal
Mary9494 • 3 months ago
Yes, how did the comment suddenly become ‘we will be in power naturally.’
Igor Stepanovich • 3 months ago
sounds like islam will take over europe
so if life under muslim theocracy is so good, why so many of you dream about living in secular world and run to humanistic EU, who gives refuge to both muslim and christians?
are you not afraid for your young generation who will leave the religion and will be just nominal muslim?
or you believe that europe one day will change its jurisdiction and will become the same world from where people run?
Lew • 1 month ago
You are correct but last I checked the Ottoman is no longer with us. You statement is tantamount to telling a Jew in 1940 he should vacation in Berlin because the Nazi’s were not guilty of killing anyone in 1872. The Jews were treated well in Europe at times and at others they were exterminated. At the current time Radicalized Muslim are killing people who are Christian, Jews, Agnostic etc….. Just on that basis. All of the sins of King Richard or the virtues of the Great Ottoman empire can justify the evil being perpetrated on innocent young girls. Evil is evil it just so happens that it is ISIL and their ilk who are perpetuating it in 2015. When Buddhist start beheading innocent Muslims I will be by your side-when Hindu s start beheading Coptic Christians I hope you will stand with me and denounce them. Just as I hope you denounce the radical element of your faith for rape, torture and murder…Hurry I can only hold my breath for about 2 minutes.
Lew • 1 month ago
Bravo Igor.!!! I live in the U.S.A and have said that for over 20 years. I welcome immigration but many of the new people try to change America to be just like where they came from. It makes absolutely no sense. Very well said!
Joe Schmoe • 3 months ago
Except in nature, animals actually defend their own territory.
india • 2 months ago
If your religion become major in Europe. Europe will become another Syria or Iraq after you need to migrate another secular nation.
Steve • 3 months ago
Why is it ‘politically correct” to pretend that crazy, brainwashed, robotic people who only seem to exist on Earth for the sole purpose of promoting Islam are normal people?
Rene Demonteverde • 3 months ago
Because to them, they are the normal ones and you are the abnormal one.
Terry • 2 months ago
It is so very sad that millions of children are born into families that have medieval ideas and belief systems – when they know better they will do better – I put my faith in education and technology and condemn these horrendous ideals to their rightful place. This folly will pass within a few generations and be laughed at and ridiculed just like the flat earthers.
flynn • 2 months ago
‘I put my faith in education…..’
Oh dear, I guess you’ve never been a teacher in a Muslim area in the UK, Terry. The truth is that teachers in these areas are frightened of teaching anything which might be construed as ‘unislamic.’
steve harvey • 3 months ago
WIth the greater number of children in Muslim French families versus Christian families ( circa 1.5 children per family), demographic studies are reported to predict that France and England will be majority Muslim by the end of this century. Both countries, of course, have the ability to fire nuclear weapons to North America, Russia, China and the Middle East. Conservative Christians believe the final world war in history will begin in the Middle East. I think it’s called The Apocalypse.
Subhash Nair • 3 months ago
This decision to open the gates influenced by blurry thinking clouded by emotions can have catastrophic consequence in coming years. Of course no humans can deny not to be affected by the plight of a fellow suffering being. But then what is Europe getting into?
The more of what we see of this mass influx of this hoards marching into Europe, it seems that this crisis has been a well orchestrated plan to push these pawns into Europe.
And even for once we accept the arguments that you should allow these migrants in, then what are the consequences?
To understand the problem with Muslim migration as general, all you need to do is go back a 100 years. The pouring of Muslims from the commonwealth, the Turkish immigration into Germany, the Ghettos in Malmo or the population in a city like Barcelona.
These people though having resided in these nations for more than 3 to 4 decades, have hardly integrated and surprisingly the 2nd & 3rd generation in countries like Britain seems to have a new zeal to migrate to the land of the ISIS. So what we see here is that instead of having gratitude to a country which gave them asylum, they have absolute disgust and hatred towards these lands. How do you explain this mindset in a free world ?
Secondly, assuming that a socialist mindset is that a dwindling and greying population needs to pump up it’s working populace to maintain the state through taxes and national service. Even this wont work, since a majority of them will love to survive on doles and will always maintain & build trade within themselves so as to create benefits just for their community.
Expecting them to serve the armed forces or any national service of their newly adopted countries would be a big taboo issue, since they loyalties will always stop them from acting against any Islamic country.
And worst in coming years, they will create enough political traction and use the same democratic route to force their beliefs in their new land of residence.
What needs to be understood is that, to live in a democratically conducive way of life requires all its beneficiaries, to accept a crucial element of tolerance.
This element gets eroded when individuals or groups start asserting a sense of superiority and use it to alienate themselves from the rest of the population. Worse, it gets more toxic when the driving force for this alienation is religion.
Any democratic society and without exception the European intelligentsia does have an aversiveness to nationalism & have a great love for multiculturalism. They are not completely wrong in there thinking since tolerance creates the perfect society mankind can have. But for this thought and way of life to sustain, it can happen only in a society where complete integration and tolerance to all beliefs is accepted. Expecting these people to do that in coming years is a big question mark, simply because of there religious beliefs. History has shown that religious fanaticism is the end of a free society, and thats exactly what Europe is getting into.
Nayana Sri • 3 months ago
Completely agree with you.
Joji Lopez • 3 months ago
Yes, you are absolutely correct. I know them personally as I have been living in the Middle east and Pakistan.
Sarabjit Mann • 3 weeks ago
Excellent observation!
enochered • 3 months ago
Muslims are entitled to believe whatever they choose to believe. Christians appear to have forgotten that they chose to follow the tenets of the Bible, which is little more than a blood-drenched catalogue of mayhem and child sacrifice, which is part of the Babylonian Talmudic religion. Christianity has no real need to call itself so, as it expresses simple rules that need not be referred to as being religious, but which should exist outside of any religious beliefs as being human norms, which make it possible for all of us to live together.
Rowena • 3 months ago
I agree that Muslims can choose to believe whatever they choose, however comparing it to modern day Christianity is misguided. Islam is not just a religion but an ideology and way of life.
A few Muslims are not a problem, they have a concept called Taqiyya which effectively allows them to integrate into another culture where they are a minority if they feel they would otherwise be persecuted. As the Muslim population grows (often cited as more than 2%) this concept steadily becomes no longer applicable. Those Muslims who where the hijab (and) naqib particularly are more likely to be more conservative and if asked will tell you they only acknowledge the law of Islam and not those of the country they live in.
I would recommend investigating / researching areas in the UK (known as Muslim enclaves) where the Muslim population is over 50% (we have an increasing number of areas with over 75%) and consider where you think the line should be drawn between Muslims being free to choose their faith (like everyone else) and Muslims using that faith as justification for changing neighbourhoods and communities to be based on Islamic way of life.
I am not against Muslims having their faith however for me it is not acceptable for Muslim population densities to be allowed to reach a critical mass (via immigration and high birth rates) to turn parts of the UK into areas where Islam dominates.
Dildar • 2 months ago
Show me taqqya from any Islamic source please…. Just brainwashed duffers spew whatever they could hear from media
Andrew • 2 months ago
Al-Jamil, Tariq. “Hiding in Plain Sight: Shi’i Islam, Secrecy and Religious Dissimulation in Social Practice, Published by Swarthmore College. Assistant Professor of Religion Tariq al-Jamil explores the bodily practices and social behaviors associated with religious dissimulation – known as “taqiyya,” a practice in which a Shi’ite can lie about their faith in order to save a life – in 13th- and 14th-century Iraq. Professor al-Jamil is an expert on medieval Islamic social history and law, with a particular focus on Shi’ism. He has conducted research on Sunni-Shi’i relations and can address issues related to the academic study of Islam and the social history of Iraq, Iran, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. His published works and research interests include Islam and inter-communal violence, pre-modern religious identity, religious dissimulation, the transmission of knowledge in Islam, and women in Islamic jurisprudence.” (2011).
