But what does it really mean?

Submitted by Andrew (United States), Dec 30, 2007 at 14:01

These statistics do not reveal everything. How many of these muslims are native converts to Islam? Will they change Europe or will they export their European views to the Middle East transforming it to modern democracies? The rise of gay and lesbian muslim groups causes me to wonder.

Furthermore, in the context of the larger European Union, do these demographics really matter anymore? Dearborn, Michigan has a lot of muslim immigrants but does that change the US?

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