Islamin merkitys muslimimaissa

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Belief in only one God and Muhammad as His Prophet is a unifying foundation for Muslim identity around the globe. However, this common belief does not necessarily mean that religion is equally important to the lives of all Muslims. The importance Muslims place on religion varies significantly by region. In addition, in some countries younger and more highly educated Muslims assign less importance to religion than do older and less educated Muslims.

In sub-Saharan Africa, overwhelming percentages say religion is very important to them. In Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, Guinea Bissau, Kenya and Tanzania, fully 95% or more share this assessment. In the other countries surveyed in the region, no fewer than 86% of Muslims describe religion as very important in their lives.

Similar attitudes are widespread among Muslims in Southeast Asia, where nine-in-ten or more in Thailand (95%), Indonesia (93%) and Malaysia (93%) attest to the centrality of religion in their lives. In the South Asian countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan, overwhelming percentages (94% and 92%, respectively) say religion is very important to them. Fewer Bangladeshis (81%) say the same.

Among Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa, solid majorities describe religion as very important. But overall the levels are not as high in the Middle East and North Africa as they are in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and South Asia. About nine-in-ten Moroccan Muslims (89%) say religion is very important to them, followed by Muslims in Jordan (85%), the Palestinian territories (85%), Iraq (82%) and Tunisia (78%). Three-quarters of Muslims in Egypt also describe religion as very important in their lives, but significantly fewer in Lebanon (59%) say the same.

Views on the importance of religion vary considerably in Central Asia. Turkey stands out from other countries in the region, with two-thirds of its Muslims saying religion is very important in their lives. In Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, about half (50% and 49%, respectively) share this view, while fewer in Azerbaijan (36%) and Uzbekistan (30%) feel the same. Just 18% of Muslims in Kazakhstan say religion is very important in their lives.

In Southern and Eastern Europe, the role of religion is also relatively muted. In both Russia and Kosovo, fewer than half of Muslims (44%) say religion has a very important place in their lives, while roughly a third (36%) in Bosnia-Herzegovina agree. Albanian Muslims place the least emphasis on their faith, with only 15% describing religion as very important to them.

In most countries, there are few consistent differences by age, gender or education when it comes to the importance of religion in Muslims' lives. However, the importance placed on religion varies by age in a few nations. The most striking example is Lebanon, where 42% of Muslims ages 18-34 say religion is very important in their lives, compared with 71% of those 35 and older.

Several other countries in the Middle East and North Africa exhibit a similar, though not as dramatic, divergence in the importance of religion for younger and older generations of Muslims. In the Palestinian territories, for instance, 80% of those ages 18-34 say religion is central to their lives, compared with 92% among those 35 and older. In Tunisia, there is a difference of nine percentage points in the importance of religion among Muslims 18-34 and those 35+ (73% vs. 82%), and in Iraq there is an eight-point difference (79% vs. 87%).

Older Muslims also tend to place somewhat greater importance on religion in some of the former communist countries of Central Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe. In Tajikistan, for instance, 45% of those ages 18-34 say religion is very important in their lives, while 55% of those 35 and older say the same. Likewise, in Albania, just 11% of young adult Muslims say religion is integral to their lives, compared with 19% of the 35-and-older cohort. And in Uzbekistan, the comparable percentages are 25% and 33%.

The one country where younger Muslims place greater importance on religion than their older counterparts is Russia: 48% of those ages 18-34 describe religion as very important to their lives, compared with 41% of those 35 and older.

Education also affects attitudes toward religion in some of the countries surveyed. In Lebanon, for example, 68% of Muslims with less than a secondary education say religion is very important in their lives, compared with 41% of those with a secondary education or more.

In Southern and Eastern Europe, too, Muslims with less education tend to value religion more. In Russia, for example, 66% of those with less than a secondary education say religion is very important in their lives, compared with 41% of those with a secondary or higher education.

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alat, or prayer, is the most frequent practice through which Muslims profess their faith in one God and His Prophet Muhammad.

Prayer is also universally accessible. Regardless of gender, health, income or distance from Islam's birthplace on the Arabian Peninsula, Muslims can equally engage in prayer. The same is not true of mosque attendance, annual giving of alms, fasting during the holy month of Ramadan or making the pilgrimage to Mecca. The universal quality of prayer makes it a useful indicator of religious commitment among Muslims across the globe.

According to tradition, Muslims are to offer five prayers a day, typically at daybreak, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset and evening.

The survey asked how often, aside from religious services, individuals pray: several times a day, once a day, less often or never? In addition, respondents who said they pray several times a day were asked whether they observe all five salat.

The survey finds that daily prayer features prominently in the lives of Muslims in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, South Asia and across the Middle East and North Africa. In the countries surveyed in these regions, six-in-ten or more in all but one country say they pray at least once a day; the exception is Tanzania, where 55% pray at least once a day. Muslims in Southern and Eastern Europe and in Central Asia are generally less likely to pray at least once a day, although there is considerable variation within the two regions. In Central Asia, for example, nearly three-quarters of Azerbaijani Muslims (74%) say they pray once a day or more, compared with one-in-ten Muslims in Kazakhstan.