Sunny • 3 months ago
When rest of world was engaged in self centered economical growth, increasing their social power,less attention and respect towards their Religion by calling themselves open-minded or whatever,less attentive towards their past so that no one call them old fashioned, Islamic Guru were and are on a certain mission to capture the land and whole world not by fighting,but, by increasing the population,by any mean, either convert or marry a girl of other religion. I have seen everywhere, educated dedicated parent and citizens of this century are highly focused on capacity building of their children for this they are promoting to have only one child to do so.on the other hand we see Muslim population increased rapidly(by mean of conversion) among less educated mass of countries and we can see they are having more and more children even their economy is not supporting.
This is not end see and think yourself, Specially women who think marriage is just a fun and by marrying a man of other religion she will freed from odd part of her present religion please stop, nothing in this world is perfect. The purpose of life is to secure and enjoy the fragrance of your existence by changing the odds not by quit but by teachings.
Mauri • 3 months ago
Your numbers are wrong.
There is more % of Muslim in France, both legal and illegal.
Muslim could never be truly citizen of any westerner country because the Oumma is the nation of Muslim, the Koran is their constitution, sharia is their law.
allah and his messenger forbid them to obey any human law, but only sharia.
In France 74 % of French say that Islam is INCOMPATIBLE with France.
In Germany 80% of German say that Islam is INCOMPATIBLE with Germany.
In the UK 56% of British say that Islam is a major threat to their country.
All around Europe, the large majority of people think that Islam do not belong to Europe and want Muslims to leave Europe.
Abdulhameed Yusif • 3 months ago
That is true my dear. Others are on wrong track painting Muslims with bad name. Their act is really Islamic…
norm elsenberger • 3 months ago
It is not a belief system rather a political ideology more than a millenia discovered.
A Belief system by definition does not have political ,militant,propaganda and
Economic constituents. if it has then it is a political ideology. if it is forced upon others and subjugates those who do not believe in the same then it becomes a fascist ideology.
any belief system including atheism must be challenged and questioned daily by those who practice it. It must endure any form of internal and external scrutiny to be considered a belief. No belief system commands to subjugate all and kill others who disagree or “offend”. A belief system has no rank and file determined by race,heritage ,gender or upbringing. If it is “the truth” as some call it then why must it subjugate others by overpopulating an area and by deceit??
then again what is the purpose??
“If you want to know who is in charge
find those who you cannot scrutinize”-voltaire
Sam Coleman • 3 months ago
After reading many of the comments, I feel obligated to put in my two cents worth.First of all I try to keep an open and unbiased mind. However facts are facts and cannot be denied. While as Americans we
each have our own beliefs, but we are still Americans. I can’t say the same for the Muslims. Our liberal left wants to give everything to everyone. “WONT WORK” Also there are 109 passages in the Quran that says what to do with the infidels. I could overlook 1 or 2 but not
109. Lastly, just 1 question, if you were a woman would you want to
live in a society that practices Shiria law. Nuff said!!!!
ak • 3 months ago
Sam. Please reference the verses. It will strengthen your argument and avoid you looking like a unintelligent conveyor of hearsay.
Also. Provide some personal experiences with muslims if you know any to backup your opinion.
Richard Wee • 3 months ago
Sam hasn’t posted any quote but I will
Qur’an:9:5 – “Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.”
Qur’an:9:29 “Fight those who do not believe until they all surrender, paying the protective tax in submission.”
Qur’an:8:39 “Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to Allah.”
Qur’an:8:39 “So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world).”
Qur’an:8:65 “O Prophet, urge the faithful to fight. If there are twenty among you with determination they will vanquish two hundred; if there are a hundred then they will slaughter a thousand unbelievers, for the infidels are a people devoid of understanding.”
Do you wish me to go on?
katje • 3 months ago
this is my favorite fact about God vs Muhammad:
“But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak . . that prophet shall die.”
GOD (Deuteronomy18:20)
“I have fabricated things against God and have imputed to Him words which He has not spoken…~MUHAMMAD (Al-Tabari 6:111)
so,, no to Adi, islam is no the best religion in the world, Judaism-Christian-Buddhist-Zoroastrian and other religions that allow the existences of humans (which God has created in his Image) to live, love and thrive in a peaceful environment.
Dildar • 2 months ago
Kill Women Who Are Not Virgins On TheirWedding NightBut if this charge is true(that she wasn’t a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girls virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father’shouse. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst.(Deuteronomy 22:20-21NAB)Kill Followers of Other Religions.1)If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods, whom you and your fathers have not known, gods of any other nations, near at hand or far away, from one end of the earth to the other: do not yield to him or listen to him, nor look with pity upon him, to spare or shield him, but kill him. Your hand shall be the first raised to slay him; the rest of the people shall join in with you. You shall stone him to death, because he sought tolead you astray from the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,that place of slavery. And all Israel, hearing of this, shall fear and never do such evil as this in your midst.(Deuteronomy 13:7-12 NAB)2)Suppose a man or woman among you,in one of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, has done evil in the sight of the LORD your God and has violated the covenant by serving other gods or by worshiping the sun, the moon,or any of the forces of heaven, which I have strictly forbidden. When you hear about it, investigate the matter thoroughly. If it is true that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, then that man or woman must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death.(Deuteronomy 17:2-5 NLT)
Thwaha • 2 months ago
hello brother wee The verses you are pointed is pointing about tha era when prophet lived.You are pointing out the verses so that you will be satisfied pointing them against islam.those r the verses against disbelievers who were lived that time and they not permitted muslims to live in their own place and did the same even when muslims gone hijara.then the verses came only for the defence for tje existence of islam.so whenever you take a verse please refer the historical background.otherwise dont.and also please understand the meaning of islam.its peace.and muslim is the one who submitted his life to one and only god.if any muslim performed a sin its a sin.we muslim dont agree with that.
Gee • 2 months ago
What do you have to say about that now ak??????????
ldm • 3 weeks ago
I dont think AK has anymore to say…probly cause he hasnt read the book..
the whole subject is very clear to me…most muslims are not bad people [statistics reveal this],, and remember they have been born into islam…. so the fight is against Islam.. which isnt even a religion. and most muslims , just like us …[will not put their faminly at risk]. by leaving islam..they cant by their laws even disagree publicly
so. any muslim who wants Sharia law should be considered an enemy of the values that we have fought and died for … for ever…..ahh so war it is.
the faster Europe accepts this and the faster “no go zones are dismantled”
the better for all.
i really am amazed just how little negative reactions we see from the leaders of most muslim areas of any country..
Adi • 3 months ago
Islam is the best religion in the world for human
Johnny Trejo • 3 months ago
Your population doesn’t show any evidence that you’ve reached harmony, care for each other or provide any solutions of any sort to sufferings of any kind. It is an empty statement. typical to biased minds.
lulu • 3 months ago
Then why do you want to come to Europe?
Mr.Pig • 2 months ago
I really hate that statement, adi. That is strange about islam like you. Always say islam is better etc², so christian, buddha and other religion is bad? If so, why is it better being islam have to cut and kill people if they not islam and some islam also get same fate if protected their christian neighbour or etc² like ISIS do?
Mark • 2 weeks ago
Any perticular sect?
Kill all the rest?
So who survives? Sunnis? Shia?
