Posted on 11/17/2018 11:16:10 AM PST by Stepan12
This triumphalist statement is a staple of Islamic propaganda. If Islam is the “world’s fastest-growing religion,” then this must surely reflect, its adherents believe, its innate superiority to other faiths. And it suggests that this rise is inexorable and irreversible. But the picture is not quite so clear. Look at the figures being given for the world’s Muslim population. There still seems to be no agreement. The numbers range enormously, from a low of 1.4 billion to a high of 1.8 billion.
In Muslim countries, the way Muslims are counted is to take the total population, subtract those who have definitely identified themselves as non-Muslims (Christians, Hindus, etc.), and then count all who remain as Muslims. But we know there are people in those countries who may not wish to be identified, for reasons of safety, as non-Muslims. Some may be practicing Christianity or another religion in secret. There are also those who have fallen away from Islam, and are no longer Muslims in any sense, but are terrified of revealing this, as the penalty for apostasy in Islam is death. So these silent apostates from Islam continue to be counted as Muslims.
One place where mass defections from Islam have apparently been taking place is Iran. Many Iranians have become fed up with the nearly 40 years of a brutal and corrupt Shi’a theocracy. The more the Iranian people are oppressed by the theocrats, from the religious police hauling in women for not wearing their chadors correctly, all the way up to the ruling ayatollahs who have been quietly enriching themselves by the millions or even, as in the case of Ayatollah Khamenei, by the billions, the less they like Islam. Even as far back as 2013, Muslim leaders in Iran were warning about a “tsunami of atheism,”
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Islam has no natural enemies.
Growing or spreading?
there may be more christians signing up, but islam is encroaching on contra ,one at a time and christian countries welcome them with open arms. Passive christens are no match for Jihadist.
COUNTRIES one at a time
If your father is a muslim you’re born a muslim. I believe that these are the so called “moderate muslims”, which simply means that they don’t know the blasphemous teachings or really care. Those that read the book and take it to heart are all bloodthirsty savages with rare exceptions.
Jesus said to take off your robes and buy a sword.
I guess he saw some lamb in their teeth and needed something to pick it out. Most Christians do not even know this verse exists. I always ask them then if they were so peaceful how did they get the sword to chop the soldier’s ear off? Or for that matter why would they have one? They can never answer the question.
Jesus said to love thy enemy (to have compassion and mercy for your enemy, after he surrenders) but he did not say lay down and die for your enemy.
This has been proven wrong so many times in the last 18 years. They claimed to have 1.2 billion in 2005. In 13 years they gained a half billion? Fast compared to what, a snail on salt?
The flaws found within the statistics included comparing Islam to individual denominations of Christianity and declaring it was faster. Not all denominations of Christianity are Christian but are lumped into the overall numbers to bring the Christian average down. For example, the hari krisnas were lumped together with the Christians. the group is anything but,
Islam=submission
This is why the left loves it.
It’s the one that causes the most damage to the world, so further growth must not be encouraged.
Don’t know about Africa specifically - just that by 2050 there will be more Christians in China than the rest of the world combined - includes African Christians by inference.
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Islam is not “religion,” it is a vast world conquest ideology.
Christianity definitely is “religion,” and that is not a good thing! All “Religion” stands in defiance of Yehova and his “Perfect Law of Liberty.”
Muslims only remain Muslim because they are under threat of death should they attempt to leave throughout much of the world. The risk of leaving is somewhat less in the United States, because of basic non-interference with religion written into the US Federal code does give those who leave some protection, and crimes committed (murder, mutilation, crimes against property) are prosecuted (sometimes) without regard to the religious affiliation of the perpetrator.
Other countries have incorporated Sharia law into their codes, which means that crimes like apostasy and blasphemy against Islam may be and are prosecuted with the full weight of the host country. Honor killings and persecution by suppression of religious expression are overlooked when the interaction is Muslim on Muslim.
islam is an undercover military plan to overthrow everyone not a moozlum. Pox upon them!
Fastest, by violent persuasion: Mohammedanism.
Fastest, by spiritual persuasion: Christianity.
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