.... A report this week suggested the number of converts had doubled in the past 10 years from about 60,000 in 2001 to up to 100,000 with around 5,200 people converting to Islam in the UK last year. These figures come with a health warning – they are estimates derived from extrapolations – but if we accept that increasing numbers of British men and women are turning to Islam, it does lead to questions of why: why are people voluntarily signing up to a faith that is, if you believe what you read, a cesspit of misogyny, violence and hate?
[COMMENT] Just out of interest, how many people in the Uk left Islam or converted to Christianty. how many Christians dropped they're faith. How many people became atheists
I would suggest that the only meaningful analysis of convert numbers would have to be in relation to all relgions. Otherwise one runs the risk of being accused of trumpeting on about a single relgions "conversions" when, in fct they might be terrible numbers compared to another or compared to the numbers that have ditched religion altogether. [Guardian Cif] Read more
