It is written.. wrong again

Submitted by MikeBel (Belgium), Nov 16, 2006 at 11:45

That conversion to islam by americans is the reason for it being a fast-growing religion is simply not true. Muslims continually make this false claim to propagate their religion. They might actually find that Buddhism is in fact the fastest growing religion (in terms of winning converts), as is the case in Australia, but converts to islam are extremely few.

The real reasons are immigration and high birth rates - muslim women on average have more children than do women of other faiths; this is common for all peoples from traditional and poorer societies. Converts won't tip the population balance in the favour of islam, immigration and the power of the muslim womb will.

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