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Mar 30, 2015 · It is estimated that there are around 100,000 converts to Islam in Germany. The number is comparable to that in France and the United Kingdom. And similarly there are increasing number of converts in all West European countries, as well as the United States.
Mar 1, 2024 · We discuss the literature based on six topics: 1. methods and methodology 2. the status of conversion narratives 3. the conceptualization of conversion 4. Islam as the “Other” in conversion research 5. conversion and radicalization and 6. conversion and German-Muslim identity.
Jan 18, 2007 · The study sheds light on a phenomenon that may seem surprising given the image of Islam in Germany, where the religion is often associated with terrorism, forced marriages and honor killings:...
Every year more and more Europeans are embracing Islam. In Germany, it is estimated that there are now as many as 100,000 converts, with similar numbers in France and the United Kingdom. Being German, Becoming Muslim: Race, Religion, and Conversion | Cambridge Interfaith Programme
Sep 4, 2015 · Does the social history of conversion in Germany reflect a loss of prestige for Islam, asks Islam scholar Esra Ozyurek, who traces its path from an elite niche religion to the religion of foreign workers and finally today to an outcast faith.
In a 2014 academic publication it was estimated that some 20,000-100,000 Germans converted to Islam, numbers which are comparable to that in France and in the United Kingdom. [7] [8] Demographics. Islam is the largest minority religion in the country, with the Protestant and Roman Catholic confessions being the majority religions.
Nov 23, 2014 · "Özyürek has written an engaging, highly readable portrait of German converts to Islam who have become key figures in public debates over the future of the country as a multireligious, multiethnic polity. The book serves as a primer on the history of Islam in Germany and plumbs the limits of European secularism.
