why do Islam spread so fast in the west ?

Answer 1

Islam from its very beginning was considered a universal religion, valid for all times and all places.
This is the first region and culture in world history which has become agnostic or outright atheist both in theory and practice. The West has entirely lost its transcendental moorings
The consequences are dramatic. On T-shirts you can read a perfect restatement of contemporary hedonist philosophy: ‘I want fun-Now’. Once the utmost sensual pleasure of the individual is given the highest social priority, economic laws quite naturally become all-pervasive. Occidental civilization nowadays is indeed all about the maximization of profit and the optimization of production. Ironically, in the process, human beings are reduced to no more than irritating, irrational factors, likely to mess up production, statistics and cybernetics. Thus, liberated Western man loses his dignity while, supposedly, ‘realizing himself’.

Dramatic also are the consequences in the moral field
For Western people, time is money, and life is short, so they seek instant gratification, intensified through drugs. If you admit that cigarettes, alcohol and the Internet are also addictive, Western culture is the first culture in history which has become structurally addicted. Of course, drugs and the sex market lead to crime. Currently, the only big towns where the streets are pretty safe are Muslim cities, like Cairo and Istanbul. In the West, in many places, you’d better stay home after dark.

The West-in spite of being in such great trouble-has the nerve to offer itself as the obligatory model for every other nation. Cultures not willing to imitate the West are under threat of being marginalized. This was the true message when Francis Fukuyama, in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, proclaimed the “end of history.” What he was saying was that the so-called Project of Modernity,
For such people, the future globe will be divided only into the ever expanding West and the rest.
This breath-taking arrogance Muslims call “cultural imperialism,” which is a misnomer because there is no masterplan behind it, only an eternal teenager of genius called Bill Gates. Nevertheless, in its results, the techno-cultural globalization we are all witnessing works like a non-religious, ideological continuation of colonialism. It is at work in the Arabian Gulf just like everywhere else. Muslims have something important to contribute to the future of the West through helping it to overcome the moral and societal crises in which the Occident finds itself.
the West will either learn from Islam to honor again some of the most basic values only recently forgotten there, or that it will collapse in turmoil. You can live against the divine order of things some of the time, but not all of the time.
Let me highlight twelve potential contributions Islam can offer-not for the greening but for the healing of the West:
The West is suffering from racial prejudice almost everywhere. Islam has not managed to eliminate that vice entirely. But there is no other religion which has done as well in combating racism. Islam is a color-blind religion if there ever was one.
The West, in spite of the Christian commandment of “loving one’s neighbor like oneself,” definitively suffers from a cooling of social relations. Some people do not even have contact with their neighbors. The Muslim Ummah, also in the West, demonstrates the very warmth, friendliness and readiness to help that Western kids miss so much.

Young Western people hate hierarchies in every field, including their job, their church, and their family. Islam is pluralistic and does not even have sacraments which a clergy might administer; no Pope in Islam. Without any possibility for intercession, directly facing Allah on his prayer rug, a Muslim is the most emancipated believer one can imagine; and emancipation is “in”!

The West cherishes rationality. It is indeed the irrationality of Church dogmas like Original Sin, Trinity, and Divine Incarnation which set Islam apart as the most rational of all religions. Is it not the only one whose Holy Book constantly urges people to think, observe, and reflect?

Muslims are structurally sober people, always ready to appear before their Lord or, if the need arose, to drive drunken people home after a party. In view of the degree of addiction in the West-from crack to TV-Muslims are the only hope for drug infested city quarters, be it in L.A. or in Johannesburg.

No society and no State can survive for long the breakdown of the family. If the family disintegrates, society will disintegrate. In a region where only homosexuals seem to fight for the survival of marriage as an institution (for themselves, that is) the Muslim defense of the family becomes essential.

Western women seek to defend their dignity. In their process of emancipation, through competing with men and copying them, they may have gained job openings and economic independence, but they did not manage to protect their dignity. Women in the West remain sex objects as much as ever, as every beauty contest will demonstrate. Against that background, Muslim women demonstrate how to protect their female dignity effectively.

Western people are constantly “stressed” and in need of psychiatric help. Every American has his “shrink,” and emotional intelligence is underrated. Esotericism, the Japanese tea ceremony or T. M. do not do the trick. Prayer, a Muslim’s regular linking up with God, is much more effective in healing modern man’s feeling of being alone and abandoned.

As Western societies are aging, most capital now being held by widows, the saturated capitalist system is in danger of losing its vitality. Security is valued highest, and there is insurance against every possible risk, including the risk of being blessed with a child. Islam helps to protect and maintain the entrepreneurial spirit by insisting that capital be used not for fixed returns but in a profit-and-loss sharing modality.

At the same time, Islam can reacquaint the West with its obscured aim of putting the interest of man into the center of economic policy, demanding that social justice and human dignity will really be given preference over other economic targets.

Western people are becoming more and more conscious of the risks involved in eating the wrong kind of food. They may discover that the Muslims have been right all along in refusing the unhealthy meat of pigs.

1. In their growing concern for health, based on the control of weight and dietary discipline, Western people might discover Islam’s pillar of Ramadan, as a very modern thing indeed. These are 12 individual contributions which Muslims can make towards the healing of Western society. Each one may not have much impact; but in their totality, to adopt these Muslims attitudes would amount to a social and moral revolution.