Alee • 4 months ago
I have a lot of non-muslim friends and in Islam, it clearly says that you cannot force someone to be one. Let them believe in what their religion is teaching them. Islam, and most of the religions i know, want their believers to be good. And you should read the history of Islam, open your mind as you read, think that its just another history book. Whenever my friend, a Taoist, tells me about her religion, i would just be open about it. I never said to her face that all the facts she’s telling me are wrong, that it doesnt match my religions’ teachings. Never. Those muslims who do not respect other religions, just keep away from them. They are in the wrong. Islam never teaches us to mock other religion. Its no use to fight about all these. We must never mock others’ religions in the first place. We all need each other. No one, good or bad, likes to be told that whatever s/he is doing is wrong.
M Ali • 4 months ago
You state “open your mind as you read”. Why not open your mind to Islam and Muhammed being just another fairy tale passed down from long ago for a human coping mechanism , just like Thor, Abraham, Jesus, The Sun, Confucius, or thousands of other psychosis of the mind.
OPS • 3 months ago
Moderate Muslims are regarded as disbelievers and considered no better than an infidel.So whatever you said is a big lie.People like you are not considered true Muslims, if whatever you said was true the world would not have witnessed the slaughter by ISIS today,forget the holocaust of the Christians and the Hindus in the past.
swapan kumar roy • 4 months ago
just stop them. you are doing mistake by believing them.when they donot respect other religion then why do you keep them to hung around .just kick them out.
Deist4ever • 3 months ago
I had to comment. Why? I am an exmuslim and know the real side of Islam. You see I believe religion is a problem itself. Talking about Islam I think if a Muslim is breaking the law , causing problems etc deport him ASAP. But if he is living normally ( not asking for sharia law or forcing Islam on others {this isn’t allowed by Islam but Muslims are fucked up*}) then leave them be. Don’t be narrowminded and ignorant or racist. Not all Muslims have to be deported.I know plenty of Muslims who live like a normal European would except they pray, wear Hijab and don’t eat stuff they ain’t allowed to . That’s it. No issues there.
Ralph • 4 months ago
Oh. My. God. A whole *one* percent a decade. 2450 is just around the corner!
khazairi • 3 months ago
few yrs back there was a documentary on nat geo. in regard to east and west civilization( not really sure on the title.) a western professor quote ‘ If it not due to the islamic civilization. ‘ islam in cardova to presice’. Europe will be still in the dark age.
NoMoreMuslims • 4 months ago
The other thing is that growing number of muslims is proportional to growing intolerance and right wings supporters – which is a good news.
observer • 4 months ago
The corrupt left Marxist views have poisoned the minds of the young educated European to be self destructive for fear of being labeled a racist. Multiculturalism is a failed sociological experiment.
Pat • 3 months ago
I really appreciate this statement and could not agree more with it. It’s just too bad that the young (my peers) fail to realize this.
Mohamad Ilyas • 4 months ago
In QURAN comeback of Isa Masih ( JISUS ) is described. Along with the existance of Islam, Jisus will live long. So Christians being elder brother should take care of Muslims
Finaaly,the World will have to embrass Islam
ETP • 4 months ago
Isa bin Miryam in the Quran is not the true Jesus. The shahada is not true. Yeshua (Jesus) is the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him! Yahweh is the one true God and His son, Jesus Christ is the Messiah of the Jew and the Lord of all. Please read the bible and learn God’s truth!
Deist4ever • 3 months ago
Perfect reason why religion itself is wrong.
Joan9494 • 3 months ago
please stop the mumbo jumbo religious stories. reincarnation is a myth.
SD • 4 months ago
Hello Mr Hackett,
Just a simple question..:)..referring to your statistics how Europe views Muslim..
Why some of the country the total number not 100% ?? Is it other % referring to somethings else?
Fid • 4 months ago
Usualy the rest is “don’t know”, “don’t care”, or undecided.
Anum Shahid • 5 months ago
I want all audience to also read my article. It clears many misconceptions about love marriage in Islam. Islam never favour forced marriage.
nikahhalal.com/views-about-love-marriage-in-islam/?ap_id=AFL_AS
Hugo • 3 months ago
Lol
balisa • 5 months ago
India,Bangladesh,Pakistan was colonized by British more then 200 years ,they have built every big cities catholic church and still now they on trying to convert poor peoples to Christianity .what is the result is Muslims are converting to Christianity?no reason you will find when you will compare kuran vs bible.bangladesh has less then 1 percent (0.02)critian.
we have officially all country closed on Christmas day .is Germany or UK you give Muslims right?ha ha ha ha ha
Ataur Rahman • 5 months ago
What logic you are talking about? The stars, moon,sun etc. are not created automatically. Every single object gives evidences of the presence of the supreme creator ALLAH.
SamFox • 4 months ago
Mariam, with all due respect, Yeshua Messiah said of Himself “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father [Elohim, I AM that I AM] but by Me.”
You have been deceived.
Thank you.
SamFox
Ashis • 4 months ago
Yup!
A politically motivated speech, that worked great with Naive people of Middle east..
The Islamic text depreciate characteristics of that age.
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Robert Lee • 4 months ago
Thanks for sharin’ that, Marlam…quite interesting…and a nice bit of education!
Susan Anthony • 5 months ago
I wonder how the “how European views about Muslims” survey would change, since the one you cite was taken over a year ago, and so much negative has happened especially In France.
Ahmed Abd El razek Mohame • 5 months ago
I believe the numbers are being deliberately lowered
Ahmed Abd El Razek mohamed • 5 months ago
I believe the muslims will be one third of europe by the mid century
Joko • 6 months ago
Muslims are younger than other Europeans. Yes. And it shows something urgent that young European people tend to logically accept Islam as it is the most logical religions. Young people so far get no rational answesr to their very principal questions such as who is the Almighty God, life after death, eternal justice, etc. And they find them in Islam
XXX • 6 months ago
Logically there is no God.
Muhammad • 5 months ago
“exist” because be created. “no exist” because not be created. And “the creator” not be create.
Jon • 5 months ago
Who created Allah?
Reality • 4 months ago
No one created Allah.HE was,is ,will always remain the same forever as super natural power.HE has created the universe by his own power.Try to think on the logic that if any one will be created ,then ,he can not be Allah.The creature of all things in and around universe is called Allah.
sameer • 6 months ago
actually my friend(arvind) you are mistaken the one who has created this world can dictate that He is the only one who needs to be workshiped and I know you are you belive in many God Godess thats why beliving in one God is not true for you
shree • 5 months ago
“I know you are you belive in many God Godess thats why beliving in one God is not true for you”
There is nothing so called belief in Dharma and no book is bounding so after millions year there are so many enlighten people so many Darshan (direct evidence) not just concepts and Deva is powers of nature but supreme is not two or three or four or five or six or seven or eight or nine or ten but alone. That is not creator but creation preserve and demolish circle of life Jeevan Chakra. Respect and care of whole including simple small creature of Nature called Dharma. This is practice not reciting. Belief system with political power is not realization and mostly people can’t under stand outward and inner different. Tapasya, Tapashcharya, Sadhna, Practice changes humanitarian values not merely some recitation.
There is “Book of mirdad” explain difference of religion and Dharma. I am giving example of modern Arabic writer who is able to understand Dharma Try to hear or read.
Aksel Adjenssi • 6 months ago
As a Berber living in Europe, I don’t want to be considered as muslim because…
I am not a muslim at all !
Berbere people are hamites and were those how builded the pyramids.
– 20minutes.fr/sport/1467895-20141…
Berber people were christians and should return to christianity for the sake of their culture.
St Augustine, a Berber, is none other than one of the founding fathers of Western Christian thought. Arius was also a Berber.
