The Growing Muslim Minority Community in Papua New Guinea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6086100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Flower |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 359-371 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-6952 • E-ISSN: 1469-9591 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13602004.2012.727295 |
| OpenAlex | W2079540038 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Since 2001 the Muslim population of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has increased from a modest 479 to over 5000 (approximately 500%) mainly as a result of a spike in conversions to Islam by indigenous Papua New Guineans. The evidence suggests that the recent growth of the Muslim minority in PNG is likely to continue in the future. Nevertheless, for the foreseeable future, Muslims in PNG will remain a small religious minority in a predominantly Christian country. Based on extensive fieldwork undertaken among this growing Muslim minority community in PNG, this paper discusses statistics, patterns and trends of conversion to Islam in a Muslim-minority country that borders Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim majority country. It provides a brief but important empirical contribution to the study of an emerging Muslim minority that appears representative of a broader trend of global Muslim population growth through religious conversion
Biology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Islam · Muslim community · New guinea · Political science · Population · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Education and Islamic Studies · Demography
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |