{"id":1772,"date":"2003-05-19T02:03:00","date_gmt":"2003-05-19T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2003-05-19T02:03:00","modified_gmt":"2003-05-19T07:03:00","slug":"census_shows_muslims_now_outnumber_jews_in_canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/05\/census_shows_muslims_now_outnumber_jews_in_canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Muslims: Census shows Muslims now outnumber Jews in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/mosque_bc.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\">Nothing to panic about, eh<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Questions are being asked both inside and outside the Canadian Muslim community in the wake of the release of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www12.statcan.ca%2Fenglish%2Fcensus01%2Frelease%2Findex.cfm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2001 Canadian census<\/a>, which shows that the Muslim population has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhig.com%2Fwebapp%2Fsitepages%2Fcontent.asp%3Fcontentid%3D31832%26catname%3DLocal%2BNews\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">increased<\/a> by more than 128% over the 1990s to become Canada\u2019s second largest religion, with Muslims (579,640) surpassing Jews (329,995) for the first time. (This is as opposed to the United States, where the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islam101.com%2Fhistory%2Fpopulation2_usa.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Muslim population<\/a> is still in dispute.)  In some parts of Canada, the Muslim concentration reaches <a href=\"http:\/\/canada.com%2Fnational%2Fstory.asp%3Fid%3D1B599DAA-785E-4DF6-A637-35EB6C21BDC0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">up to 7%<\/a>.  \u201cI guess we feel happy about it,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/canadaeast.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20030514%2FTPEBRIEF%2F305140013\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Khalid Malik<\/a>, president of the Muslim Association of New Brunswick. \u201cBut it is still a very small number.\u201d  Jewish groups have expressed concern that these new demographic facts will emphasize Canada\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20030513.usaid0514%2FBNStory%2FNational%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">desire for neutrality<\/a> in the Middle East conflict by counterbalancing Jewish political power, but others stress that ethnic divisions within the Muslim community and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20030516.usimps0516%2FBNStory%2FNational%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">general disorganization<\/a> will keep Muslim influence down.  However, cold hard numbers like these can very easily translate into votes.  \u201cOf course it is going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islam-online.net%2FEnglish%2FNews%2F2003-05%2F15%2Farticle16.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">have an effect<\/a> because politicians respond, of course to votes,\u201d said University of Toronto Professor John Carson.  For now, Canadian Muslims are concerning themselves with more local matters, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islam-canada.com%2Fproject%2Foverview%2Fproj_overview_01.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">expanding mosques and schools<\/a> to meet the needs of the growing population, as well as integrating into the surrounding community.  \u201cNow Islam is going to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/canada.com%2Fnational%2Fstory.asp%3Fid%3DDFBCDDD7-7BF0-435F-B57E-A8AE5C996685\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">western religion<\/a>,\u201d said Salaam Elmenyawi, chairperson of the Muslim Council of Montreal, \u201cand we look forward to making a positive contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How will the Canadian media, government, and citizenry react to the surge in Canadian Muslim population, which 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