Hi y'all - Islam is growing in France and Sarkozy panders to all religions for support: http://www.economist.co.uk/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11460109
On Sep 14, 8:42 am, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't confuse the numbers of people who are descended from > Muslims in France with the numbers of Muslims. Many estimates show > France as between 6 and 10 percent Muslim, but two 2007 polls put > their numbers at only 3% of the population. According to a 2001 study > only 36% of people of Muslim ancestry in France consider themselves > "observant believers." > So, just like Catholicism, Islam is losing its grip in France as > well. > > On Sep 12, 10:44 am, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm sure that their rapidly increasing Muslim population fully agrees > > with this. > > > On Sep 12, 8:09 am, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here is an excerpt from an article about how Sarkozy wants to > > > lessen the divide between church and state in France: > > > > A survey published last year showed 51 percent of the French > > > consider themselves Catholic, down from 80 percent in the early 1990s. > > > > Of those, only 10 percent attend mass regularly, the survey in Le > > > Monde des Religions magazine showed. > > > > You can read the rest of the article > > > at:http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Pope_backs_Sarkozy_over_revamp_of_c_0912...Hide > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
