[Senator Pardek]

Estimates of the total number of Muslims in the world vary greatly:
0.700 billion or more, Barnes & Noble Encyclopedia 1993
0.817 billion, The Universal Almanac (1996)
0.951 billion, The Cambridge Factfinder (1993)
1.100 billion, The World Almanac (1997)
1.200 billion, CAIR (Council on American-Islamic relations)

Even CAIR, a group that hates America almost as much as the Aztlan movement mocks your claims.

[Luis Gonzalez]

So, in 1966 there were between 700 and 951 million, in 1996 there were 871 billion, in 1997 1.1 billion,and in another figure (no date) 1.2 billion.

A mere 5% yearly increase on the estimate the estimate that you just posted for 1997, would place that number at nearly 1.4 million, but even your own numbers show a 20% increase between 1996 and 1997.

Now, Christianity Today (hardly an Islamic propaganda agency) reports a 25% increase in the number of Muslims in America, it also reported a 100% growth in Europe between 1989 and and 1998.

Asia reported a 12% increase.

Noteworthy is the fact that the only continent reporting an actual decrease is Latin America, with a respectable -4.73% during that same period of time.

Now, the problem with the whole idea of turning this into some sort of Islam vs. Christianity thing is absurd, because it calls for actual civil war. You would be declaring war on American citizens, native born and immigrant alike.

That would happen in nearly every nation on Earth...and I haven't checked lately, but I am willing to bet that there are a lot more countries in the world which are 100% Muslim, than there are ones with a completely Christian population. Most certainly, all first world nations will have a significant Islamic presence in their midst.

So, who exactly are you declaring war on? Who is the enemy?

Because, if you are declaring war on Islam, you are declaring war on Americans citizens, on Brits, French, Australians, Russians, Slavs...in turn, they'd be declaring war on us, as well as on their own citizens.

You want to argue about the exact number of Muslims in the world? You go right ahead...meanwhile I'll stand by my position: that the sort of global warfare this would bring about, becomes total war. Country vs. country, and vs. its own citizens as well.

Total global war.

This war has shadow enemies that use religion to create mayhem in order to gain power and wealth.

Concentrate the war on the real enemy: the terrorists, anyone who helps or houses known terrorists, and ignorance.

This war can be won quickly by killing the leaders and detroning a few heads of State.

Why strive for millions of deaths?