REGARDLESS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA, ISLAM IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN UK

REGARDLESS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA, ISLAM IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN UK

by Syarif Hidayat

       In spite of  Islamophobia is still prevailing in the Western world, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the West especially in the United Kingdom and Britain has a chance to have a Muslim majority by 2050.

       John Bingham in his article titled “Study shows Islam growing, Christianity declining in the UK” writes a new analysis of the 2011 census shows that a decade of mass immigration helped mask the scale of decline in Christian affiliation among the British-born population – while driving a dramatic increase in Islam, particularly among the young. It suggests that only a minority of people will describe themselves as Christians within the next decade, for first time.

       Meanwhile almost one in 10 under 25s in Britain is now a Muslim.

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DESPITE ISLAMOPHOBIA, ISLAM IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN THE WEST

DESPITE ISLAMOPHOBIA, ISLAM IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN THE WEST

by Syarif Hidayat*

         Despite Islamophobia is still prevailing in the Western world, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the West especially in the United Kingdom and the United States. Nevertheless, the West has many stereotypes and misconceptions about Islam that are due to: the media, Prejudice, and Ignorance. Islam is often looked upon as a "extremist", "terrorist", or "fundamental" religion. Many people hate Islam and do not want to acknowledge its true teachings.

         In many cases, the media’s reports about Islam are incorrect due to ignorance. This is one of the reasons why the West often hates Islam.  In contrast to what many Westerners think of Islam, Islam is a peaceful religion, which does not promote any injustice or crime. Stereotypes about Islam are not new to Western culture. Problems can be traced back 1400 years. At that time, Islam and Christianity were involved in the Crusades in the 1100’s and in the Ottoman and Moorish control in Europe. Islam spread quickly to the West, and started to threaten the position of the Christian Church and the ruling class.

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