“Islam is the world’s fastest-growing religion. In 1990, 935 million people were Muslims and this figure had escalated to around 1.2 billion by 2000, meaning that around one in five people follow Islam. Although the religion began in Arabia, by 2002 80% of all believers in Islam lived outside the Arab world. In the period 1990-2000, approximately 12.5 million more people converted to Islam than to Christianity” (Guinness World Records 2003, pg 102) (Emphasis added) According to Reader’s digest Almanic year book Islam grew by 235% in 50 years between 1934-1984 According to CNN. “ The second-largest religion in the world after Christianity, Islam is also the fastest- growing religion. In the United States, for example, nearly 80 percent of the more than 1,200 mosques have been built in the past 12 years. Some scholars see an emerging Muslim renaissance as Islam takes root in many traditionally Christian communities. Islam has drawn converts from all walks of life, most notably African-Americans. Former NAACP President Benjamin Chavis, who joined the Nation of Islam recently, personifies the trend. “ (Emphasis added) cnn/WORLD/9704/14/ egypt.islam/ “ Today Islam is the fastest growing religion ” (Is Organized religion a Sham by Ed Sepernik, pg 166) “ Islam is the fastest growing religion all over the world ” (Allah and Elohim - Are they the Same God? , Preface) Andrew also helps me with couple of more sources: 1. There are over a billion Muslims in the world today, including 3 to 5 million in the U.S., making it the second most populous religion on earth after Christianity. According to some estimates, Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world. ( The Joy of Sects , Peter Occhigrosso, 1996, p394-397) 2. Islam is the religion which has developed from the preaching and life of Muhammad, a citizen of the city of Mecca in Arabia, who early in the seventh century of the Christian Era appeared as a preacher of monotheism to his own people and founded a religious movement which today counts perhaps as many as 300,000,000 followers, mostly in the heat belt from Indonesia to Morocco. ( Islam: Muhammad and His Religion , Arthur Jeffery, 1958, p xi-xiv) Now he may start crying, “No, No, They are unreliable” Whether you agree or not, is irrelevant here.
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