{"id":6733,"date":"2017-01-09T06:50:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T05:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6733"},"modified":"2017-01-18T07:07:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T06:07:57","slug":"islamization-britain-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2017\/01\/09\/islamization-britain-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The Islamization of Britain in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2017\/01\/09\/islamization-britain-2016\/islamization-britain-2016\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6734\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6734\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/islamization-britain-2016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/islamization-britain-2016.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/islamization-britain-2016-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A chronological review of the main stories about the rise of Islam in Britain in 2016.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>The Islamization of Britain in 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/9741\/islamization-britain\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | January 9, 2017<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim population of Britain surpassed 3.5 million in 2016 to become around 5.5% of the overall population of 64 million, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalreligiousfutures.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to figures extrapolated from a recent study on the growth of the Muslim population in Europe. In real terms, Britain has the third-largest Muslim population in the European Union, after France, then Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The growth of Britain\u2019s Muslim population can be attributed to immigration, high birth rates and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/2790\/europeans-converting-to-islam\" target=\"_blank\">conversions<\/a> to Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Islam and Islam-related issues, omnipresent in Britain during 2016, can be categorized into five broad themes: 1) Islamic extremism and the security implications of British jihadists in Syria and Iraq; 2) the continuing spread of Islamic Sharia law in Britain; 3) the sexual exploitation of British children by Muslim gangs; 4) Muslim integration into British society; and 5) the failures of British multiculturalism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/9741\/islamization-britain\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chronological review of the main stories about the rise of Islam in Britain in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,48],"tags":[180,128,46,21,181],"class_list":["post-6733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-islam-in-europe","tag-britain","tag-european-jihadists-in-syria","tag-european-multiculturalism","tag-immigration","tag-islam-in-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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