A recent Pew Research Center survey of more than 38,000 Muslims around the world shows widespread observance of Ramadan. In the 39 countries and territories surveyed, a median of 93% say they fast during the holy month. Fasting is the second-most observed of the Five Pillars, behind only belief in God and the Prophet Muhammad (median of 97%)….
Around the world, Muslims who use the internet are much more likely than other Muslims to have a favorable opinion of Western movies, music and television and are somewhat more likely to see similarities between Islam and Christianity, according to an analysis of a recent Pew Research Center survey. The survey of Muslims in 39…
Liberation 07.05.2013 As so often declared by the French Government, the recent Secretary of State, Maneul Valls, wants to see more imams educated in France in mosques all over the country. He has made it one of his priority tasks to forward the cause and instructed a study conducted by the Ministry of Higher Education…
12 May In 2012, the Liljeberg Research International Institute has conducted a representative study about the living environment of German-Turkish people in Germany. In total, 1.011 persons with Turkish origins have been asked about value and live attitudes towards Germany. Although 27 per cent of the interviewees have been born in Germany and…
April 16 2013 Research by Ricky van Oers of Radbound University suggests that the citizenship which immigrants have to take to live in the Netherlands or to acquire Dutch nationality has the opposite effect of stimulating integration. Van Oers says 25% of people who take the test fail it, and a significant portion ignore…
