“–Asked which foreign leader they most admire, almost 70 percent name an Islamist or a supporter of that movement’s forces: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan (20), Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (13), Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (12), Hizballah’s Hassan Nasrallah (9), Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (7), Usama bin Ladin (6), and the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (2).

No relatively moderate Arab leader has any significant international following. And note that two non-Arab Middle Easterners (Erdogan and Ahmadinejad) score so high, showing a decline in Arab nationalism that would have been unthinkable during the 1950-2000 era.”

http://www.gloria-center.org/gloria/2010/08/can-you-handle-the-truth

“Inmates are converting to Islam in order to gain perks and the protection of powerful Muslim gangs, the Chief Inspector of Prisons warns today.

Dame Anne Owers says that some convicted criminals are taking up the religion in jail to receive benefits only available to practising Muslims.

The number of Muslim prisoners has risen dramatically since the mid-1990s — from 2,513 in 1994, or 5 per cent of the population, to 9,795 in 2008, or 11 per cent. Staff at top-security prisons and youth jails have raised concerns about the intimidation of non-Muslims and possible forced conversions.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7145784.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

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“

“Cologne’s 120,000 Muslims are the most in any German city. By 2020, two-thirds of Cologne’s residents are expected to have foreign – mostly Turkish – roots. Designed for 2,000 worshipers, the mosque’s completion will be something of a coming-out party for a booming minority that has long lived in society’s shadows.

And it’s not just here. A handful of mosques 10 years ago have swollen to 164, and close to 200 more are under construction across Germany, says Claus Leggewie, co-author of “Mosques in Germany – religious home and societal challenge.”

“[It's] like a dream come true,” says Nalan Cinar of Ehrenfeld, the multiethnic neighborhood that’s home to the new mosque. Ms. Cinar, like most of Germany’s Muslims, doesn’t wear a head scarf or consider herself to be particularly devout. But she says “the feeling of something beautiful being ours is invaluable.”"

Kilde: Christian Science Monitor, d. 9. august 2009 “Germans wary as mosque rises in Cologne“

Christian Science tal bør dog ses i perspektiv af disse data: http://web.archive.org/web/20080128135300/http://www.stadt-koeln.de/zahlen/bevoelkerung/artikel/04600/

Første halvår af 2009 har tysk politi registreret 40 muslimer, som har rejst til terroristlejre i udlandet. Det er en fordobling i forhold til 2008. Mest skræmmende: De bliver ikke i udlandet for at kæmpe – de kommer tilbage til Europa igen…

“Berlin  – The flow of radical Islamists from Germany to training camps in Pakistan has doubled this year, the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported Sunday without naming any source.

German police monitor the so-called homegrown terrorists, mainly from the Turkish and Arab immigrant communities, who volunteer to fight on the Islamist side in Pakistan or Afghanistan.

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This year we have so far logged 40 Pakistan-bound departures among the
German Islamist crowd,” a senior
German security official was quoted saying. In the corresponding months of last year, only half as many departed for training.

The men commonly used flights via Syria, Egypt or Turkey. Many returned home to Germany after spending time in the camps.

Security forces forecast earlier this month that terrorists might try to unnerve the
German public in the run-up to the September 27 general election, with the intention of obtaining a
German military withdrawal from Afghanistan. (dpa)”

Kilde: Frankfurter Algemeine (citeret i TopNews, d. 19. juli 2009) “German Islamists heading to Pakistan training camps“.