Well at first I have to say that if something is growing fast , it does not mean it is a good thing.
If Islam is the fastest growing religion on earth ,(I don't know if that is true as you didn't provide a link for your theory.) it's defiantly not a good thing.
One of the factors of the rapidly growing numbers of Muslims is the birth rate in Muslims countries which is quite high.
In addition in Muslims countries most of the population is Muslim , and if you are born to Muslim parents in a Muslim country , it's very hard for you to convert to other religions (or become an atheist) because the punishment for apostasy in many Muslim countries is death.
So basically 99% of people who are born in Muslim countries have to be Muslims (they don't have a choice), while people who are born in western countries can be whatever they like.
This is why the numbers of Muslims are so vast , not because Islam is some benevolent and holy way of live , but because if you were born in a Muslim country to a Muslim family (Or converted to Islam) you can never go back (Unless you want to die.)
You have a very narrow view...Islam's growth has been its constant expansion due to converts and not birth rates.
In the 700's yes the Muslims conquored by the sword and the ME and N. Africa became Arab...I'm sure many Jews in Palestine converted this way. But no Religion was leneint on others in the 700's, Christianity was still burning Witches and Jews as recent as the last Holocaust.
Islam's expansion has been to the underdeveloped third world, where the Economic Conditions, have matched their Religious needs. The tension caused today, is the mistreatment of the Palestinians and settlement building.
A vast 10,000 mile stretch of Islam reaches across Asia and N. Africa...1.4 billion souls awaking to the 21st internet generation which is causing revolutions...the begining of Economic production from Dictatorships to Democracy.
In the long-term, this War of Attrition will be won by Economic Power not War Heads!
You did not negate my point nor did you refute my claim.
How is my view narrow ? What is the proof to your statement that Islam grows because of conversion and not because of birth rates ?
In the years 1990-2000 the population of Iran alone grew by about 10 Million. (In Iran the percentage of Muslims is 99.6% ) meaning it's about 10 Million new Muslims in Iran
alone during that time.
The Muslim world consists of many countries with rapid growth rate and the Majority of which are Muslims.
where the Economic Conditions, have matched their Religious needs
Is this nice speak for "They were poor so they converted ? "
The tension caused today, is the mistreatment of the Palestinians and settlement building.
No my friend,You are the one with the narrow mind if you think that mistreatment of the Palestinians is of any concern to the Muslim world , who mistreat them far more then Israel.
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The Spread of Islam began when Muhammad (570 - 632) began publicly preaching that he had received revelations from and was the last prophet of, God (Allah) at the age of 43 in 613 CE. During his lifetime the Muslim ummah was established in Arabia by way of their conversion or allegiance to Islam. In the first centuries conversion to Islam followed the rapid growth of the Muslim world created by the conquests of the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphs.
Muslim dynasties were soon established and subsequent empires such as those of the Abbasids, Fatimids, Ajuuraan, Adal, Warsangali in Somalia, Almoravids, Seljuk Turks, Mughals in India and Safavids in Persia and Ottomans were among the largest and most powerful in the world. The people of the Islamic world created numerous sophisticated centers of culture and science with far-reaching mercantile networks, travelers, scientists, hunters, mathematicians, doctors and philosophers, all of whom contributed to the Golden Age of Islam.
The activities of this quasi-political community of believers and nations, or ummah, resulted in the spread of Islam over the centuries, spreading outwards from Mecca to the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Pacific Ocean on the east. As of October 2009, there were 1.571 billion Muslims,[1] making Islam the second-largest religion in the world.[2]
Contents
[hide] 1 Conversion 1.1 Phase I: The Early Caliphs and Umayyads (610-750 AD)
1.2 Phase II: The Abbasids (750-1258)
1.3 Phase III: Dissolution of the Abbasids and the emergence of the Seljuks and Ottomans (950-1450)
1.4 Phase IV: Ottoman Empire: 13th Century - 1918
1.5 Phase V: (Post-Ottomans - present)
2 By region 2.1 Arabia
2.2 Asia
2.3 Greater Syria
2.4 Palestine
2.5 Persia and Central Asia
2.6 Turkey
2.7 South Asia
2.8 Southeast Asia
2.9 Inner Asia and Eastern Europe
2.10 Africa 2.10.1 North Africa
2.10.2 Horn of Africa
2.10.3 East Africa
2.10.4 Western Africa
2.11 Europe 2.11.1 Hispania /Al-Andalus
2.11.2 Balkans
2.11.3 Immigration
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
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The conquests of the Arab Empire in the first centuries after the Islamic prophet Muhammad's death soon established Muslim dynasties in North Africa, West Africa, throughout the Middle East, Somalia and in Iran.
rophet! Make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal sternly with them. Hell shall be their home, evil their fate. - 66:9
