{"id":6744,"date":"2014-01-10T15:33:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T15:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=6744"},"modified":"2014-01-10T15:41:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T15:41:12","slug":"2014jan10m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/2014jan10m\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims ‘almost 10%’ of under-fives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The fastest-growing religion in Manchester is Islam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Figures from the 2011 census show that almost a tenth of under-fives are Muslims, double the overall percentage, claims\u00a0The Times newspaper.<\/p>\n

The figures show there were 3.5 million children aged 0-4 of whom 320,000 were Muslim. That proportion is 9.14%.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt certainly is a startling figure,\u201d said Professor David Coleman, Professor of Demography at the University of Oxford. \u201cWe have had substantial immigration of Muslims for a long time. Continuing immigration from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India has been added to by new immigration from African countries and from the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\u201cBirth rates of Muslims of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin remain quite high, although falling. There seem to be very low levels of falling away from religion among Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n

The figure of 9.14% of under-fives compares with a total Muslim population among all age groups of less than five per cent.<\/p>\n

One expert reported in the Daily Telegraph<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0write-up said it was possible that Muslims who worshipped would outnumber practising Christians. \u201cIt\u2019s not inconceivable,\u201d said David Voas, Professor of Population Studies at the University of Essex.<\/p>\n

In big cities the percentages are even more marked. \u00a0University of Manchester data analysed by Mancunian Matters<\/a><\/strong> revealed that Islam is out-growing every other religion in the city.<\/p>\n

According to the data 12.5% of those identifying themselves as Muslim in Manchester in the 2011 census were aged between 0-4.<\/p>\n

This is more than double the 5.6% of Christians aged 0-4 and significantly larger those of no religion at 6.8%.<\/p>\n

Dr Hassan Alkatib, director of the Manchester Islamic Centre, told MM that Muslims tend to bring up children within the religion. \u00a0This differs from modern European ways of bringing up kids.<\/p>\n

\u201cIslam does not allow people to have sex outside marriage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo people get married into the religion and then their children are brought up in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe size of Muslim families in general is double that of the European family and we have waves of Muslim immigrants coming to the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n

This explanation was echoed by Professor Simpson: \u201cMaybe Christian parents consider religion as something their children will choose later, while Muslim parents consider their religion as an identity of origin, that their children have without choice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Muslim fecundity dwarfs that of white and black Christians, even though the Bible records God telling Adam and Eve (Gen 1:28) to “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it:”<\/p>\n

The command was repeated to the sons of Noah twice:<\/p>\n

Gen 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gen 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to The Times, Professor Voas said he saw no prospect of Muslims becoming a majority in Britain. Rapidly growing Muslim families are making their mark on society, however. The Department for Education lists 136 Muslim schools, 125 of them in the private sector.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s first halal food festival, intended for the British Muslim middle classes, attracted 15,000 visitors to the London Excel in September. There are already 1,600 mosques.<\/p>\n

In addition to that, Muslims are in a majority on Tower Hamlets London Borough Council<\/a><\/strong> despite being only 30% of the population. Out of 51 councillors, 31 are Muslim, drawn from Labour, the Independents and Respect. \u00a0Muslims also have a one-seat majority in the ruling Labour group. \u00a0The Mayor and his deputy are Muslims.<\/p>\n

The Muslim majority has dominated Tower Hamlets for more than fifteen years. \u00a0In 2003 we reported<\/a><\/strong> that the Council recommended to the Boundaries Commission the aboliition or name-change of wards named after the Christian faith. \u00a0St Marys, St Peters, St James and Holy Trinity (the latter especially offensive to Muslims) were abolished.<\/p>\n

Last year, a\u00a0freedom of information request revealed<\/a><\/strong> that 25 Muslims organisations received a total of \u00a3378,000 from the \u00a3595,000 dished out under a mayoral scheme to improve places of worship.<\/p>\n

In comparison, 12 Christian groups were handed \u00a3140,000 – with the rest of the grants distributed between a total of six Jewish, Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist organisations.<\/p>\n

Matt 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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