Pres Obama defines US as "Muslim Country" (Jerusalemonline) HT: InfidelBloggers.
A few days ago President Obama, in an interview he gave France's Canal+ TV Channel, said that the American people need to be better educated about Islam, since US could and should be regarded as a Muslim country. He said that the number of Muslims residing in the US makes it "one of the biggest Muslim nations".
In reality the US has one of the smallest percentages of
Muslims of any Western country. The number of Muslims in the US is approximately
4.5 million, 1.5% of the population, one of the smallest minorities in the US.
Since there are approximately 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, the number of
Muslims in the US is approximately 0.3% of the world Muslim population.
By
comparison there are between approximately 6 million Jews in the US, who account
for approximately a third of the world's Jewish population. Whereas many
Americans regard it as a society based on "Judeo-Christian values", it is
doubtful if there is one sane American who would define it as a Jewish
country.
By President Obama's
yardstick, France, Germany, the UK, Spain, Italy and Holland should all be
regarded as "Muslim nations". In France, which has the biggest Muslim population
in Europe, its 4.5 - 5 million Muslims account for 7.5% of the population. In
most other Western European countries, Muslims account for approximately 3%-5%
of the population.
The only EU citizens who
regard their societies either as Muslim ones, or as societies that should be
Muslim are those Muslim immigrants and the 2nd generation who have
not succeeded in integrating into the societies in which they live, and as a
result have become alienated from them. Even if half of Europe's Muslims have
this attitude (most likely the true number is far less), we are talking at most
about 2%-3% of those countries.
India has 150 million
Muslims (13%), making it the country with the world's biggest Muslim minority,
and the world's third largest Muslim population after Indonesia and Pakistan. No
Indian in their right mind, let alone the Prime minister would ever regard India
as a Muslim country.
Obama is correct in saying
that Americans should increase their knowledge and understanding of Islam. But
from there to claiming America is a Muslim country seems to be a bit of a
stretch, not supported by any facts. Read the full story here.
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