<> BBC: Islam is Fastest growing religion in Europe
Islam is widely considered Europe’s fastest growing religion, with immigration and above average birth rates leading to a rapid increase in the Muslim population.<> CNN: Fastest-growing religion
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.
<> Guinness Book of World Records: Islam is the world’s fastest-growing religion
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Islam is the world’s fastest-growing religion by number ofconversions each year. In the period 1990-2000, approximately 12.5 million more people converted to Islam than to Christianity”.[21] Part of the books quote can be seen online from this extract from Google Books.[21] This was again shown in the 2005, 50th anniversary edition of Guinness Book of World Records, although the number of conversions was not mentioned this time.[22]
In 1990, 935 million people were Muslims and this figure had risen to around 1.2 billion by the year 2000, meaning that around this time one in five people were followers of Islam. According to the BBC, a comprehensive American study concluded in 2009 the number stood at 1 in 4 with 60% of Muslims spread all over the Asian continent: “A report from an American think-tank has estimated 1.57 billion Muslims populate the world – with 60% in Asia”.[23][24]The report was done by the Pew Forum Research Centre.[24] The forum also projected that in 2010 out of the total number of Muslims in the world 62.1% will live in Asia.[23]
<> The American Dream: The Fastest Growing Religion In America Is Islam
According to the latest U.S. Religion Census that was just released on May 1, 2012, the fastest growing religion in America is Islam. The data for the census was compiled by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, and the results were released by the Association of Religion Data Archives. From the year 2000 to the year 2010, the census found that the number of Muslims living inside the United States increased by about 1 million to 2.6 million – a stunning increase of 66.7 percent.
The San Diego Union-Tribune:ISLAM IS COUNTY’S FASTEST GROWING RELIGION
Islam was the fastest growing religious group in San Diego County between 2000 and 2010, according to the recently released 2010 U.S. Religion Census.
<> Christianity In Britain Losing Ground To Islam
The new figures show that Islam is the U.K.’s second-largest religion, at 2.7 million.
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