Surge in Britons converting to Islam

[hereward]

White women lead a wave of Britons embracing Islam, with a 50 per cent rise in converts living in this country in a decade according to a new report. The number of converts to Islam may have risen from around 60,000 in 2001 to up to 100,000, according to estimates in a report for the Faith Matters organisation.
A study by Kevin Brice, of Swansea University, on behalf of Faith Matters, found 5,200 people converted to Islam in the UK last year.
A survey of 122 converts last year showed 56% were white British, with women making up 62% of respondents. The average age at conversion was just over 27.
The majority reported difficulties after converting because of the negative attitude of their family, but over time this attitude became more ''positive'' according to the report.
The majority of the converts saw themselves as both British and Muslim and did not feel disillusioned with British society and culture.
But they also felt their own lives had been ''lost'' and were ''lacking in purpose'' before conversion, and feared that there was a ''normalisation'' of ''immoral'' behaviour amongst an increasingly less religious British public.
Only a very small minority saw celebrating birthdays, listening to music or reading fiction as prohibited by Islam, with fewer than 10% viewing attending a family Christmas dinner as forbidden.
A majority said that most or all of their close friends were Muslims but almost all felt that Muslims should not keep themselves separate from non-Muslims.
The vast majority of women had changed their appearance after conversion, with a significant majority adopting the hijab, or headscarf.
But the survey showed that the majority of converts disagreed with the niqab, or face veil, in spite of supporting the right of women to wear it.
''Converts do not represent a devious fifth column determined to undermine the Western way of life – this is a group of normal people united in their adherence to a religion which they, for the most part, see as perfectly compatible with Western life,'' the report said.
''Converts are generally at ease living in the UK and do not feel that British people are essentially hostile to Islam.''
The findings have been released after Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former prime minister Tony Blair, attracted widespread publicity when she announced last year that she had converted to Islam.
Faith Matters director Fiyaz Mughal said: ''Conversion to Islam has been stigmatised by the media and wrongly associated with extremist ideologies and discriminatory cultural practices.
''Converts have an important role to play in supporting community cohesion, and it is vital that mosques can support them to encourage greater understanding amongst non-Muslims.''

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-to-Islam.html

Early new year cheer, more lines forever lost.

[Grumpy Cat]

If they want to be religious because they feel they lost purpose, why not become Christian?

I chalk up conversion to Islam with teenage rebellion. When I was growing up, in the 90s after the Soviet Union fell, but still before 9/11, being a communist was the "rebel" thing.

Of course there are also a lot of rich kids raised by overly liberal and decadent parents who have gotten into far-right or nationalism just to be shocking or rebel. I can think of some on this forum and I think they have no use in preservationism and just make us look bad.

[Óttar]

They will pretend they never converted after they lose the thrill of wearing kufis and dressing in qaftans. There can not be a single civil discussion even between Muslims of differing sects. They need to go consult a hadith and sunnah from before the Middle Ages to see whether or not it is permissible to so much as take a breath irregularly.

If native Germanic religion stands a chance, we have to come up with a better fashion accessory than the kufi.

[Fortis in Arduis]

If they want to be religious because they feel they lost purpose, why not become Christian?

I chalk up conversion to Islam with teenage rebellion. When I was growing up, in the 90s after the Soviet Union fell, but still before 9/11, being a communist was the "rebel" thing.

'Christian' has become a bit tired in the UK. The Anglican Church has become infested with communists and all that bollocky stuff, and churches have become a place of foreboding for many people.

Walk in and leave confused after a sociology lecture from a beardy weirdy.

Of course there are also a lot of rich kids raised by overly liberal and decadent parents who have gotten into far-right or nationalism just to be shocking or rebel. I can think of some on this forum and I think they have no use in preservationism and just make us look bad.

These peepil must be named and shamed, I tell you!

[Peasant]

How many do you think actually convert just to marry muslims? I don't see how anyone would need to convert to islam to stop drinking etc.

[Sunray]

90% of the not already Muslim population is White, but we only account for 57% of conversions. A toxic mixture of miscegenic marriage, our degenerated society and ignorant rebellion accounts for the 57% but what accounts for the massively out of proportion brown and black 'reversion' rates?

[Imperivm]

If they want to be religious because they feel they lost purpose, why not become Christian?

I chalk up conversion to Islam with teenage rebellion. When I was growing up, in the 90s after the Soviet Union fell, but still before 9/11, being a communist was the "rebel" thing.

Of course there are also a lot of rich kids raised by overly liberal and decadent parents who have gotten into far-right or nationalism just to be shocking or rebel. I can think of some on this forum and I think they have no use in preservationism and just make us look bad.

Can you give any examples of rich kids on this forum who have got into Nationalism just to be rebellious and have no use to preservationism and make real preservationists look bad?

[Invictus_88]

Conversion to Islam can't really be blamed entirely on the individuals who do so, though certainly they might have neglected a responsibility to study other faiths in comparison.

In the UK, the CofE is the prevalent form of Christianity and it has very often been extremely coy about any claim it might have on truth in the world. If the prevalent Christianity has forgotten what it is for, and forgotten its convictions, then can we really be surprised when people fall into Islam as a risqué alternative?

[SwordoftheVistula]

Early new year cheer, more lines forever lost.

Looks like these are already lost lines converting:

with women making up 62% of respondents. The average age at conversion was just over 27.

Probably that has something to do with the conversions, they get reach the age at which they aren't as attractive as they used to be, and thus partying isn't as fun anymore, so they look for ways to change their life. Notice that they all wear the headscarves, while disregarding many of the other aspects of strict Islam.

I don't see how anyone would need to convert to islam to stop drinking etc.

These are fundamentally weak-minded people we are talking about here. In times past, they would turn to Christianity to bring a sense of order and sense of belonging to their life, but as others have pointed out, the CoE doesn't provide much in this area any more.

[poiuytrewq0987]

'Christian' has become a bit tired in the UK. The Anglican Church has become infested with communists and all that bollocky stuff, and churches have become a place of foreboding for many people.

Walk in and leave confused after a sociology lecture from a beardy weirdy.



These peepil must be named and shamed, I tell you!

The solution is to adopt Orthodox Christianity.