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In 1991, the Islamic Women's Group Norway (Islamsk Kvinnegruppe Norge) was founded, after an initiative by the Norwegian convert Nina Torgersen. [ citation needed ] In 1995, a Muslim Students' Society ( Muslimsk Studentsamfunn ) was established at the University of Oslo , with some of its officers, such as Mohammad Usman Rana , becoming ...
In Norway as of 2019, 68.7% of the population are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as compared to 96% in the 1960s. [2] Kevin Boyle's 1997 global study of freedom of religion states that "Most members of the state church are not active adherents, except for the rituals of birth, confirmation, weddings, and burials.
Campbell Mustafa Ağa – Scottish convert to Islam who from 1775 was the chief instructor in the new Ottoman naval mathematical academy (the Hendishâne). Claude Alexandre, Count of Bonneval – French army officer who later went into the service of the Ottoman Empire, eventually converting to Islam and becoming known as Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa.
Conversion to Islam is adopting Islam as a religion or faith. People who have converted to the religion often refer to themselves as "reverts." Conversion requires a formal statement of the shahādah, the credo of Islam, whereby the prospective convert must state that "there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."
Islam Net is a Salafi [1] [2] [3] Islamic organisation in Norway, founded by Pakistani-Norwegian engineering student Fahad Qureshi in 2008. It has local chapters in Oslo , Akershus , Tromsø and Bodø , and is initiating a fifth in Trondheim .
The move came as a consequence of three individuals who contacted Yousuf themselves, when they became interested in Islam. Following their conversion, the Ahmadiyya Community of Norway was founded. [1] [2] However, the Community was first officially registered in the country in 1974, following larger immigration of Pakistani Ahmadis into Norway ...
[4] [5] Further studies indicate the worldwide spread and percentage growth of Islam, may be attributed to high birth rates followed by a trend of worldwide adoption and conversion to Islam. [3] [6] Most Muslims fall under either of two main branches: Sunni (87–90%, roughly 1.7 billion people) [7] Shia (10–13%, roughly 180–230 million ...
Islam in Denmark, being the country's largest minority religion, plays a role in shaping its social and religious landscape. [2] According to a 2020 analysis by Danish researcher Brian Arly Jacobsen, an estimated 256,000 people in Denmark — 4.4% of the population — were Muslim in January, 2020. [ 3 ]