英國皈依伊斯蘭教者數目激增

Britain has seen more than 100,000 Muslim converts so far, with the number of young white women adopting the Islamic faith surging in ten years, according to the study carried out by multi-faith group Faith Matters。

The figure has almost doubled since 2001 – with the average convert now a 27-year-old white woman fed up with British consumerism and immorality. In addition, the report estimated around 5,200 men and women have adopted Islam over the past 12 months. Nearly two-thirds were women, more than 70 percent were white。

The findings have led to claims that Britain is undergoing a process of "Islamification" and concerns that the country will see more violent Islamist extremism. But the report argued that the number of converts sucked into extremism represented a "very small minority" and said most converts saw their religion as "perfectly compatible" with living in Britain。

And according to the survey conducted by Kevin Brice from Swansea University, these converts identified alcohol and drunkenness, a "lack of morality and sexual permissiveness", and "unrestrained consumerism" as the negative aspects of British culture. Now nine out of ten women converts said their change of religion had led to them dressing more conservatively。

英國《每日郵報》5日報道稱，據英國多元宗教組織“信仰事務”機構的最新研究，英國皈依伊斯蘭教的人數已經超過10萬人，其中年輕白人女性皈依者數目十年內激增。

報道稱，自2001年來，皈依者數目比之前幾乎翻了1倍——其中大多數是27歲、對英國消費主義和道德淪陷感到厭煩的白人女性。此外，研究報告還預測，過去一年來大約有5200位英國人信仰了伊斯蘭教。其中三分之二是女性，70%以上是白人。

這些研究結果導致某些言論和擔憂擡頭：英國正經歷“伊斯蘭化”以及英國將面臨更多恐怖極端暴力行爲。但研究報告聲稱，陷入極端主義的皈依者屬於“極少數”，並稱大部分皈依者認爲，新信仰同英國本土生活方式“完全兼容”。

另據一項由英國斯旺西大學研究員凱文•布萊斯發佈的調查，皈依者認爲英國文化中存在負面：酗酒成性、“道德失則以及性放縱”以及“無節制消費”。如今九成的女性皈依者稱信仰的變化導致她們着裝更爲保守。