Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Friday, 4 November 2011
Study: White Women in UK Converting to Islam More Than Men
A new survey sponsored by a British Muslim organization estimates that about 5,200 people in the United Kingdom converted to Islam last year, part of a steady increase since 2001.
White British women made up the biggest number of converts, and the average age of conversion was 27.
The report, titled "A Minority Within a Minority," was issued by the Faith Matters organization and conducted by Kevin Brice, an office administrator at Swansea University.
Using figures drawn from the 2001 Scottish census, Brice estimates that the number of converts to Islam in the U.K. may have risen from around 60,000 in 2001 to up to 100,000 in 2010.
A key area of the study involved a survey of 122 converts in August and September. About 56 percent were white British and 62 percent were women.
The majority (66 percent) said that their families reacted badly to their conversions but that their attitudes softened in time and became more accepting.
The release of the findings comes just less than three months after former Prime Minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law, broadcaster Lauren Booth, shocked the country by converting to Islam at the age of 43.
"I think what the survey shows is that people who converted to Islam are normal people," Brice told AOL News today. "They're not a group of people trying to undermine the Western world. They feel that being a Muslim goes hand in hand with their British identity."
Brice, a white British national, said he converted to Islam in 1990.
One of the questions respondents were asked in the survey was whether their conversion had occurred because they felt their lifestyle was "bad," "sinful" or "lost." About 59 percent said they had indeed felt "lost" before deciding to embrace Islam.
Brice said that "media cliches" about Muslim extremism did not show up in answers given by those who were polled.
Most of the women polled said they wore more modest clothing after converting and many adopted the hijab, or headscarf.
Most women disagreed with the niqab, or face veil, but supported the right to wear it.
"The report shows there is a vibrant and growing Muslim convert community that feels at ease living in the U.K. and being Muslim," said Fiyaz Mughal, the founder and director of Faith Matters.
Currently, white British people make up 80 percent of the population of Britain, Brice said.
White British women made up the biggest number of converts, and the average age of conversion was 27.
The report, titled "A Minority Within a Minority," was issued by the Faith Matters organization and conducted by Kevin Brice, an office administrator at Swansea University.
Using figures drawn from the 2001 Scottish census, Brice estimates that the number of converts to Islam in the U.K. may have risen from around 60,000 in 2001 to up to 100,000 in 2010.
Stefanos Kouratzis, AFP / Getty Images
British journalist Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, fixes a Palestinian-style headscarf after arriving with other peace activists on boats at the southern Cypriot port of Larnaca on Aug. 20, 2008. Booth converted to Islam following a visit to Iran, saying she is a "proud member" of the Muslim community.
The majority (66 percent) said that their families reacted badly to their conversions but that their attitudes softened in time and became more accepting.
The release of the findings comes just less than three months after former Prime Minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law, broadcaster Lauren Booth, shocked the country by converting to Islam at the age of 43.
"I think what the survey shows is that people who converted to Islam are normal people," Brice told AOL News today. "They're not a group of people trying to undermine the Western world. They feel that being a Muslim goes hand in hand with their British identity."
Brice, a white British national, said he converted to Islam in 1990.
One of the questions respondents were asked in the survey was whether their conversion had occurred because they felt their lifestyle was "bad," "sinful" or "lost." About 59 percent said they had indeed felt "lost" before deciding to embrace Islam.
Brice said that "media cliches" about Muslim extremism did not show up in answers given by those who were polled.
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For example, only a very few said they thought that celebrating a birthday, listening to music or reading fiction goes against Islam. Fewer than 10 percent said that attending a family Christmas dinner would be forbidden.Most of the women polled said they wore more modest clothing after converting and many adopted the hijab, or headscarf.
Most women disagreed with the niqab, or face veil, but supported the right to wear it.
"The report shows there is a vibrant and growing Muslim convert community that feels at ease living in the U.K. and being Muslim," said Fiyaz Mughal, the founder and director of Faith Matters.
Currently, white British people make up 80 percent of the population of Britain, Brice said.
Monday, 31 October 2011
Sunday, 30 October 2011
The difference with other religions
All the graves of the Prophet in Arabia.You all can visit the graves of all of them (All prophets from Adam to Muhammad).Most Arabs are Muslims.Is the oldest civilizations in Arabia.Only the Muslim religion that describes life in the world and the hereafter.Al Quran which was revealed from Allah never changed.
God created many angels, and have their own tasks.
The Angel of Death. Angel of Mercy, Angel Nangkir Munkar, and so on.
In the Qur'an tells the story of the past.Some are in contempt as Pharaoh,Although he was rich and famous.On the day of the Resurrection.About men are made from his mother's womb.About the Day of Judgement Heaven and Hell.
God created many angels, and have their own tasks.
The Angel of Death. Angel of Mercy, Angel Nangkir Munkar, and so on.
In the Qur'an tells the story of the past.Some are in contempt as Pharaoh,Although he was rich and famous.On the day of the Resurrection.About men are made from his mother's womb.About the Day of Judgement Heaven and Hell.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
grave
What do you bring to the grave soon after you die.
You want to enter a car, house, money, wife, and so on there.
.You just can bring only good practice only.
Each of the prophets were sent to tell the living conditions there.
You want to enter a car, house, money, wife, and so on there.
.You just can bring only good practice only.
Each of the prophets were sent to tell the living conditions there.
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Life after death
All life must die.Our first little baby, young, old and die.Our time in the belly of the mother.We feel that our world is very large.We think the umbilical cord is very useful for us the greater the better.Eat a lot into our stomachs.Hands, feet, ears, mouth is not useful for us.It is our burden.
But when we are born into the world.Our cord completely useless. Hands, feet, ears. mouth, apparently it is very useful in this world.Similarly, when returned to the afterlife.Apparently all the Islamic practice is most useful when you're back there.There if we want to go back to earth again is not available yet.So you cry, tears dry up or get out of tears and blood, even the eyeball out, you will not be able to return to the world.All people in this world only once.
See the grandparents us or our friends who are dead, all will be there.
If you chose the wrong religion. Then you will be in torment forever
But when we are born into the world.Our cord completely useless. Hands, feet, ears. mouth, apparently it is very useful in this world.Similarly, when returned to the afterlife.Apparently all the Islamic practice is most useful when you're back there.There if we want to go back to earth again is not available yet.So you cry, tears dry up or get out of tears and blood, even the eyeball out, you will not be able to return to the world.All people in this world only once.
See the grandparents us or our friends who are dead, all will be there.
If you chose the wrong religion. Then you will be in torment forever
Monday, 24 October 2011
True religion
All prophets teach his people obeyed the commandment of God..This world is only temporary, permanent place hereafter forever .He will calculate all of what we do in the world.Remember people lived in this world is only once.If we are holding good his recompense is good.If our religion is not true and we die, it will be tormented forever.
See all the prophets died in Arab countries and there is evidence.
See all the prophets died in Arab countries and there is evidence.
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