In many of the countries surveyed, most Muslims who say they pray daily do so at least several times a day. Among the regions included in the study, Muslims in sub-Saharan Africa tend to pray most frequently. In 14 of the 16 countries surveyed in the region, majorities say they pray at least several times a day, including half or more who observe all five salat from dawn through evening. Only in Tanzania (48%) and Mozambique (41%) do fewer than half pray several times a day.

Prayer is also central to the lives of Muslims in Southeast Asia. More than three-quarters in Malaysia (79%), Thailand (78%) and Indonesia (77%) say they pray several times a day. This includes at least seven-in-ten in all three countries who say they perform all the salat.

Further to the west, in Afghanistan, the overwhelming majority (91%) of Muslims say they pray multiple times each day, with about the same percentage performing all five salat (88%). Fewer Muslims in Pakistan (50%) and Bangladesh (39%) pray several times a day, while even smaller percentages (42% and 30%, respectively) observe all the salat.

Across the countries surveyed in the Middle East and North Africa, prayer is a common part of life for Muslims, with six-in-ten or more saying they pray several times a day. Iraqi Muslims particularly stand out, with 83% reporting that they perform all five salat in the course of a day. Fewer than seven-in-ten in nearby countries say the same, including about half of Egyptian Muslims (53%).

In general, Muslims in Central Asia pray much less frequently than their counterparts in other regions. Azerbaijani Muslims are an exception, with seven-in-ten reporting that they pray several times a day. Fewer than half of Muslims in Turkey (42%), Tajikistan (42%), Kyrgyzstan (18%) and Uzbekistan (17%) pray as often. In Kazakhstan, relatively few Muslims (4%) say they pray several times a day.

Although a majority of Azerbaijani Muslims say they pray several times a day, only about one-in-five (21%) observe all five salat. In Central Asia, Tajik Muslims are the most devout in this regard, with 39% performing the five required prayers each day. Elsewhere in the region, fewer than three-in-ten perform all five salat, including just 2% of Muslims in Kazakhstan.

Daily prayer is also less common in Southern and Eastern Europe. In none of the countries surveyed in the region do a majority of Muslims pray several times a day, and fewer than a third of Muslims in these nations observe all five salat from dawn through evening

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http://www.pewforum.org/2012/08/09/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-executive-summary/
http://s1.zetaboards.com/anthroscape/topic/5343712/1/

[Detainee]

missä iran, saudit ja jemen.

just luin että prosentti iranin kansalaisista käy moskeijassa

[Myrkkymies]

Ei mitään suuria yllätyksiä tuloksissa.

[RP]

missä iran, saudit ja jemen.

just luin että prosentti iranin kansalaisista käy moskeijassa

Ei näköjään mukana koko kyselyssä.
( http://www.pewforum.org/2012/08/09/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-executive-summary/
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[kriittinen_ajattelija]

Menee varmaan tähän samaan ketjuun tämäkin kyselytulos:

The way Muslim women should dress in public has been a strongly debated topic in recent months.
But a new study has now revealed what the citizens of different Muslim countries believe is appropriate female dress - and how widely views differ between them.
The survey was conducted across seven countries - Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey - which all have a majority Muslim population.
And the research from the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research found that most residents in these countries prefer women to cover their hair with a traditional hijab, al-Amira or head scarf rather than cover their entire face with a full burqa or niqab.

Only in Lebanon and Turkey did a substantial proportion believe it is appropriate for women not to cover their head at all in public.
Roughly a third of Turks, nearly half of those surveyed in Lebanon and 15 per cent of Tunisians agreed it is acceptable for a woman to appear in public without a head covering.
Although the fact that 27 per cent of those quizzed in Lebanon were Christian may have an impact upon the results. Also the results are not broken down by gender.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536381/How-women-dress-according-different-Muslim-countries.html

Itse sanoisin että Hijab voisi olla ihan ok naisilla, ei kai se paha asia ole jos nainen haluaa pukeutua siveellisesti. Anyways tuo burka on kyllä sairas... kuin orjana olisi, mitä ne naiset pitkälti onkin jos burkan joutuu päälle laittamaan. 

[Parsifal]

Itse sanoisin että Hijab voisi olla ihan ok naisilla, ei kai se paha asia ole jos nainen haluaa pukeutua siveellisesti.

Olen hieman eri mieltä siitä, onko pään peittäminen tarpeen siveellisyyden kannalta. Joka tapauksessa avainsana on vapaaehtoisuus. Huntu on milloin hyvänsä voitava ottaa pois ilman, että muut ählämit pääsevät muodostamaan vaaraa hengelle tai terveydelle.

Anyways tuo burka on kyllä sairas... kuin orjana olisi, mitä ne naiset pitkälti onkin jos burkan joutuu päälle laittamaan. 

Surullisinta on, että monet burkhan käyttäjät eivät itse edes ymmärrä sitä. Heille se on Allahin tahto ja siis paras mahdollinen olotila.

Jotkut "kulttuurit", aivan erityisesti islamilaiset, ovat kyllä kuin pahanlaatuinen syöpäkasvain.