One may argue that some of these qualities or methods are not exclusively Muslim but also Christian. This is true. However, the de-Christianization of Europe-not of the United States-has reached a point where this religion no longer has a chance of bringing about the moral revolution necessary for saving the West from itself. Nor can any artificial “religion” like modern Shamanism do the trick. Only a partial Islamization of the West could turn the driving wheel sufficiently, steering the West away from its present course towards decline and fall.

So the malady has been diagnosed, and the right medication has been prescribed. The only question remaining is whether or not the patient, the West, will swallow the pills on its night table.

Answer 2

People who are Muslims from other parts of the world come to the US and with them comes their religion.
Islam is the #2 religion in the US, but if you look at the population of Christians in the US compared to that of the Muslims, Christians still have a huge number larger than Islam.

Europe has a large Muslim population as well, and this can be traced back the Ottoman Empire invading Constantinople and overthrowing the Byzantine Empire. Thus Islam became the center religion and still would have an influence in modern times.

Islam originally spread quickly throughout the Middle East, parts of Africa, and other places because of Muslim merchants. People would want to get on good terms with the merchants so they began small talk (including talk of Islam) and thus Islam was heard in many places.

I'm sure you could find books that explain the spread of Islam in the West to a much higher and detailed level than you'll find on Yahoo Answers.

Answer 3

I think it has alot to do with racism, although nobody likes to admit this.
Christianity is seen as "the white man's religion" while Islam is touted as "the black man's religion". Both ideas are quite silly, since Abraham is the father of both Isaac and Ishmael, the two religions are based on the very same race.
Not only that, but the man who carried Jesus' cross, Simon of Cyrene, was supposed to be a black man...also, one of the very first Christian converts was an Ethiopian (last I knew, that would be a black man), so there were black people in the early Christian church.
What is really strange is that, while Islam is growing among our angry black youth here in the west, there are more Muslims than ever converting to Christianity in the Middle East. Here in the West, one is free to belong to any religion we might choose, but back in the Middle East, these people are converting to Christianity in the face of terrible persecution and even death.
That's something to think about, don't you agree??

Answer 4

It's always been here. It just seems more prevalent now because there's so much focus on it since 9/11. In addition, over the past 20 years or so, our society has become one of political correctness and now focuses more on individual rights than ever before. This may have given people the courage to be more open about their beliefs since they don't have to fear (as much) being persecuted for them.

As certain areas of the Middle East have become more and more volatile, many people have sought refuge here in the U.S. With them, they've brought their religion and culture.

It probably also seems like there are more Islamists here because they make it into the news more often. The press loves to stir things up, so they look for stories about Muslims, usually negative ones.

Hope this helps!

Answer 5

well i guess it's because Islam is conservative..every civilizaltion goes through a certain phase of being really strict and conservative(not that islam is that bad..) and then falls again to corruption.. right now the west is right between, a little more towards corruption (i mean watch Jerry Springer for God's sake!!!).... it's time for a change...

Answer 6

Because it is the righteous religion and it answers the questions that Christianity is unable to answer.
And it also makes men take responsibility what the west really lacks and it also controls the society.

Answer 7

They differ among themselves because of the sources of their clay (from which they have been created). This is because they are either from saltish soil or sweet soil or from rugged earth or soft earth. They, resemble each other on the basis of the affinity of their soil and differ according to its difference. Therefore, sometimes a person of handsome features is weak in intelligence, a tall statured person is of low courage, a virtuous person is ugly in appearance, a short statured person is far-sighted, a good-natured person has an evil trait, a person of perplexed heart has bewildering mind and a sharp-tongued person has a wakeful heart.

Answer 8

Islam is a religion based heavily on antiquated dogma (much like Christianity). It spreads because of a lack of common sense.

And don't get me wrong. Living a spiritual life is one thing. So is an interest in the unknown and a desire to seek answers. Believing in religious dogma on the other hand requires a serious lack of common sense.

It's time people learn to live deeply spiritual lives minus the need to believe in things without sufficient evidence.

Answer 9

I don't know if this is right.... but I've heard it explained as....because of all these stereotypes and how everywhere you hear some sort of reference back to Islam, people decided to figure out what exactly it is they're talking about and end up finding what a wonderful religion it is...

*shrugs*

Answer 10

people, esp little ones, like it for 2 causes; it truly is different, and compared to Christianity right here, it has no longer had the interest of the Athiests lengthy sufficient to poke holes in it in a way it truly is proper to the little ones of immediately. in case you stick in the "root for the underdog" manage the impressions we are given right here from the media about the situations in Muslim lands..

Answer 11

lol Immigration is not the reason why.

Its because Christianity has far too much power and people are sick of it. They knock on your door to preach, they follow you down the street to preach, they're trying to force prayer in schools (but only Christian prayer. Any other religions need to keep silent or not pray at all according to their thinking), they're trying to force the removal of the teaching of evolution in classrooms and put intelligent design in its place, they're trying to ban gay marriage, ban abortion, ban stem cell research.

Basically, they're doing everything they can to try to make everyones lives as miserable as theirs are in the name of their god by forcing everyone to live by their religion whether a person wants to or not.

The increase of Islam in the west is a reaction to that. As is the increase of other religions like Wicca. Christianity is losing ground and Christians are terrified.

The Atheists, on the other hand, are trying to make it so that everyone is treated equally regardless of religion.

Which basically means theres a war of words going on.