Are migrants in Europe likely to be more secular or more religious than European-born nationals? Most studies tend to suggest that migrants are generally more religious than national-born Europeans and that for some at least, the fact of relocating to, or being resettled in, a new country can be a catalyst in a change of religious affiliation and identity
Read MoreThe same year that Charles Taylor published A Secular Age (2007), Philip Jenkins also wrote about the interface between religion and secular society in his book God’s Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe’s Religious Crisis …
Read MoreIn 2016, the Pew Research Centre estimated that one in every twenty Europeans self identifies as ‘Muslim’, making a total Muslim population in Europe of just under 26 million. This is a significant increase over the 2010 population that Pew reported at 19.5 million. in the context of Islam, and has already been in the margins for decades
Read MoreHow should the church in Europe respond to the growing visible presence of Muslims in our continent? I suggest in a fourfold way, with i. a compassionate heart; ii. an informed mind; iii. an involved hand; and iv. a witnessing tongue. Nevertheless, before we seek to touch the hearts of our Muslim friends with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we need to honestly look at our own hearts.
Read MoreWhen I look at the way the Spirit of God is working amongst those from a Muslim background in the UK, I am both very excited and hugely disappointed at the same time. It is a strange experience to have – praising and crying, rejoicing and pleading, very encouraging and sadly frustrating.
Read MoreGone are the days when mission agencies gave advice to new missionaries going to Muslim communities that said something like “You won’t see people come to faith, but you’re called to be faithful. Serve God, and look after your walk with Him, and you may see some minor breakthrough”
Read MoreThere are a number of courses and other resources available to equip you in reaching Muslims
Read MoreMuslims are not the people who live somewhere else, but are our neighbours in all European states. They are in Europe to live and stay, and they have the right to hear the good news.
Read MoreWednesday of Holy Week 2010. The sound of shrill trumpets and thunderous drums fill the air as marching bands accompany the Easter processions around the streets of Cordoba. Rising above it all is the minaret turned belltower of the mosque-cathedral: a potent symbol of Spain’s mixed religious heritage.
Read MoreThere are two caricatures of Muslims in Europe. The first portrays them as religious fundamentalists, potential terrorists, cultural imperialists, resistant to modernity, and intent on establishing a European Islamic superpower.
Read MoreThe call for a Europe-wide ban on wearing the burqa, from the German leader of the European Parliament’s Free Democrats, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, is the latest contribution to a growing debate about the rights of Muslim women
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How can we respond practically to the challenge of Islam in Europe and what resources are available to help?
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