The what so called arabs invasion is no more no less than a myth.
Berber people invaded Spain followed by an arab syrian minority who came by boat.
Islam was implanted in North Africa by the Ottoman Empire.
– peimag.com/wp-content/uploads/20…
When the oil will disappear in the middle-east, islam will disappear as well.
Islamo-baathism is a cultural genocide.
Salem • 6 months ago
Ok..you do not want to be a Muslim. it is your relation with god not mine..be whatever you want to be.
all else you mentioned is wrong. north Africa…Tunisia/Algeria/Morocco population is overwhelmingly Arab now is not by accident…”and the none Arabs have a % Arab in them”. and it was not a handful of people that came by boat. Bani Hillal . did you know them… hear about them….they changed the ethnic landscape in north Africa…read more my friend before you whine. In-twine with a book rather than with unedited thoughts streaming from your brain Cavity.
Salem • 6 months ago
you know Aksel. The human history from 4000 years to today is a story of conquerors and conquered. And you happen to be the conquered. with or Without oil, Arabs have given North Africa an Arab Islam Identity for 1400years. You will have to fight a hell of a battle to remove that. Berbers have been gone for a long time in North Africa..as a force I mean. the only reason there is an identity to recover is because the French and the west found an interest in disrupting North Africa. they recreated you. Dug you out of the historical grave to fight for them. The energy/will/and objective of this fight is not yours. So how do you claim anything. You will be able to disrupt. create havoc and chaos. But when it is a decisive moment….Berbers do not have the numbers nor the will or power to hold on to anything without the questionable desires of France and Europe.
Scott Edwards • 7 months ago
Why would you do a demographic study of the economic union instead the continent? The relevant topic here is Muslims in Europe, not Muslims in the EU.
Conrad Hackett • 7 months ago
You can read an overview of our estimates and projections for Europe here: pewforum.org/2015/04/02/europe
You can find data on each European country here: pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religiou…
Arvind • 7 months ago
It’s not about false or true it’s all about fact. If a book is written in 5th or 6th CE how come it could abolish the words/facts written in the books before that. For instance as per Quran The Allah is the only name of the God or Almighty and Mohammed was/is his final and the last messenger. How could it be true when already the people of the world were worshiping god as per their believe. And how can the Almighty dictate like a perpetrator that I am the only one who needs to be worshiped, rest all who do not believe in my name are non believers or kaffirs.
As a matter of facts all religion are philosophies with certain rituals which may or may not be common to each other but the real essence is faith and nothing else. Muslims believe that the Allah is the only God, its true for them but for others it may not be, as they are not influenced by the philosophy of the religion. So why one should poke others that they are non believers or kaffirs and they will burn in hell fire and all ill fate will come to them. Remember all religions are made by humans only to show the path of humanity to people, and people can follow any faith with they are born in or they influenced with. The whole world could/would never be the follower of only one religion as it is a mere doctrine of do or don’t or philosophical thoughts only.
Experience the real feel of god in the rain or sunlight it doesn’t differentiates between the good or evil, dry or wet it simply does its task in time without saying any thing and no human word or power can force them or deprive it by doing so.
Dr. Cornelius Vanderbilt • 7 months ago
Religions have played a significant part in the development of humanity. Man always used and abused Religions for its own benefit be it political and / or financial. It is the same today.
American Constitution is first document written by men for men without invoking any Deity.
99.9% of this planet’s population is kept ignorant of the FACT that Man needs no outsider to help or hinder it its affairs.
Sadly, Politicians and Clergy are in cahoot with each other to keep the status quo.
Humanity have more pressing problems than believing and looking forward for afterlife that exists not … like the rocks falling from the sky making it extinct ..
Juozas • 6 months ago
Well, man has a free will to choose whether he/she needs outsider to help or hinder in its affairs. Maybe 99% (as you say, even though number is too high…) are not only blind and scared sheeps.
Gazanfar Gulzar • 7 months ago
The truth is Islam.All else are derailed paths that will ultimately lead to repentance on a DAY……. Following & accepting Islam is the only way to success !
Samer Dababneh • 6 months ago
this is exactly what id dislike about religious people , that is so obnoxious , and untrue ! !
Salem • 6 months ago
Actually you are in error. Islam does not say that it is the only way…no..not at all. Islam says that a person can get into Heaven through Christianity or Judaism. And it is not to us to speculate who is going where. it is gods “allah” business. not ours. But What Islam can tell you with confidence, is that Islam will give you the best path to heaven. if you follow the teaching of Islam you are guaranteed a place in Heaven.
If god wishes it.. a Hindu, a Buddhist .. an atheist could get into heaven. It is gods judgement and none of our business to speculate. But what we should focus on is where we are going and not others.
Mike • 6 months ago
Ya exactly.. well, ya know… except for the parts that say exactly not that.
Paul Jones • 4 months ago
When the oil runs out, or the West decides to switch over to alternative sources of energy; Muslims will be waiting for food convoys from the non-Muslims.
guy • 6 months ago
the Koran states that the Jews have corrupted the bible and Christians as well. this is also true of the Koran. the people of Islam are no more chosen then the Jews or christians that preceded them.
Ken • 4 months ago
lol, success! Show me one muslim successful country. Why are muslims leaving their ” successful” countries in thousends every day?
Hidir Mhz • 4 months ago
Good, absolutely….
James • 7 months ago
Islam is a curse for a country. It propagates violence, instability, insecurity all among world.
For example in Europe religious clashes are common now-a-days..!!
Putri Wahyuni • 6 months ago
How could you conclude it?
If you said so, it’s mean that you don’t understand the real what and how Islam is.
Try to dig more information in order to deepen your knowledge about Islam.
Md masnad khan • 7 months ago
The more u speak lies about Islam ….Islam will come more stronger… Because u can’t hide 3 things for much longer…. The sun the moon and the truth about Islam…u try what ever u can u can’t stop Islam.
Samer Dababneh • 6 months ago
i’m betting on it .but it won’t be in your advantage .
Mark • 2 weeks ago
Amen!
Khairul Azmi Bajuri Putra • 7 months ago
I wish all people live in harmony and peace wiyhout war, thats all.
-Berlin-
cuba • 7 months ago
I don’t care what you belive , there is no God anyway … none … All I want is a peaceful life for my kids , a life in dignity and peace for them . All the holly wars are made by sick people … All the jihad and Christian crusades are a hudge mistake … they are not worth it …
MOHAMMAD QAMAR • 7 months ago
Islam is the only religion to success in life in both world in earth along with it after death insallah go in heaven/ Paradise.
Mohammad • 7 months ago
I like Mohammad cartoons published by Charles Hedbo .
Julian • 1 month ago
The only for you, accept that, and tolerate others. You are not a god, so don’t be so sure of everything.
Farhat • 7 months ago
It’s very good numbers, it is not just a religion but it also a way of life..
Alhamdolleah
Neil • 7 months ago
Away of life to oppress, divide nations, deceive, partition, commit genocide and use sweet words to fool people.
