Posted on 04/25/2013 1:44:20 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Many Muslims and websites claim that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. As proof, they usually present us with unverifiable claims and baseless media quotes. Apparently ABC News had claimed "Already more than a billion-people strong, Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion", a quote which cannot be traced to its source. Also CNN World News stated "Fast-growing Islam winning converts in Western world", a statement which they fail to back up with any evidence. Here we examine the actual data available for Islam to see if any of these claims are based on fact.
ccording to "The Future of the Global Muslim Population," published in January 2011 by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, the growth and anticipated future growth of Islam is primarily due to "their relatively high birth rate, the large number of Muslims of childbearing age, and an increase in life expectancy in Muslim-majority countries" and conversions play little part in the increase due to available data suggesting "Islam loses as many adherents via conversion as it gains."[1][2]
In 2006, countries with a Muslim majority had an average population growth rate of 1.8% per year (when weighted by percentage Muslim and population size).[3] This compares with a world population growth rate of 1.12% per year[4], and according to the World Christian Encyclopaedia, between 1990 and 2000, Islam received around 865,558 converts each year. This compares with an approximate 2,883,011 converts each year for Christianity during the same period. . .
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Religion? Nope!
Many supposed Muslims are actually Christians, but they cannot make known their conversion without risking their lives.
Muslim countries have a population growth twice that of the formerly Christian West, even though more than 3 times as many people voluntarily convert to Christianity as they do to Islam.
It’s not a religion.
Any group that murders people who leave it needs to be made illegal and its members deported.
Any group that demands a tax from non-members needs to be made illegal and its members deported.
Any group that thinks its laws are better than the laws of the country that its members reside in needs to be made illegal and its members deported.
Many supposed Muslims are actually Christians, but they cannot make known their conversion without risking their lives.
Many Christians in China are similar quiet.
They do slaughter plenty of their own so that does retard their growth.
If people were FREE to leave Islam , HELLO anyone there ?
They exchanged pleasantries and as they walked the Iranian said, "You know I have just one question about what I have seen in America."
Ambassador Bolton said, "Well anything I can do to help you, I will."
The Iranian whispered, "My son watches this show 'Star Trek' and in it there is Chekhov who is Russian, Scotty who is Scottish, and Sulu who is Chinese, but no Iranians. My son is very upset and doesn't understand why there aren't any Arabs or Muslims on Star Trek."
Bolton laughed, leaned toward the Iranian ambassador and whispered back, "It's because it takes place in the future."
In the US, the fastest growing religion is stupidity. Or, stupidism, if you wish.
Is that what Democrats practice?
If you don’t join I weel kill yo.
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LDS is the fastest growing religion too....
LOL!!!
Yes, it’s the science of moronics. Their totems are called stupidograms.
OK...that’s hilarious.
Sadly, Libralism seems to be the fastest growing religion.
How many of those were at knife point?
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