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Islam is thought to have been present in Southeast Asia from early in the Islamic era. When, why and how the earliest Muslims converted in Indonesia is a matter of debate. There are no definite conclusions as to how the process of early Islamisation occurred with any certainty, due to the lack of written sources. [8]: 3
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Islam in Indonesia Istiqlal Mosque, the national mosque and the largest mosque in Southeast Asia. Total population 244,410,757 (2023) 87,06% of the population [a] Languages Liturgical Quranic Arabic Common Indonesian (official), various regional languages Islam by country World ...
Converts to Christianity from Islam Total population Between 8.4 million (2014 study) - 10.2 million (2015 study) According to the study 6 million of those converts came from Indonesia; however, the 6 million figure also includes descendants of those converts. Significant numbers of Muslims convert to Christianity in: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, [6] [7] Australia, Austria, [8] Azerbaijan ...
According to Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census study, between 1960 and 2015 about 6 million Indonesians of Muslim background converted to Christianity; however, this figure includes the descendants of converts. [6] Some reports also show that many of the Chinese Indonesian minority have converted to Christianity.
Udo Ulfkotte – German journalist who was born a Christian, became an atheist, then converted to Islam and finally converted back to Christianity. [338] Umar ibn Hafsun – leader of anti-Ummayad dynasty forces in southern Iberia. Hafsun converted to Christianity with his sons and ruled over several mountain valleys for nearly forty years ...
Indonesia is home to the largest Christian community of converts from Islam. Since the mid and late 1960s, between 2 and 2.5 million Muslims converted to Christianity. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] [ 93 ] According to the Council on Foreign Relations in 2007, experts estimated that thousands of Muslims in the Western world converted to Christianity annually ...
Indonesia is home to the largest Christian community made up of converts from their former Islamic faith; according to various sources, since the mid and late 1960s, between two million and 2.5 million Muslims converted to Christianity.
A church in Indonesia: Since the mid and late 1960s, between two million to 2.5 million Muslims converted to Christianity in Indonesia. [127] [128] [129] According to the World Christian Encyclopedia [130] estimate significantly more people have converted to Christianity from Islam in the 21st century than at any other point in Islamic history ...