Katie-Ann • 7 months ago
Ignorance is a far larger problem than violence. For example, there are some Muslim countries like Bahrain where they have adapted their religion to the modern day and allow homosexuals, churches, wearing bikinis on the beach and a long long list of other western values. Through a mature, thoughtful, unbiased interpretation of the Koran they have developed a society where they hold onto their Islamic culture, AND allow western people to hold onto theirs. Now I think Europe should strive for this as well – prioritise western culture whilst allowing respectful Muslims to hold into theirs. WE NEED TO GET RID OF OPINIONATED BLOGS, both Muslim extremist ones, and from the other side of view, anti Muslim ones. Smithing each other only creates an us and them society, which could dangerously encourage mislead Muslims to become extremists. Instead of hate, bombs, and nastiness, we should educate both Muslims and non-Muslims on the real Islam…now I am a Christian Theology scholar and have found the following this in the Koran: it states “there is no compulsion in religion” meaning that terrorists are not proper Muslims. Amongst this are other things, like saying u can’t do an unprovoked, unwarned attack on people. As for the bits where it says to physically punish non-believers and people like that, these sort of punishments were the norm at the time of the revelation of the Koran. Good and proper Muslims have adapted to non violent practise by using “independent thinking”, which Mohamed gave to them. Through education we can stop extremeists and generalizing haters, because the proper Muslims see the terrorists as just as awful as non Muslims do. And we should stop biased l extremist and islamaphobic blogs, propaganda and websites (I know this will be hard but yeah) because people that care so passionately about the religion (positively or negatively) should be reading the Koran and making up their own mind about it, not just reading the “negative” passages that seem pretty bad out of context. Terrorism is forbidden in Islam and the Koran has many passages to back that up. Also says in the Koran that Christians are a Muslim’s best friend and that proper Jews and Christians can be sure of heaven…so terrorists like Isis are obviously wrong(!) and mentions a group of people as well as them not to harm (can’t remember the phrase used sorry) that many Muslims have interpreted to mean other large religions like Hinduism etc. So let’s stop hating — on every side — and reading up on biased blogs and start reading the Koran if we’re so bothered about the religion. If we’re not, chill. Hate only creates hate, and that applies to extremeists and islamaphobic people. Don’t hate, educate!!!
imran khan • 7 months ago
There is space for terrorism in islam.
Terrorism start by american and I can proved it.
nordin • 7 months ago
Agree mostly. educated comment
RKae • 6 months ago
“WE NEED TO GET RID OF OPINIONATED BLOGS.”
That’s your idea of “educated”?
Dang that freedom of speech! It’s so pesky and problematic!
piiter • 7 months ago
What you know abot islam…? You’re commenting about islam..reather u didn’t know what is islam your servie said that it is the most growing religion’s grp . Why because it biased on truth..islam never said that kill someone who is not Muslim it always..sai that lives in peace with brotherhood..if Allah said tha kill people who were not Muslims than in middle ages islam rule about 75% world…we kill every single person who were not Muslim…so firstly know about islam & his teachings then comment on it Muslim also believes in Jose’s we sai that he is also a massager of God & respect his teachings..but he never told you that live this way – the bear’s , & naked clothes on beachs you made this…he not..tells you and 2 of my brothers said abut Muhammad (sws) the are absolutely wrong he gives US teaching tha live in peace…& the talk about the war’s read the Islamic history first that why war occurs…what are the circumstances of that..
Thank you
firangi • 7 months ago
“Killing, raping and looting have been common practices in religious societies, and often carried out with clerical sanction. The catalogue of notorious barbarities – wars and massacres, acts of terrorism, the Inquisition, the Crusades, the chopping off of thieves’ hands, the slicing off of clitorises and labia majora, the use of gang rape as punishment, and manifold other savageries committed in the name of one faith or another — attests to religion’s longstanding propensity to induce barbarity, or at the very least to give it free rein. The Bible and the Quran have served to justify these atrocities and more, with women and gay people suffering disproportionately. There is a reason the Middle Ages in Europe were long referred to as the Dark Ages; the millennium of theocratic rule that ended only with the Renaissance (that is, with Europe’s turn away from God toward humankind) was a violent time.
Morality arises out of our innate desire for safety, stability and order, without which no society can function; basic moral precepts (that murder and theft are wrong, for example) antedated religion. Those who abstain from crime solely because they fear divine wrath, and not because they recognize the difference between right and wrong, are not to be lauded, much less trusted. Just which practices are moral at a given time must be a matter of rational debate. The ‘master-slave’ ethos – obligatory obeisance to a deity — pervading the revealed religions is inimical to such debate. We need to chart our moral course as equals, or there can be no justice.”
― Jeffrey Tayler
he forgot to mention that the crime our governments are committing in the name of secularism are far worse than all the atrocities done in the name of religions combined together.
Karolina • 7 months ago
More you read, deeper you go, more scary it is. I’m Terrified, i dont want this future for my kids. I hope there is still a way out, no matter what it takes…
taufeeq • 8 months ago
There is no god but allah
Mark • 2 weeks ago
You’re half right.
There is NO god
khanbro • 8 months ago
lol which Quran have you been reading. ?It seems that the only way for you people to defame Islam is by spreading lies. Nothing like that is written in Quran.
sush • 8 months ago
I think this is all about the truth of Islam, since we only look Islam in negative meaner , and big problems is we get Islamic faith and its source from a non Muslim, so they try to teach us for what they can protect their intrest as well creating any intelligent plan for those who follow him to sustain under what he say and to protect them to do any individual observation on what is inside Islam. by that fact most European youth we try to do individual observation concerning to Islam. and the result is :-
1. most of our non Muslim leader treat us to bereave that all Muslim are dangerous to those non Muslim, without know what is inside Islam.
2. our political and community leader are often in the way of creating new strategies to block spread of Islam in Europe even by war, but its impact is increasing new group convert to Islam.
3. large number of peoples who study Islam from its Islamic sources ,we seen a very little changes between Islam and christian faith , and most of them ware interested to be Muslim.
***** now i become Muslim only because i seen the way of truth , and i need other life after my death (because i see this short life test is northing just ways of of preparation for the next life .******
sam • 8 months ago
I agree with u but europe steadly loses its christian identity and soon reduces to half. But i say u as my god christ said many wil turn away in last days and i think it was it . It loosed it stand for christ it once had. Anyway thank u.
John H • 8 months ago
I have worked with people in the community in various places across England and I have found that there is a high level of intolerance and distrust amongst Muslims. This has been manifest in mild examples such as when visiting with a Muslim colleague they would address any comments to them and generally behave as if you are not there not acknowledging you in any way to outright hostility, in Manchester I have been spit at for simply walking through what they perceive to be a Muslim area and had the mother of a person I had come to visit as part of my work hiss at me and shoo me out of the door as if I was a stray cat that had wandered in. I do not believe that they have begun to assimilate into the community and I don’t think that they ever will, preferring to group together in their own exclusive areas. It makes me worry about what the future holds.
Lee • 7 months ago
Thank you John,
for showing what it is like on the front line.
I am from Manchester too & can see communities wrecked by this influx of backward ideas
Carol Hughes • 8 months ago
Could you give me an idea of projected Muslim population in France in 10 years. I understand Muslim couples are having 3.5 children as compared to 0 population growth for general population. Is this correct?
Thank you. .
Mike D • 9 months ago
“One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…
Eddie • 8 months ago
Sir, can you provide the source of your evidence and also your source of how you made up your own interpretation of the Quran?
Thanks
-E
MM • 8 months ago
Just to let you know there is famous saying in Islam that family of Muhammad pbuh never had proper food in their life for three continuous days…. At the death of prophet, her youngest wife Ayesha went to neighbours to get candle. when asked her why she had no candle at home… she replied if she would have candle at home they would have eaten because of such poor condition…it is forbidden in Islam to gave zakat an obligatory charity) to Prophet Muhammad and any any of his progeny which are still alive today…. None of descendants never became caliph of Islam at his death whatever he had went to government treasures…. he lived a really poor live… all war that was fought in life was as a result of opression by other party… for example the looting of caravan that you mention was due to the fact that muslims migrated to Medina and all their wealth was usurped by non muslims from whose place they migrated…. anyways no looting of caravan was taken place because caravan changed their route… The reason for many wifes is very clear that prophet was continuously being montinored… after death of Muhammad, it was his younger wife from whom much of the traditions (hadith) has been taken.
