In fact, according to a 2009 Turkish government report, 42 percent of women surveyed said they had been the victims of either physical or sexual abuse by their husband or partner. The report concluded that one in four married Turkish women had been injured by partner violence. Meanwhile, one in ten Turkish women were injured by such violence while pregnant.

Some Turkish activists fear the real statistics for violence against women may actually be much higher.

“In all domestic surveys there are ’shadow figures.’ That is because women are not willing to tell about the violence, it’s a very sensitive issue,” says Pinar Ilkkaracan, a co-founder of the Istanbul-based group Women for Women’s Human Rights.

“We think it’s much higher than 42 percent.”

Domestic violence against women is not confined to economically-depressed, rural regions of eastern Turkey. According to the Turkish government survey, the statistics for physical and sexual assault were roughly the same in the countryside as in the most developed, fast-growing cities in the western part of the country.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/30/turkey.domestic.abuse/index.html?hpt=C2#fbid=HIqpfPOWyHQ

“A senior official in Afghanistan’s Ministry for Women’s Affairs told a recent UN workshop that about half of Afghanistan’s 476 women prisoners were detained for “moral crimes”.

That includes everything from running away from home, refusing to marry, marrying without their family’s wishes, and “attempted adultery”.

“In many cases women run away because they can’t bear the domestic violence and then they are picked up and taken into custody for a long time,” explains Nader Nadery, a commissioner at Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8771605.stm

“39 procent af de adspurgte danske forældre vil ifølge undersøgelsen tillade deres børn at gifte sig med en muslim.

Hellere ikke kæresteri er forældrene glade for. 47 procent af de danske forældre vil acceptere, at deres barn bliver kæreste med en muslim.

Modvilje

Blandt muslimske forældre er uviljen stort set den samme.

Her tillader 45 procent kæresteri, mens 47 procent af de muslimske forældre vil tillade at deres barn siger ja til en ikke-muslimsk dansker.”

http://jp.dk/indland/article2041205.ece

“A study that shows boys growing up in religious Muslim families are more likely to be violent seems set to reignite the debate over religion and integration, a media report said on Sunday. The study, which involved intensive questioning of 45,000 teenagers from 61 towns and regions across the country, was conducted by Christian Pfeiffer of the criminal research institute of Lower Saxony. …

Pfeiffer’s work took into account the level of education and standard of living in the families of the children – aged between 14 and 16 – who were questioned. He also asked them how religious they considered themselves, and how integrated they felt in Germany.

Pfeiffer said that even when other social factors were taken into account, there remained a significant correlation between religiosity and readiness to use violence. There were some positive correlations too he said, noting that young religious Muslims were much less likely than their non-Muslim counterparts to drink alcohol – or to steal from shops.

…

The results showed that Muslim boys from immigrant families were more than twice as likely to agree with macho statements than boys from Christian immigrant families. The rate was highest among those considered as very religious, Pfeiffer said. They were also more likely to be using violent computer games and have criminal friends.

Added to that, the more religious Muslim boys felt the least integrated intoGerman society, with only 14.5 percent of the very religious Turkish boys (the largest group of Muslims in the study) saying they felt German, although 88.5 percent had been born here.”

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100606-27673.html

“Københavns Kommune forudser, at der hvert år kommer 700 nye, unge indvandrere til, som står på spring til at blive optaget i bander og leve af kriminalitet.

For første gang vil Københavns Kommune sætte massivt ind over for 18-25 årige indvandrere, der er på vej ud i kriminalitet eller allerede har begået kriminalitet.

Det sker i erkendelse af, at kommunens indsats over for unge under 18 år ikke har kunnet hindre en stigning i antallet af utilpassede unge indvandrere.”

Kilde: JP, d. 13. september 2009 “Tusinder af unge kan ende i bander“

Produktioner i arabiske lande falder med 78% under ramadanen. Årsagerne er: at folk arbejder mindre, de er mindre klare i sindet og har mange sygemeldinger.

Derudover stiger sygdommer forbundet med kolesterol og sukkersyge med 27,65 % grundet overspisning (efter solned, formentligt).

Antallet af “æresforbrydelser” stiger med 1,5 % og tyverier med 3,5 % – formentligt grundet rygeres manglende mulighed for at stille deres nikotintrang.

“(ANSAmed) – TUNIS, SEPTEMBER 3 – During Ramadan, the productivity of Arab businesses drops by 78%. The essential factors? Fewer work hours, absenteeism, and sick leave. In the meantime, diseases linked to cholesterol and diabetes by 27.65% because of overeating. Experts claimed that increases in blood crimes (+1.5%) and theft (+3.5%) are mainly the result of abstinence from smoke. The figures are included in a survey carried out by Cairòs Institute of Social Sciences of the Arab World which was printed today by ‘Leaders’, a Tunisian website. (ANSAmed).”

Kilde: ANSAmed, d. 3. september 2009 “RAMADAN: PRODUCTIVITY OF ARAB BUSINESSES DROPS BY 78%“

Myten om, at muslimer ikke er mere religiøse end danskere er – en myte. Omkring 1/3 går i moske – det er langt flere end antallet af danskere, som går i kirke. Derudover er der blandt muslimer en meget høj loyalitet overfor islam – en loyalitet som formentligt overgår danskere følelse af tilhørsforhold til kristendommen:

“”Mange muslimer har en grundlæggende respekt for islam og en positiv indstilling til religionen, men de overlader det at gå i moskeen til andre,” siger hun til Berlingske Tidende.

Lone Kühle vurderer, at kun ca. en tredjedel af de danske muslimer jævnligt kommer i moskeerne.”

Kilde: 180Grader, d. 21. august 2009 “Kun hver anden muslim i Danmark praktiserer sin religion“

“I en undersøkelse InFact har gjort for VG sier hele 67 prosent at de mener ansiktsdekkende plagg som burka og niqab ikke er velkommen i Norge. Bare drøye 15 prosent sier de mener plaggene bør ønskes velkommen.” Kilde: VG, d. 7. juli 2009 “Til kamp mot burka“

“Almost 50 percent of people believe that the burqa is degrading to women, an online poll has revealed.

The survey by Arabian Business found that 49.5 percent of respondents thought the burqa deprived women of an identity.”

Kilde: Arabian Business, d. 28. juni 2009 “Survey finds half of people against burqa“

Det muslimske samfund, som ifølge muslimerne selv er “perfekt”, fungerer tilsyneladende ikke så godt:

“En rapport fra FN’s udviklingsafdeling, UNDP, af forholdene i den arabiske verden slår fast, at halvdelen af alle unge ønsker at forlade deres hjem og søge mod Vesten.”

“Situationen er langt mere dramatisk, end vi har villet stå ved i Vesten. Arbejdsløsheden ligger reelt på 60 procent for de 15-25 årige, og de har ingen fremtidsmuligheder”

“ Ifølge “Arab Human Development Report” er produktiviteten i de 22 medlemslande i Den Arabiske Liga den samme i dag som i begyndelsen af 1970’erne.”

“Arbejdsløsheden er verdens højeste. I den arabiske verden skal en indbygger med den nuværende vækst bruge 140 år på at fordoble sin indtægt, mens det alle andre steder kan gøres på ti år. Med hensyn til frihed og rettigheder, ikke mindst for kvinderne, indtager de arabiske lande den globale bundplacering.”

“Det skyldes, forklarer hun, at en stor del af landenes økonomi, omkring 25 procent, finansieres af arabere, der fra deres indvandrertilværelse i Vesten sender penge hjem til familierne.”