The Challenges Muslims in Europe Have to Face With The Globalization Today
The Challenges Muslims in Europe Have to Face With The Globalization Today
The increasing number of Muslim population in Europe is no longer an issue that can be viewed as a small matter today. In 2010, there were 44.1 million Muslims in Europe and this number is estimated to grow up approximately to 58 million by 2030, which is 8% of Europe’s population (The Future of the Global Muslim Population, 2011). Miller (2005) suggests that Europe’s Muslims are mostly consisted of the post-World War II immigrants who immigrated there after 1945. They are also coming from the next generations of those immigrants after years and decades of living there. It was an ironic situation because nobody had foreseen this massive migration of Muslims to Europe. Back to the years after 1945, Europe had to face with high demands from the labor markets and they were awared of their demographic insufficiency. This opened up the doors for the Muslims to migrate there in order to fill up the extensive recruitment of foreign workers. In short, the Muslims settlement in Europe in the past was due to the reason of working. The immigration of Muslims has actually led to the diversity of cultures in Europe. Moreover, many Muslims have settled down and keep on growing with their family numbers. Many of them are turning into Europeans themselves and the status of immigrants are no longer valid to be implied on them. Based on this variant cultures, the process of globalization among them is quite prominent. Globalization is the process of international integration proceeding from the interchange of many aspects of cultures. Whenever the topic of how globalization influences the Islamic world is brought up to discussion, the only aspects that people keep on arguing are always the negatives (Muhametov, 2012). The Muslim societies in Europe are growing steadily and with their growth comes the many challenges for them to face everyday. In other words, this paper will examine the challenges that
The increasing number of Muslim population in Europe is no longer an issue that can be viewed as a small matter today. In 2010, there were 44.1 million Muslims in Europe and this number is estimated to grow up approximately to 58 million by 2030, which is 8% of Europe’s population (The Future of the Global Muslim Population, 2011). Miller (2005) suggests that Europe’s Muslims are mostly consisted of the post-World War II immigrants who immigrated there after 1945. They are also coming from the next generations of those immigrants after years and decades of living there. It was an ironic situation because nobody had foreseen this massive migration of Muslims to Europe. Back to the years after 1945, Europe had to face with high demands from the labor markets and they were awared of their demographic insufficiency. This opened up the doors for the Muslims to migrate there in order to fill up the extensive recruitment of foreign workers. In short, the Muslims settlement in Europe in the past was due to the reason of working. The immigration of Muslims has actually led to the diversity of cultures in Europe. Moreover, many Muslims have settled down and keep on growing with their family numbers. Many of them are turning into Europeans themselves and the status of immigrants are no longer valid to be implied on them. Based on this variant cultures, the process of globalization among them is quite prominent. Globalization is the process of international integration proceeding from the interchange of many aspects of cultures. Whenever the topic of how globalization influences the Islamic world is brought up to discussion, the only aspects that people keep on arguing are always the negatives (Muhametov, 2012). The Muslim societies in Europe are growing steadily and with their growth comes the many challenges for them to face everyday. In other words, this paper will examine the challenges that
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