20% people in the US have converted to Islam, claims Pew Research Center

New Delhi – A new report by Pew Research Center has identified the US and Kenya as the two countries that have recorded the majority of conversions to Islam.

The centre assessed religious switching into and out of Islam among 13 countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, and Tunisia in Africa. Other countries assessed in the report include Turkiye, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Israel, and Sri Lanka.

🇺🇸 The U.S. & 🇰🇪 Kenya lead in Islamic conversions!

🔹 20% of U.S. Muslims & 11% of Kenyan Muslims were raised in another religion or none at all.

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According to the data, the US recorded 20% of Islam accession, while Kenya registered an 11% level of entrance to the religion. The report notably shows that in the US, one-fifth of Muslim Americans were raised outside of Islam. Most of them say they were raised as Christians.

Despite the increase, Islam remains a minority in both countries, as little as 1% of US adults identify themselves as Muslims. Meanwhile, 11% of Kenyans identify themselves as Muslims. According to the report, a sizable number of those who switched to Islam said they were raised Christian. It further indicated that large majority of people who identify as Muslims said they were raised as Muslims in other countries.

As for those who left Islam in all the assessed countries, fewer than a quarter of adults who were Muslims said they are no longer following the religion. “Most who have left Islam either no longer identify with any religion,” the report said, stressing that those who left Islam identify as atheist, agnostic, or nothing, or identify as Christian.

As for the report’s assessment on large net gains or losses from religious switching vis-a-vis Islam, the Pew Research Institute suggests that 3% or fewer of all adults have left or entered Islam in all 13 countries assessed as part of the new research.