Ednan S • 7 months ago
“If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
― Malcolm X
Current mainstream media specially news media is owned by BIG Corporations mainly Banks, Oil industry, Pharmaceuticals and Weapon Industry. they have become so powerful that they are using our government, military and tax money to achieve their never ending greed.
Muslims believe in Oneness of God. Jesus, Moses and Abraham are respected as prophets of God. main duty of a Muslim is to struggle against all form of injustice.
yong • 9 months ago
Greetings from Australia,
I am wondering whether Pew Center has done any surveys on language and integration in one or more countries of Europe.
Best regards,
yong
Anonymous • 10 months ago
When I lived in Germany, I never met a single Muslim that wanted to be friendly with anyone other than muslims. They never made eye contact with non-muslims, and they didn’t even associate with non-muslims. I’m liberal in my views politically, but I have to say honestly that even what we call moderate Islam is not anywhere near what we in western civilization call freedom and democracy. I’m still baffled why muslims leaving repressive countries would want to immigrate to western nations deemed decadent, yet retain their repressive customs (sharia law, burkha, etc.) Muslims are challenging western civilization via immigration, and in my opinion, they are not contributing to furthering the progression of democracy in the west. They are essentially shifting the definition of cultural integration by relying on the political liberality of western society. We are somehow made to feel guilty if we don’t allow them to build mosques, and openly practice their way of life. I challenge anyone in western society to move to an Islamic nation, and attempt to do the same, to erect churches freely, to wear bikinis on beaches, and to protest openly when those native to the host country oppose our ways. We should look further still at the human rights violations in even the most moderate of Islamic countries, and understand it is in part due to the insistent combination of the religion alongside politics. You cannot really seperate the two. I could go on, but I’m concerned my plea will fall on deaf ears. Western civilization can be a beacon of hope to those who truly want to be rid of repression and tyranny, but not at the expense of centuries of hard earned freedom. The inherent difficulties of democracy are being seen currently in the world today. My hope is that the west will not relent into giving more political privilege to those who come to a liberal society, and attempt to subvert democracy by manipulation.
William Martisius • 9 months ago
I agree.
Ella • 8 months ago
I agree with you. In light of the recent news about Muslims from Europe traveling to Turkey to go to Syria to join extremists, I can’t help but think that some Muslims in Europe are too close-minded towards the ideas that western society stands for (i.e. tolerance to other cultures and religions, freedom and democracy, etc.). I think that immigrating should have taught these people to appreciate and learn from those that don’t have the same beliefs as theirs.
I’m only commenting based on the news I hear from mainstream media, though. Btw, I live in Asia in a city where Muslims and Christians live harmoniously together.
David Tarpey • 8 months ago
It only takes 5% of (in this case 13m) a given population to turn actively hostile to its host society for real trouble to ensue. In this case that would give us 650 000 budding jihadists or as we now see, active jihadists in our midst. I think 5% is conservative and that a much larger percentage of the muslim population does not wish us (the Europeans with European ancestry) well.
My concern is that unless we engage much more forcefully with this enemy within, my children will end up having to fight a counter Jihadist war on our streets and in our fields. All muslim immigration must be stopped immediately. No more mosques should be given permission and compulsory English/French/German/Swedish/Dutch etc should be introduced. Sharia law should be outlawed as should any moslem extremist teaching that insults and disrespects European traditions and culture.
Matt • 2 months ago
You bring a valid point to the debate on Islamic immigration, there are those Muslims who do not associate with the non-Muslim population, these people are not assimilating, and thus, pose a problem to having a homogeneous society.
While I do believe that these people should assimilate more congruently to their host country, “When in Rome; do as the Romans”, or at the very least, respect and greet their neighbors, you are making a big deal out of Islamic traditions and yes, even Sharia law.
First of all, Sharia law has always been used, in some form or way, by European governments. This is because European governments have done business or negotiated agreements with Muslim countries. In colonial times, it was often non-Muslim, European lawyers or “orientalists” who were citing Sharia law to make their cases for such agreements. Furthermore, if your country has ANY practicing Muslims, then Sharia will be cited for matters dealing with marriages, inheritance, and other familial concerns. But it should end there. Sharia law should not be used by any secular government in matters outside of personal concerns that are only relevant to practicing Muslims.
Secondly, assimilation is a two-sided equation: On one side, its the host community; on the other, it is the foreigner. If you are a European Christian and you step foot into Cairo or Dubai, no one is going to expect you to speak Arabic, fast during Ramadan, or pray five times a day. Many people will actually step up to try to help you communicate what you are trying to communicate, even if they only speak broken English (as a matter of fact, many Europeans living there also only speak broken English–I’ve ran into many Ukrainians, Germans, Romanians, Russians, etc in Dubai who only spoke their mother tongue fluently). European customs are also respected, with no shortage of European restaurants, art, and even activities like Oktoberfest. In Europe, the media is constantly antagonizing Arabs and Muslims, you have right-wing groups that burn down refugee shelters with acts of arson–after your own governments have spent taxpayer money to build said refugee shelters.
And before you say, “I’d rather have right-wing groups committing arson than ISIS beheading people”, the topic at hand is immigration. When Europeans immigrate to the Middle East, or start a business in the Middle East, they are treated like humans–often, the people are so fascinated to be dealing with an outsider that they cannot help but invite them and introduce them to their friends. When a Middle Eastern or Muslim wants to immigrate to Europe or start a business in Europe, it is seen as a Muslim invasion of the European continent, despite the fact your own governments have explicitly called to take in more Muslim refugees.
Daniella S. Guerero • 10 months ago
NOT AS GOOD AS I THOUGHT IT WUOLD BE:(
Danielle H • 10 months ago
How do you calculate the percentage of population that is Muslim in Cyrpus? Are you counting only the EU part of Cyrpus i.e. the Greek side, or do you also include North Cyprus?
Eric • 3 months ago
Looks like they’re including the north
marzie • 10 months ago
I love Islam.Islam is Light,ISILs are not realy moslems,thay are been made to destroy the real face of Islam in World.
do you bellive a religion order this kind of murder and manner?!!!
Our prophet Muhammad was the best and kindest man in all humans.
nick • 10 months ago
Best and kindest man, you have to be joking me, Muhammad was a military conqueror, from the beginning of Islam in the 7th century the armies of Muhammad marched and conquered the sanssaid empire. The Levant, turkey, north Africa, and Spain. The armies of Islam had to be stopped at the battle of tours in southern France in 731 by Charles the hammer Martel. From the 600’s thru the 1000’s the armies of Allah conquered and spread at the expense of the Byzantines and franks and vandals and visagoths. It was this expansion of Islam that lead to the counter attack of the crusades and the reconquista. But the first forray into Europe wasn’t enough, the ottoman turks conquered the entire byzantine empire and the Balkans from the 1300’s through the 1500’s with Islam advancing as far as the gates of Vienna. In the modern day from Kenya to new York to Indonesia to Nigeria to Sudan to Mali to beslam to Paris to Madrid to London attack after attack has been conducted by the followers of Islam upon others mainly Christians. So of course Europe should be worried about the rise of Islam in its borders because all Islam has ever done to it is attack and seek to destroy western culture. I am not a Christian I’m not even a European I’m an American agnostic thats in the military and police and has Spanish, Italian and German ancestry and I will call out a threat when I see it and Islam by and large is a threat to Europe and the u.s.
John Go • 9 months ago
Don’t you mean a threat to the world.
