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Why is Islam the most growing religion in the world right now?
Why is Islam the most growing religion in the world right now
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31 Answers
- 1 decade ago
There are many problems involved in answering your question:
1. Both Christianity and Islam claim to be the fastest growing religions
2. There's no absolute data available to confirm these claims.
3. According to several recent studies, in many western countries, non-belief seems to be the fastest growing identifiable group/opinion (15.2% of the global population are non-religious).
4. Different people use different criteria to identify what 'fastest growing' means - some use % growth, others use the absolute number of adherents or new converts.
5. There are great difficulties involved in gathering global data on this subject.
6. Issues with identifying what constitutes a 'Muslim' or a 'Christian', etc..
The US centre for world mission puts Islam's growth rate at 2.9%, that means the percentage of the global population that is Muslim is growing at a rate of 0.6% per year.
The main reason for this growth is a very high third world birth rate, where most Muslims live.
Source(s): Claims to be the fastest growing religions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_to_be_the_fast... Christians dispute Islam's claim: http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-myths-fastest-grow... Religious population of the world: http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.ht... The U.S centre for world mission: http://www.religioustolerance.org/growth_isl_chr.h... Growth of global non-belief/atheism: http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/joseph_... Demographics of atheism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_athei... http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.ht... - 1 decade ago
Because in some Muslim countries you can be prosecuted for not following Islam. It's in those countries where the most growth occurs. Add to this there is few forms of recreation to engage in and condoms are a no-no, so large families are the norm. That's why Islam is growing. It's not the fastest growing religion in the world, but it is growing.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Because there are too many weak Christians who have not done their job of praying for everyone all over the world and responding by giving generously to the ministries God has raised up for such a time as this. Too many half-hearted Christians who are also self-centered and stingy.
Aside from that---we can easily see, if you have the facts on hand, that people have been giving in to the Muslims out of fear. They have been intimidated and just didn't see any way to overcome. Of course, we can overcome when there are enough prayer warriors doing their jobs.
People have to cooperate with what God is doing. The blind have been leading the blind all too often. The ignorant need to repent and surrender to the truth.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Actually Buddhism is growing at the fastest rate. There are a fewer number of Buddhists on this planet than other "religions" (Buddhism is a philosophy of life, not a religion) and they have fewer children. But, they have the highest rate of conversions per Buddhist. In terms of absolute numbers, they are relatively few. In terms of rate of growth, Buddhism has the highest rate in USA and the world.
Muslims multiply like cockroaches. That is why it appears to be the fastest growing religion.
Source(s): Buddhism by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Source Obtaining exact numbers of practicing Buddhists can be difficult and may be reliant on the definition used. Adherents of Eastern religions such as Buddhism with local Animism, Chinese folk religion,... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_by_country Buddhists in the World - The Dhamma - thedhamma.com - Vipassana Currently there are about 1.3 billion Chinese living in the People's Republic. ... As far back as 1995 a study showed that 1.6% of the U.S. is Buddhist. Only a few years later the number of Buddhist centers doubled, which suggests that the actual percent of Americans who are Buddhist is from 2% to 4%. See: R. Baumann, Univ. 59k - 8 sec @ 56k www.thedhamma.com/buddhists_in_the_world.htm - Anonymous1 decade ago
I agree with many. Islam's alleged growth is due to high-birth rates. According to research Pakistani-born American Muslim Dr. Ilyas Ba-Yunus a huge 75% of new Muslim converts in the USA alone, leave Islam within a few years. New converts to Islam is very low compared to the birth rates amongst Muslim asian/indians.
The number of Muslim-born converts to Christianity in Egypt, who are keeping their faith secret, has reached several million. Due to the State Security's persecution, torture and rape, they have established outside Egypt an organization called "Freed by Christ" as well as "Way TV" to speak on their behalf to the West, and expose their sufferings at the hands of State Security. It is headed by the Christian convert Dr. Mohamad Rahouna, ex-dean of the Faculty of Arabic Studies, Minya University, who fled to the United States.
- 1 decade ago
The end of the human civilizations near ? We can go back to nomadic life styles then.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Because they breed like rabbits. Not only that but in those Islamic countries they have no choice anyway. It's either be Muslim or die.
Even in western countries Muslims will kill their own. Only the other day I heard on the news that a Muslim man had killed his own daughter because she joined a different sect of Islam. See they kill their own also.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
islam is growing because the usage of condoms is forbidden in islam
muslim extremists sent a suicide bomber into the only factory in pakistan that makes condoms, and that factory is now history
- Anonymous1 decade ago
For the same reason Christianity saw its peak in the early 20th century. People have the need to belong to idiotic cults.