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Message: <blockquote data-quote="saharaz" data-source="post: 2949493" data-attributes="member: 99166"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth</a><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">According to the "Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth#cite_note-Europe-3#cite_note-Europe-3" target="_blank">[4]</a> </li> </ul>“Islam is already the fastest-growing religion in Europe. Driven by immigration and high birthrates, the number of Muslims on the continent has tripled in the last 30 years. Most demographers forecast a similar or even higher rate of growth in the coming decades.” <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">According to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace" target="_blank">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</a>, the World Christian Database as of 2007 estimated the six fastest growing religions of the world to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" target="_blank">Islam</a> (1.84%), the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith" target="_blank">Bahá'í Faith</a> (1.7%), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism" target="_blank">Sikhism</a> (1.62%), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism" target="_blank">Jainism</a> (1.57%), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" target="_blank">Hinduism</a> (1.52%), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" target="_blank">Christianity</a> (1.32%). High birth rates were cited as the reason for the growth.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth#cite_note-4#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[5]</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsignor" target="_blank">Monsignor</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vittorio_Formenti&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Vittorio Formenti</a>, who compiles the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See" target="_blank">Vatican</a>'s yearbook, said in an interview with the Vatican newspaper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Osservatore_Romano" target="_blank">L'Osservatore Romano</a> that "For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have overtaken us," He said that Catholics accounted for 17.4 percent of the world population -- a stable percentage -- while Muslims were at 19.2 percent. "It is true that while Muslim families, as is well known, continue to make a lot of children, Christian ones on the contrary tend to have fewer and fewer," the monsignor said.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth#cite_note-5#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[6]</a> </li> </ul><a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/" target="_blank">http://www.elakiri.com/forum/</a>It has been claimed by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times" target="_blank">New York Times</a> that 25% of American Muslims are converts to Islam.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth#cite_note-6#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[7]</a>. In Britain, there are also claims that around 10,000 - 20,000 people convert to Islam per year, and research suggests that the majority of these are women.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth#cite_note-7#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[8]</a> However, there are sources that reveal that conversions to Christianity outnumber those to Islam.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth#cite_note-8#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[9]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth#cite_note-9#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[10]</a>.The World Christian Database (WCD) and it's predecessor the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Christian_Encyclopedia" target="_blank">World Christian Encyclopedia</a> has reviewed religious populations around the world and released results of their investigations at various times. Some results are available for a few spread of years - 1970 to 1985, 1990 to 2000, and most recently from 2000 to 2005, recording the percentage growth over these periods. Following is a tabulation of their results:2000-2005<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastest_Growing_Religion#cite_note-carn-5#cite_note-carn-5" target="_blank">[6]</a> 1.84% - Islam1.70% - Bahá'í Faith1.62% - Sikhism1.57% - Hinduism1.32% - Christianity<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country#By_country" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country#By_country</a></blockquote>

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