Increased interest in Islam in Europe

Rasa – Recently released statistics in Europe show that there has been a significant increase of interest regarding Islam and 70% of new Muslims are women.

News ID: 458

Date: 07 October 2013 - 17:06

Rasa News Agency Reports - Statistics presented in a new report published in the United Kingdom show that 70% of new Muslims in Western countries are women.

A group of followers of several religions in the United Kingdom published their study under the title “Matters of Faith.”

The news channels RTL and France 3 have also reported that despite efforts in recent years to curb the influence of Islam and the growth of Islamophobia in Western countries 70,000 people in France, 20,000 in Germany, 50,000 in Spain and 5,000 people in Sweden have converted to Islam in recent years.

Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal are also among the countries that have declared that there has been an unprecedented and increased interest in Islam among their citizens.

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