British Muslims perform their traditional prayers
Posted on 05/09/2008 5:31:36 AM PDT by NYer
British Muslims perform their traditional prayers
By 2035, there will be about 1.96 million active Muslims in Britain, compared with 1.63 million church-going Christians, according to calculations by Christian Research, a think- tank.
The figures are published in the latest in a series of reports entitled Religious Trends.
The think-tank has warned that 4,000 churches could close by 2020 if congregations continue to shrink at current rates.
According to the most recent figures from the Church of England, regular Sunday, weekly and monthly attendance each fell by one per cent in 2006.
Fewer than a million people attend church every Sunday.
Although at the last count there were only 1.6million Muslims living in Britain – compared to 41million Christians – experts have suggested Muslims are more likely to practise their faith.
More than half of the Muslims who responded to the 2001 census said they prayed every day, compared to 6.3 per cent of Christians who attend church services each week.
Christian Research describes its aim as encouraging "change in Christian culture so that by 2010 more churches are growing".
The Church of England moved to discredit the research last night, criticising its methodology and saying the results were "flawed and dangerously misleading".
A C of E spokesman said: "These sorts of statistics, based on dubious presumptions, do no one of any faith any favours.
"Faith communities are not in competition and simplistic research like this is misleading and unhelpful."
The research does not compare like with like, according to the spokesman. The number of practising Muslims, for instance, is based on the number of people who said they were active in the 2001 census.
If the same process were applied to Christians it would give a figure of 20 million active churchgoers, according to Church House, the headquarters of the C of E.
The study used the number of adults on the Church's parish-based formal voting lists as the sole measure of its active "members".
This omitted large numbers who worship every week and are involved in their churches in other ways, according to Church House.
The Rev Lynda Barley, head of research and statistics for the Archbishops' Council, said last night: "There are more than 1.7 million people worshipping in a Church of England church or cathedral each month, a figure which is 30 per cent higher than the electoral roll figures and has remained stable since 2000.
"More are involved in fresh expressions of church and chaplaincies across the country and we have no reason to believe that this will drop significantly in the next decade.
"These statistics are incomplete and represent only a partial picture of religious trends in Britain today."
Not suprising.
like I said the last time this was posted, “...sooner, if they keep blowing them up.”
By “practising” do they mean anyone who can pull a cord????
But the world does not work that way. Sooner or later there will be a real war between Islam and the rest of the world. I am not talking about what is going on now in the middle east, that is a very controlled war where the aim is to limit casualties on both sides.
A real war would be more like the blood baths of WWI and WWII where the casualties are in the millions.
In reality there are probably more muslims now. Practicing means taking your faith seriously. From what I’ve read, there are very few “practicing” Christians left in the U.K., even in The Church.
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The families of the dead (military and civilian) in Iraq might disagree with you.
I’ll always fondly remember England. But I’ll never go back again. ‘So sad....
The anti-Christ will be a Muslim.
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Who masquerades as a Christian.
They pop out little future jihadis while stupid Britons pay for it. If Britain wants to survive, it must expel them now.
Brittania waives the rule!
What protections are being made to safeguard the indigenous peoples of England and their culture and traditions?
We hear how this is of utmost importance where “imperialists” have brought new cultures to a nation.
Islam is the only major religion to acknowledge Jesus while denying His divinity, His death by crucifixion, and His resurrection. Mohammed is “the last prophet” and his rantings became “the new word” to a billion of misled followers who kill in his name.
Yeah, the Mahdi! Come soon, Lord Jesus!
Alternately Jeremiah Wright (a former muslim) and Barack Obama (a man with a muslim father, and a muslim name, and a mysterious notation of “muslim” on his school form, who came to Christianity THROUGH Jeremiah Wright, not just attended his church but really “came to Christ” through Wright by his OWN admission) may not really be Christians...
I don’t want to be here in the end times. Bad things happen then. Very bad things.
Is this what is referred to as a population explosion?
“there are very few “practicing” Christians left in the U.K., even in The Church.”
And from what I have read, even the Archbishop of The Church believes Sharia Law should be incorporated into British Law, to be fair, of course.
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