From WikiIslam

Data for Islam reveals that the growing number of Muslims is due primarily to the higher than average birth-rates and consequent population growths of Muslim countries and communities.

• 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).^[1] This compares with a world population growth rate of 1.12% per year.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• A United Nations' survey showed that between 1989 and 1998, Europe's Muslim population grew by more than 100 percent, due mainly to the effects of immigration from Muslim countries. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance have an unsourced claim of 2.9% per year.
• The American Religious Identification Survey gave Non-Religious groups the largest gain in terms of absolute numbers - 14,300,000 (8.4% of the population) to 29,400,000 (14.1% of the population) for the period 1990 to 2001 in the USA.^{[4] [5]}

Contents 1 In America 2 In Russia 3 Logical Fallacy 4 References 5 External links

[edit] In America

Contrary to what Muslims claim, Islam is not the fastest growing religion in America, and quoting news broadcasters and politicians (who get their information from CAIR) does not make it true. Here are the facts from Adherents.com^[6]

From the ARIS polls, 1990 and 2000, percent of change:

1. Deity (Deist) +717%
2. Sikhism +338%
3. New Age +240%
4. Hinduism +237%
5. Baha'i +200%
6. Buddhism +170%
7. Native American Religion +119%
8. Nonreligious/Secular +110%
9. Islam +109%
10. Taoist +74%
11. Humanist +69%
12. Eckankar +44%
13. Unitarian Universalist +25%
14. Scientology +22%
15. Christianity +5%
16. Judaism -10%
17. Agnostic -16%

[edit] In Russia

There is a wide spread myth that there are around 20 million Russian Muslims and that vast amounts of Russians are converting to Islam. In reality, there are only about 7 to 9 million Muslims in Russia and less than 3,000 ethnic Russians have converted to Islam within the last fifteen years.^[7]

[edit] Logical Fallacy

Even if Islam were to be the fastest growing religion in the world then it would be an Argumentum ad populum to claim that that makes it the correct religion.

[edit] References

1. ↑ Averaging of individual country figures from CIA factbook
2. ↑ CIA Factbook
3. ↑ Global statistics for all religions: 2001 AD. www.bible.ca. Accessed 2006-12-26.
4. ↑ American Religious Identification Survey, Key Findings The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
5. ↑ American Religious Identification Survey, Full PDF Document The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
6. ↑ Largest Religious Groups in the United States of America - Adherents.com
7. ↑ 20Mln Muslims in Russia and mass conversion of ethnic Russians are myths - expert interfax-religion.com

[edit] External links

• UAE father of 78 eyes new brides for century target