Korean Islam

Monday, June 20th, 2016

Koreans tend to follow no formal religion, but almost a third are Christian. What I didn’t know about was the rise of Korean Islam:

In 2001, there were only 34,000 Muslims living in Korea; today there are more than 150,000. Furthermore, there are over 45,000 ethnic Korean Muslims.

That’s still less than one percent, but, Spandrell notes, that could change quickly:

Given modern transportation, if Korea or Japan opens the gates to foreign labor, it could be filled with 100 million Indonesians or Pakistanis in a matter of weeks.

Comments

  1. Morris says:

    It all began with the Korean War. Turkish soldiers made converts among the locals.

  2. Slovenian Guest says:

    Related: How the Talmud Became a Best-Seller in South Korea.

    The Koreans have a bad case of identity crisis, perfect timing for Kim Jong-un to flood the south with some books!

  3. Dan Kurt says:

    After having a stroke a former Sheriff Deputy I have known for over 30 years began freely talking about his experiences during the Korean War. Prior to that he never spoke of the War even to his wife. He had been a non-commissioned officer in the Army. During one especially bleak period of holding the line against the Chinese multiple attacks were repulsed. His unit, he said, had terrible commanding officers and they were panicking so he and a few of men he selected as being worthy moved to the side of their defense line so that they abutted a Turkish unit. When the next and last attack commenced the American position cracked and the Chinese swept over the American unit. He and his men crossed over to the Turks and survived the onslaught. All of the other Americans he said were killed or captured. He survived. He said that the Turks were real fighters: hard as rocks. I heard many other similar Korean War stories from him.

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