Craig • 8 months ago
Very well said and 100% accurate, I’ve made that argument many times. If only other people would study the Quran, hadiths and history of Islam, there wouldn’t be anymore left wing Islamic apologists who are allowing Islamification of Europe.
Vid • 9 months ago
marzie,
On this earth in this life, I must confess that no one I love more than GOD, the GOD of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
I respect all people and I don’t hate anyone including the killers. I Pray to GOD of Abraham to grant Peace among humanity. Amen.
Vid
A former Buddhist orphan child
aslam • 7 months ago
You said truth
Farhat • 7 months ago
a gree
Putri Wahyuni • 6 months ago
Hi, I reply your comment to enlighten some ‘darkness’ in your heart.
1. you said ‘he married many women’. At the first time I heard this comment from an anti-Islam blog, I felt so confused and angry, too. But when I told my friend about this, she said that Muhammad S.A.W married many women because their husband were infidel Quraisy and were killed in wars(Infidel Quraisy started the war, not Muhammad). They have no family, protector, and husband anymore, and Muhammad, as a kind man, have to protect and give them a safe-feeling. But he can’t take care of them without marrying them because they were not his mahram. So he had no choice but to marrying them.
2. you said ‘His mind was full with sexual desire’. Well, I hate talking about stuff like this, but, okay. One of promises/swears that a man say when he marry a woman is “He have to give her sustenance/livelihood, both physically and mentally. He will automatically divorce with her if he can’t/won’t give it within 3 months. “Physically can be food, money, etc. Mentally can be a mean of sex. So, i think you understand what I mean.
3. You said ‘He killed thousand of people, robbed and did destruction’. Muhammad did not start this. Those infidel won’t gave him other choice. Muhammad did his job peacefully, he introduced Islam and persuaded people to become a Muslim very very peacefully. But Infidels often beat him, saying bad words to him. He tried to be patient, but they won’t listen to him and keep beating him. And then Allah S.W.T allowed him to do it in hard way (war, destruction). Then, Muhammad started a war to fight against the Infidel Quraisy. So destruction and war wasn’t started by Muslims, but Infidel Quraisy.
Well, that’s what I can explain. English is not my native language so I hope you understand if you found a grammatical errors.
Assamualaikum, for non-Muslim. I hope you can find your lantern and lead you to the right way.
And Assalamu Alaikum for my Muslim brothers and sisters.
exempli gratia • 3 months ago
“You said ‘He killed thousand of people, robbed and did destruction’. Muhammad did not start this. Those infidel won’t gave him other choice.”
I am an atheist, but I think there is more peacefulness (and masochism, perhaps) in the example of Jesus than in the example of Muhammad. A muslim here thinks that Muhammad was peaceful but had no choice but to wage war and destroy others because they beat him and said bad words to him. So should muslims also be guilt-free and feel righteous when they kill others after bad words have been said to them? What would Jesus do in such a situation? After being beaten, humiliated, flogged, tortured, and ridiculed by Romans and fellow Jews he did not ask for God to kill those abusing and crucifying him. He asked forgiveness for them because he thought they did not know what they were doing. He did not kill them (to get revenge, riches, or wives) but sacrificed his own life so that others could live and be saved. Might there have been this choice also for Muhammad?
Could it be that there is an honor morality among many muslims which is different from that exemplified by the Christian stories of Jesus and (at least some) muslims therefore cannot imagine that one would not be violent in response to violence and insults? Could this have effects on society and behavior of individuals?
Mik • 3 months ago
Bravo!
Regardless what religion one’s follow, you should always have a critical thinking. Not just because of the word is on the book(s) but because how men will distortion to make it own agenda.
Jack • 3 months ago
If u take the ideology out of Islam than there wouldn’t be a problem as we have today! But the facts are Islam is to take over other countries and not respect the laws of the land as we have in France and England! I have nothing against any culture other than not respecting another country and thinking we should have to follow there way of life or owe them something!
Todd • 2 months ago
Well said
Janine • 10 months ago
To Nonne. Yes there is a big difference between church and mosque! Western law fought to separate religion from law. Mosques combine religion and law!!
And, mosques, and Islamic schools specially in Australia run as religious Charities!! They are not taxed. The funding often comes from Grants from the Government – e.g. The Taxpayer. Janne
Jan Woodfield • 10 months ago
Dear Conrad,
What an interesting study of figures! But where is Australia? There are increasing numbers of Muslims in our country. What are the projections? With a population of only 22 million people of whom I understand 2.2 million are Muslim, I would love to know what might be the future numbers.
Many thanks, Jan Woodfield
m • 10 months ago
australia is not in europe- the title of the story indicates that it is about Muslims IN EUROPE
Ash • 9 months ago
There is 2.1% muslim pop in Oz.
IMO Euro western countries at between 5-10% are in deep deep trouble. France, UK, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Germany all fall into this group.
Europe got rid of 6 million jews in the 1940s, it replaced them with 20 million muslims, that has proven to be a catastrophe. Certainly for the remaining Jews it has been, they are now fleeing as anti semitism takes hold throughout Europe. Leftists the world over are so hate filled for Israel they are prepared to excuse and obfuscate any persecution and attacks on jews. President Obama has been a facilitator and perpetrator of this as well. The jews can flee to Israel but the rest of Europe has nowhere to flee to.
Kafir al-Haqq • 10 months ago
There is no way in hell that only 26% of Brits, 27% of French and 33% of Germans have an unfavorable view of Muslims. Where did these surveys take place – Tower Hamlets, the banlieus of Paris and Berlin-Neukoelln among Muslims? And there is no way that only 13 mio. Muslims live in Western Europe in 2014 – double that number and you’re in the ballpark.
Fran Ambrose • 10 months ago
Someone told me that 88% of Muslims in Egypt agree with Sharia Law—-same with Jourdan. He said that it was reported by Pew.
Comment • 10 months ago
The current debate is not about “Muslims”.
However, we need good evidence about a related question:
What is the percentage and absolute number of people that
approve of and support “radical islam”.
Could you please link or publish any related data for Europe ?
Agent e • 11 months ago
I don’t beleive your Pew “findings” on the favourable and unfavourable attitudes of most western Europeans about Muslims, Everyone i ask how do you feel about the Muslims here in France/Germany/Sweden..i’ve never had one soul say they like them or are happy that they are here….So I don’t know who they’ve been talking to…!!??
Gerald • 11 months ago
I wish to be part of your surveys/research
Nonne • 11 months ago
Could you do this survey AGAIN on France, UK, and German attitude toward Muslims, now that the Charlie Hebdo incident has taken place?
I often read a rather left-wing newspaper, and for years that paper has been very content and calm about unfettered Islamic immigration into Europe — but even IT is now changing its formerly pro-Islamic welcome-mat policy.
Maybe if more European citizens knew that mosques are built with money coming directly from Muslim ‘states’ such as Saudi Arabia, they would realize that there is a BIG difference in purpose between a mosque and a church.
Sue • 11 months ago
This is 2010 statistics. Do you have 2015 data?
Abu Daoud • 11 months ago
Thank you for this.
Could we get the same data based on minimal, medium, and maximal projections of growth for 2050 and 2100? I think that is really what people are concerned about.
