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While I\u2019m acutely aware of the advantages of demographic growth\u2013there\u2019s strength in numbers, especially these days\u2013I don\u2019t obsess about dawah<\/a>.\u00a0 My attitude has always been that the best outreach is living your life openly and honorably as a Muslim.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s undignified (and ineffective) to hawk something priceless door-to-door like a cheap trinket.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Still, given the Eurabia<\/a>-style bile that\u2019s bubbling up all over Europe and the US these days, how can one as a Muslim not chuckle at the news that despite all the bad press conversions are dramatically up in Germany?\u00a0 According to this article, the number of Germans embracing Islam has jumped by a factor of 4. [HT: SeekersDigest<\/a>.]\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Incidentally, this sort of news must send a shiver down the scaly spines of Islamophobes.\u00a0 Think about it.\u00a0 Islam is stubbornly spreading at a time when hysteria is at an all-time high and Muslims\u2019 shrillest critics are getting regular airtime in the MSM.<\/p>\n

Muwahahaha!\u00a0 [Cue creepy organ.] <\/em><\/p>\n

Muslim Converts in Germany: Angst-Ridden Germans Look for Answers \u2014 And Find Them in the Koran \u2013 International \u2013 SPIEGEL ONLINE \u2013 News<\/a> <\/p>\n

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The number of Germans who have converted to Islam has increased fourfold within one year \u2014 despite the negative perception of Islam among the general public.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I\u2019m acutely aware of the advantages of demographic growth\u2013there\u2019s strength in numbers, especially these days\u2013I don\u2019t obsess about dawah.\u00a0 My attitude has always been that the best outreach is living your life openly and honorably as a Muslim.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s undignified (and ineffective) to hawk something priceless door-to-door like a cheap trinket.\u00a0 Still, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legos"],"yoast_head":"\nGerman conversions to Islam have quadrupled - Akram's Razor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While I'm acutely aware of the advantages of demographic growth--there's strength in numbers, especially these days--I don't obsess about dawah.  My\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/akramsrazor\/2007\/01\/german_conversi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"German conversions to Islam have quadrupled - 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