Group: soc.culture.china
From: "The Cynic"
Date: Friday, September 07, 2007 4:43 AM
Subject: Re: WHY MORE AND MORE EUROPEAN BECOME MUSLIM?

Bullshit.

"arah" wrote in message
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> Below are some estimated figures for the number of converts to Islam
> in larger European countries alongside total numbers for their Muslim
> populations.
>
> GERMANY
>
> The number of Muslims in Germany is estimated at million. Around
> 4,000 Germans converted to Islam last year, according to German media
> reports quoting figures from the Central Institute Islam Archive. In
> 2005 there were around 1,000 German converts to Islam.
>
> BRITAIN
>
> The Muslim Council of Britain estimates that there are around 2
> million Muslims in Britain.
>
> There are no precise figures for converts but based on the 2001 census
> figure, researcher Yahya Birt estimated that around 14,000-16,000
> Muslims in total in Britain were converts.
>
> ITALY
>
> Italy's Muslim community estimates a population of to million
> Muslims. A spokesman for the Rome mosque, one of Europe's largest,
> gave an estimate of a total of about 15,000 to 20,000 Muslim converts
> in Italy.
>
> FRANCE The Union of Islamic Organisations (UOIF) estimates there are
> between 5 and 6 million Muslims in France. Le Parisien newspaper,
> citing UOIF estimates, said there were 4,000 converts to Islam in the
> year 2006.
>
> SPAIN Spain's main Islamic organisation has said there are more than 1
> million Muslims in Spain of which a small proportion are converts.
>