AD
Johann Sebastian Philobiblos • 11 months ago
Charlie Sitzes: European identity is tied to history, among other things. The question of “overestimating the Muslim share of their population” is tied to the historical experience of European people — Parts of Spain were occupied by Muslims for seven centuries, while the Balkans were only freed of the 500-year Muslim yoke a little ore than a century ago. Meanwhile the massacres and cruelty that characterized Ottoman Muslim domination are woven into the folklore of much of eastern and southeastern Europe even today — even if the Europeans had tried to forget, they are reminded by the decapitations, rapes and tortures practiced not only by ISIS and other Islamic militant groups, but by the public floggings and executions by states such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
Harappa • 10 months ago
FYI There are no public floggings or executions done in Pakistan by the state, Pakistan is a democracy -the 5th largest in the world, there was a moratorium on the death penalty for 7 years until this year, nobody between 2008-14 was executed for any crime by the state, and floggings are not meted out for any crime. Pakistan follows a mix of Islamic and English common laws(coming from colonial rule) and no Pakistani law explicitly prescribes floggings,stonings,beheadings etc for ANY crime.
These punishments are done by outlawed terrorist groups such as the Taliban but they only have any power in remote parts of the country on the borderlands with Afghanistan.
ahmad • 11 months ago
you are wrong 100%
Muslims are more then what you count.
Daniel • 11 months ago
You survey makes no breakout numbers on the number of native born Europeans that have converted to Islam. is that figure available?
John Doe • 11 months ago
Anyone know about citizenship policies in EU countries? In US, if you’re born here, you’re American, even if your parents are not. That’s not true everywhere else. Am I right in thinking that children born in Germany and Italy of non-citizens are not granted immediate citizenship? Are most Turks in Germany non-citizens? In terms of the survey research, what’s the relationship between acceptance of Muslims and immigrants in a country, and that country’s policy on citizenship? Seems that including folks in the nation’s body politic would lead to acceptance, at least to some extent.
Kochevnik • 11 months ago
Germany changed its nationality laws in 2000, but up until that time the 1913 so-called “Blood Law” was in effect: even if you were born in Germany, you couldn’t become a citizen unless your parents were German citizens (which ruled out most German Turks). However, “ethnic” Germans could immigrate and get basically automatic citizenship, meaning that lots of people migrated from the former USSR and became citizens, even though they were no more German than, say, Katherine Heigl or Dwight Eisenhower.
Now there is a permanent residency phase that leads to naturalization, but you still cannot be a dual Turkish-German citizen (but you *can* be a dual German citizen with another EU country). All EU countries are different though.
Etzen • 11 months ago
You need to differentiate Muslim population (basically Arap, Turkish, Pakistani, Persians…). This is not with much meaning in this state
Dr. James C. Goodloe IV • 11 months ago
Dr. Hackett: Thank you for this! Given the relative youthfulness of the Muslim population in Europe (#3 above), would it be reasonable to project that the Muslim share of the population of Europe will continue growing beyond 2030 (#2 above)? Your research shows that a majority of the population of France viewed Muslims favorably last spring (#4 above); do you think that has changed this month? When might another such poll be conducted? Also, when you distinguish between Germans on the political right and left (#4 above), how do you do that? By self-identification? And do you have any reasons for the disparity between left and right in regard to their views of Muslims? Are people on the right more xenophobic? Are people on the left less willing to consider that pluralism may have limits?
Greg • 11 months ago
You have problem with numbers.
You say tha In 2010 there were 13 milion Muslim, comprising 6% of European population . Well, this makes EU population just 216 millions (if 6% is 13 milion than 100% is 26 milion) – the actual number is more than 500 milion…Which is wrong, number or percentage of Muslim population?
You write that percentage of Muslim population is supposed to grow to 8% by 2030 ( a growth of at least 33 per cent). But it has already grown more than twice as much.According to numbers from “Size of Muslim population” chart, in 2014 there were 22 million of Muslims, a growth of 69 per cent in 4 years…
Which figures are wrong and why don/t you check them?
checker • 10 months ago
13 million *foreign born* Muslims, not *all* Muslims
Charlie Sitzes • 11 months ago
“…..the European public vastly overestimates the Muslim share of their population”
Could that be because they cause way more than their share of problems?
Forrest Marler • 11 months ago
I don’t think that they cause more than their share of problems but rather their share are reported more. If two Baptists get in a fight it’s usually reported as a local brawl of two people. But if one is a Muslim, then likely to be reported that he’s a Muslim versus a Christian and suddenly it’s a fight between two religious partisans. It’s all what gets the readers to pay attention.
Awais • 11 months ago
Very rightly said.
Nisrine • 11 months ago
Like in every society facing economic crisis, to divert the public from real issue, they need to create a “social” problem… and which one is better as a bouc-emissaire than the very visible minority? Media creates terror among Europeans, Europeans will eventually grow a state of fear and hatred (consciously or not), when visible minority is faced with hatred and fear, it grows their hatred and fear towards the other, especially that this other (Europeans / France / Spain, etc.) are ex colonies that actually recruited these North African Muslims like cattle to work in fields (south of Spain), and to build infrastructure and roads… jobs that Europeans back then did not want to do by the way.
History is in the past, sure. Now, be it Muslim Europeans or Europeans of origin, both of them need to work things out and move on.
Kochevnik • 11 months ago
“Could that be because they cause way more than their share of problems?”
They actually don’t. The Economist had data out earlier this week that showed that the vast majority of terrorism-related arrests in Europe are still nationalist/separatist types like the CIRA, ETA and the like.
Abu Daoud • 11 months ago
Source?
Lola C • 11 months ago
I would absolutely love too see what the ever-growing number European Muslims think on certain issues. (Gay Marriage, Sharia Law, etc.) Obviously, as more come become citizens they directly affect the outcome of voting on such issues.
Adam Smith • 11 months ago
no
IAshworth • 11 months ago
No, but because that’s what mainstream media tells you.
Marc Baudinet • 10 months ago
It could be. We should also notice that mainstream media tend to focus on problems rather than on the fact that most Muslims in Europe actually have a job and pay their taxes. Why is it that in a country such as France, the media never mention what foreigners actually bring to the host country, their work, new taste in food, music and more. It’s time that French society realises that it is now multi-cultural and that is actually a plus for the country, not a minus.
Mohammad Tohid Alam • 7 months ago
Most people see Islam as they see it on media. Request to non Muslims is to take out some time and read few pages of quran. Know the truth yourself
balisa • 5 months ago
I am agree on it
gwynedd1 • 3 weeks ago
I read thew whole Quran 20 year ago. I consider it one of the moist simplistic and barbaric peaces of crap I ever read, even worse than the Book of Moron. Its clearly a conqueror’s faith.
Its not a bad gambit though, I mean who is going to actually read anything and call your bluff?
Onslaught • 3 weeks ago
It is fear that fuels all men. Religion is also separation. It is quite funny how one religious view directly contradicts another as if the makers of the religions decided that chaos would be the end result of their difference of opinion. It is the very rights we are given that allow for these incidents. Freedom has a limit though…where my freedom begins is usually where yours ends and vice versa.
Lady • 5 days ago
I’m afraid – that one day – everyone’s uniqueness will be lost.
The world will have become a common shade of grey everywhere we go. I will miss going to Paris to hear their beautiful language and viewing their delicate architecture. I will miss (feeling united) with others who love & appreciate art. I will miss going to Italy and experiencing the generosity at mealtime. The insistence of having another serving and enjoying (a long relaxing) meal with family or friends. I will miss the cleverness of the Italian people – building an entire city upon water. Classic Italian style will no longer be seen in Milan windows or fashion runways. I will miss going to Germany to drink a cold dark brew (in a) very large pewter tankard. And those refined automobiles built with quality components from expert craftsmen. I will miss going to Belgium to (paint the quaint) canals and float thru them. Then there’s the chocolate! I don’t know what the Belgians do to their chocolate – but it is decadent! I can continue on and on with every country (as they each) have their own special qualities! How wonderful it is to experience their differences.
Please don’t try to change this or take it away if you relocate. It would be a horrible loss for the world.