Poll Shows Increase In “Devout” Muslims In France
Paris - A growing number of French Muslims say they are practising believers, according to a survey for the Catholic daily Le Croix made public on Thursday. In the poll, 70 per cent of respondents said they adhered to the Islamic laws on fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. In 2001, the figure had stood at 60 per cent.
In addition, 70 per cent said they were believers in the faith, and one third of those said they practised it. Of those asked, 39 per cent said they prayed daily, compared to 33 per cent in 2001.
The poll also found that the number of Muslims that take part in Friday prayers has grown from 16 per cent in 1994 to 23 per cent in 2007.
The survey confirmed that France’s Muslims are far more devout than the rest of the French population, which is becoming less religious.
A December 2006 poll by Harris Interactive, published in the Financial Times, showed that nearly two-thirds of the French population described themselves as agnostic or atheist, and only 27 per cent believed in any type of God or supreme being.
In addition, a January 2007 poll published in Le Monde des Religions found that only half of the 51 per cent of the French population that described themselves as Catholics said they believed in God.
In the early 1990s, 80 per cent of the French had described themselves as Catholic, and the figure was 67 per cent in 2000.
In the Le Monde des Religions poll, only 10 per cent of respondents said they went to church regularly.
(EarthTimes)
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“70 per cent of respondents said they adhered to the Islamic laws on fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. In 2001, the figure had stood at 60 per cent.”
well for fasting, you could get laïcs too
anyway, this is a bit surprising for me ; last year there was a Pew survey saying that the muslins here are moderated ; anyway, I’ll see if there are some controversy in the french blogosphere
January 17th, 2008 at 1:22 pmhttp://pewresearch.org/pubs/50/the-french-muslim-connection
seems the french muslins are the most tolerant to the other faiths
January 17th, 2008 at 1:36 pmWhoopsiee, nervous time in the french countryside, eehh Franchie?
January 17th, 2008 at 1:46 pm60% of 70%, minus 23%, plus 15%, 1/2 of 51%, heh heh heh, no problems mate, there the moderate, fasting type.
cb10,
I am not that scared, I know how to manipulate them
the journal La Croix survey
which the catholical paper, that only catholis read
January 17th, 2008 at 1:52 pmhttp://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?PageID=831
January 17th, 2008 at 2:06 pmhttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/world/europe/22cnd-france.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
January 17th, 2008 at 2:12 pmDevout Muslim? That would would be a jihadi. How can a Muslim be “devout” without being one? After all doesn’t the Koranic Coloring book say that the only way to Paradise is to “kill or be killed in jihad?”
So that would make OBL, the Taliban, MMA and all such Muslim organizations “devout”.
Interesting that a devout Muslim has no problem murdering his/her self and others; while a dvout Christian turns out more often than not like Billy Graham…or a devout Jew like Rabbi Eckstein?
Interesting paradox.
Don’t let the adjectives used by Moose-lems fool you. Tagyiya, and Kitma are their specialties. Caveat Emptor unless of course one wants to prove that Muslims are better at carnival-barking than PT Barnum was. And we all know how Mr P.T. felt about it????
January 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pmfrenchie, come on here, your making me feel stupid for expecting a French newspaper to be in English just cause you posted it on a English language website.
Let me just get out by babel fish, oh wait, thats for audio translations not text. 
Oh well guess you’ll just have to tell me what it says some other time. 
January 17th, 2008 at 3:59 pmSarkozy talks about France’s roots as a Christian nation, but this says 2/3 of the population is atheistic!!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:05 pmhegelbot, come on here, already forgot the dialectical clues ? your sullying here
that link, in french, (La Croix), concerns mostly statistical graphisms ; I am surprised that a scholastic mind can’t read that sort of scriptures, when the villans coud understand pics in the middle-ages.
that link was one out of four, then 25 % of chances to get an hegoïsme
oh, wait, you’ll just have to tell me if you want me to make you a personnal drawing
January 18th, 2008 at 4:18 ami’m just f’ing with you frenchie.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:46 amI know
January 18th, 2008 at 5:53 am