Islam is the fastest growing relgion?

Question

Why is this? When the Holy Quran give an accout of the earth's history that is clearly at odds with scientific thought?Eg the time that the Earth has been in exsistance.Are Muslims simply ignoring logic and reason?

Answer 1

Sorry, but you've got it all wrong. It's the Bible that says the earth has been around for 6000 years or so, NOT the Quran. Neither is it mentioned in the Quran that the earth was made in six days; it is, in fact, said to be made in six STAGES, and Allah has also said how a moment to Him is thousands and thousands of years to us. So basically, according to the Quran, the earth has been around for a very long time.

Also, there is not a single thing in the Quran that has been disproved by science (I challege you to find one!). The Big Bang, space dust, even the fact that iron did not originally exist on earth but was brought in by meteorites (a fact which was discovered relatively recently), all these have been in the Quran for hundreds of years, whereas Christians have had to repeatedly adjust their beliefs to make them more compatible with science.

This is the real reason why people are turning to Islam. It is a peaceful religion, offers men and women equal rights (and it was the first religion to do so). Islam stopped the killing and burying of female babies which was taking place all over Arabia at the time. Islam gave women the right to own property hundreds of years ago. Compare that to the fact that British women only got this right a couple of centuries back!

Islam is the most accurate religion out there. Please don't believe everything the media tells you. The media has its own reasons for hating Islam... for example, Islam has given a very high status to women and so would never allow them to be put on television half-naked for all to gaze at, a tool which advertising agencies often use to sell products.

Please, read about Islam for yourself. Then you'll see exactly why people are reverting to Islam (yes, reverting, not converting). I'm not going to do a Christian and say 'believe in Allah or you'll go to hell, you're a lost soul etc etc'. I'm simply requesting you to at least increase your own knowledge about Islam and then make your own decision, because that is how a good Muslim should preach.

Best of luck to you.

Answer 2

Christianity is the religion with the most people so far, but Islam is the fastest growing religion.

I know that every Friday in some mosque's where I live, there are atleast 10 people that convert to Islam.

In Holy Qur'an, there are many verses that describe things about science that scientists have only figured out recently...take the big bang theory for example:

"Moreover He comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth: 'Come ye together, willingly or unwillingly.' They said: 'We do come (together), in willing obedience.' So He completed them as seven firmaments in two Days, and He assigned to each heaven its duty and command. And We adorned the lower heaven with lights, and (provided it) with guard. Such is the Decree of (Him) the Exalted in Might, Full of Knowledge. (Quran, 41:11-12)"

How can our Muslim Holy Book, which existed for thousands of years without being changed once, just guess at the formation if the universe that modern scienstists discovered a few years ago? doesn't the big bang theory suggest that the universe was formed in a second as a puff of smoke, which then started to expand over billions of years? Isn't that what is explained in Qur'an in different wording?

"And the firmament, We constructed with power and skill and verily, We are expanding it. (Quran, 51:47)"

...I'm guessing that you have not read Qur'an, since you are saying that Qur'an is clearly at "odds" with scientific thought, when clearly, it is not

Answer 3

LOL, the Quran NEVER mentions ''the time that the earth has been in existance'' , the Bible does not the Quran (Bible says that the earth is 6000 years old!!!). You've got it all wrong buddy, they're the ones using logic and reason and you're the one ignoring it. Infact when the Quran talks about the Origins of the earth, it does so in the most accurate way:

“Then He turned to the heaven when it was smoke” (41:11)

Here is your big bang theory too :

Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?
(21:30)

OH and that everything is made of WATER.

Answer 4

Well firstly, the religious scriptures are not books of science or books of predictions. They are primarily supposed to be books of guidance. Answering your question, Islam is the fastest growing religion because it is close to human nature, very logical and the right path.

I wonder what reference are you giving because although Quran, as I said before, is not a book of science, scholars have used several scientific facts in the Quran to prove that it is word of God. Some examples are formation of a baby in the womb (all stages are described with accurate description), formation of earth, rotation of all heavenly bodies (in the view that it is quite recently we discovered that all heavenly bodies rotate around their own axes as well as rotating around sun, for example), the water cycle and I can go on and on. If you are interested in finding out you can refer to Harun Yahya's site. His chief interest is science vs Islam and you will find many examples there.

Answer 5

Most Muslims I know believe in the Big Bang and other scientific facts.

But to answer you question, many people's scientific need for fullfillment isn't as strong as their spiritual need for fullfillment. So there will always be people turning to religion in one form or another.

Answer 6

Quran has clearly told about round earth and it were muslims who first of all propounded the idea that earth is round and one muslim mathematician even measured the radius and circumference of earth.

Islam is truth; a religion of peace and belief that s why it is growning fast.

Answer 7

Christianity is growing faster by NUMBERS of believers.

The Muslims only have a PERCENTAGE advantage.

If you had a religion of 2 people and you gained 4 you just increased your church by PERCENTAGE 200%.

But you still only gained 4 members.

If on the other hand you had 100 members to start and gained 50 new ones, you only increased your PERCENTAGE by 50%.

But you gained 50 members to the other groups 4.

Which group is really growing the largest.

This is the Muslim trick. They are growing in PERCENTAGE, but not by the largest numbers.

Christians still have that advantage.

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Answer 8

Our God Concept was the brainchild of ancient, ignorant people whose most advanced knowledge told them not to travel too far because they could fall off the edge of the Earth. In many countries people have their religion chosen for them and are not allowed to convert. Without that, Islam isn't growing so fast.

Answer 9

European Women Converting 2 Islam

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1227/p01s04-woeu.html?s=u

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Latino Women Converting to ISLAM

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1227/p11s02-ussc.html?s=widep

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9352969/

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More in Hawai'i turn to Islam -------

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Nov/11/ln/ln06a.html

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More in TEXAS turn to Islam --------

http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/T/texas_season/texas_season_muslim.html

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Italian Ambassador Converts 2 Islam ----------

http://www.islamfortoday.com/ambassador02.htm


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Answer 10

NO that isn't true.
christianity is the fastest growing religion..which is a sign of the last days.
yes..the earth is older than what some are saying.
for a long while..they said.the earth is 6000 years old..NO..that is right..6 days came and gone..when adam was created..now we're near the end of time..6000 years again.
so TIME OF THIS AGE started 12,000 years ago.
yet..we got prove the world has dinosaurs..ect.
ibet satan destroyed them..and there was no sun..neither..right??? so god created a new heaven and earth..and solar system..ect.
anyway..Islam is communism..muslim is not..yet..border it.
self perfection..isn't do able..and can not EARN the rights to go to heaven..by WORKS.