what is the Fastest-growing religion in the entire world?

Question

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.

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.

"In societies where you have minorities that are discriminated against, I think they may find an appeal in Islam," said Waleed Kazziha of American University in Cairo.

Many moderate Islamic countries such as Turkey and Egypt are becoming more conservative.

Two decades ago, few middle-class Egyptian women wore scarves or veils on their heads. Now they crowd into special emporiums that advertise Islamic clothing.

The shift toward Islamic fundamentalism worries many in the secular world, a fear underscored when splinter groups target Westerners with violent attacks.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/14/egypt.islam/

Answer 1

Islam is the fastest growing religion world-wide, and is second behind Christianity as far as overall numbers:

Christianity: 2.1 billion
Islam: 1 billion

Answer 2

Jehovah's Witnesses are the fastest growing True Religion with over 112 branches in 235 lands and 98,269 congregations. We hae on average 6,613,829 publishers around the world as of 2006.

Answer 3

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.

Islam's growth is due to population growth and the effects of a strict ban on apostasy in Islam. The conversion rate to Islam is less than half the conversion rate to Christianity.

Answer 4

Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world.

Answer 5

Non-faith is the fast turning out to be. anybody is commencing, or have began particularly some years in the past, to think of and question for themselves. They see that prepared faith of any faith have puzzled far far off from the unique teachings, say of Jesus, Buddha, etc. people who question, seek for, study, ask, are turning out to be far off from prepared faith with the help of the 1000's. this is one reason for empty church homes. whether, that doesn't cause them to atheists it makes them a non secular individual, doing what they could be doing, utilising their loose will to stay an entire life of love, non-prejudice, non-judgment, forgiveness, compassion and each little thing that Jesus taught. I even have believed for an prolonged time that Jesus (hypothetically of direction) is sitting up there looking down and shaking his head. He did no longer advise a administration device, he stated a call device, thinking for oneself. At one element i think of it become Gandhi stated "i like your Christ, yet i do in contrast to your Christians." That tells all.

Answer 6

Nothing new.

Overall, Islam is the fast growing religion. Deny it until you're blue in the face, it doesn't change anything. Get over it.

Answer 7

So your giving us an update on the current Islamic population, progress and its invasion across the globe...? Do I care? NOPE

Answer 8

Islam may be fastest growing in certain areas, but overall it isn't.

The fastest religious sector is no religion. More people are secular than ever before.

Answer 9

So when you say religion, you group all the Christian churches together? If you mean it that way, then definitely Islam.

Answer 10

You haven't asked a question (that you didn't answer immediately) so I will - two.

How much of that growth is due to unchecked breeding?

Also, are you aware of logical fallacy called "argument from popularity"?