--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hey Unc, what does the average, Jacques in the street > > > > > think about America? Any interesting conversations > > > > > with your average French dude? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And what about Mohammad on the street? 25% of France is now > Muslim. > > > > > > > That's probably too high: > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/dwv9v > > > Religion: Roman Catholic 83-88 percent, Protestant 2 percent, > Jewish 1 > > > percent, Muslim 5-10 percent, unaffiliated 4 percent > > > > > > > > > http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles4/SpencerMuslimFrance.shtml > > > > > > http://www.limitstogrowth.org/WEB-text/france-immigration.html > > > > > > http://www.mariebrenner.com/articles/daughters/df1.html > > > > > > It was from Tom Brokow on an NBC special. it seemed high to me. but > I > > figured he had his facts triple checked. > > *********** > > Possibly Brokaw said something like 25% of the under 25 population is > Muslim:
I rewound it 3 times. He said 25% of french population is muslim. Well Tom is not God. Surprising, sort of, if no one at NBC checks facts. I'll do a more thorough check in the morning. When I lived in France in 1970, there were a fair amount of northern african muslims, algerians, lybians, etc. > > http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles4/SpencerMuslimFrance.shtml > > "What will an Islamic France be like? We may soon find out. Muslims > now make up 10 percent of the French population - as well as 20 to 30 > percent of those under 25. They'll be a majority there within 25 > years if demographic trends continue." > > > but MSNBC is publishing reports that there are 5 million Muslims in > France ( out of a total population of 62 million > http://www.insee.fr/en/ffc/pop_age2b.htm for about 12% Muslims in > France)), and that most are not radical: > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8255263/ > > "The French government launched the council two years ago to create a > leadership body for the fractious community and promote moderate > belief against what it saw as the growing influence of radical Islam > among the country's 5 million Muslims. > > "The large majority of French Muslims identifies with a middle-of-the- > road Islam," the daily Le Monde wrote in an approving editorial. > > In the election, the National Federation of French Muslims, which > supports a pious and apolitical Islam linked with Moroccan > immigrants, won 19 of the 43 seats on the council -- a jump of three > seats from its score in 2003. > > The Grand Mosque of Paris network, representing the moderate Islam of > its main backer, Algeria, advanced from six to 10 seats despite > criticism of its leadership being too linked to conservative > President Jacques Chirac. > > SETBACK FOR ACTIVISTS > > By contrast, the Union of French Islamic Organisations (UOIF), close > to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, saw its strength slip from 13 to > 10 seats. > > Popular among younger Muslims, the group has flirted with Islamist > views, for example when it hinted girls should defy a ban on > headscarves in state schools. But it has become more moderate over > the years. > > "People have realised that it (the UOIF) does not present an > alternative. We have to be serious and go for something much more > credible and visible," anthropologist Malek Chebel told Europe 1 > radio. > > One Muslim leader said the result would help reassure the majority > French population and establish Islam as a respected religion. > > Although Islam is now the second religion in France after Roman > Catholicism, it is often seen as foreign. > > Most of France's Muslims are integrated into French society, despite > the fact many still encounter racial prejudice. Only about 10 percent > regularly pray at mosques, which puts them at the national average > for religious practice." To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
