Fast-growing Islam winning converts in Western world!

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    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.


    Islam vs. the West

    But most scholars argue that the extremists are a very small minority and that most Muslims adhere to principles in the Koran that teach peace and tolerance.


    "The Islamic world is like any other society we have known in history," said Kazziha. "You might say it has the good, the bad and the ugly."

    Founded in 622 A.D., Islam is among the newer major religions. But to the non-Muslim world, it sometimes appears inflexible. Clashes between Islamic tradition and Western influence are sweeping the globe.

    In Islam, contrary to Western beliefs, the rights of the community are considered more important than the rights of the individual. Women are seen primarily as caretakers of the home, and religion strongly influences schools, government and courts.

    Many Muslims today are trying to find a balance between being members of a global society and maintaining ties to a religion that calls for strict adherence to the Koran.

    A case in point is 35-year-old Hisham Hussein, a wealthy playboy who turned to religion and swore off alcohol after an automobile accident.

    He is going to Mecca this spring. "The most important thing is to maintain the purity of the Hajj, to lead a pure life," he said.
     
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  2. evolving

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    excuse me but personaly i'll say followers of religions should not be treated as numbers.
     
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  3. Rage

    Rage Well-Known Member

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    #3
    this is to let everyone knows that truth is growing....
     
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  4. evolving

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    excuse me again, but if you take in consideration the numbers dying in iraq , afganistan , lebanon,....
    i'll say islam is getting smaller not bigger
     
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  5. guru-seo

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    Very good point. And they say this war is not a religious war? Please...
     
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  6. GTech

    GTech Rob Jones for President!

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    The media has and is portraying terrorists as Muslims all summed up into one. Terrorism is not about being about being muslim or catholic is about being discontent or in dissaproval with ones belief system or whatever reason that they deem not in line with their belief, kind of like the US wants to "spread" democracy around the world, well who the hell are we to tell others how to live their lives? By us imposing our beliefs on others that is a form of terrorism and superialism as well. Our goverment is not as innocent as they would like us to believe. Not to mention it is all about money and power, the rest are just pretexts.
     
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  8. GTech

    GTech Rob Jones for President!

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    #8
    I'd sure be interested in seeing an example of "all summed up into one?" I can't help but wonder if you are s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g reality there. The media is on your side here, whether you realize it or not. The media sweeps a lot of things under the carpet and the thing they sweep the most is islam.

    I know it's popular and fashionable to wander around aimlessly portraying self-deprication and loathing on behalf of your country these days, but, let's not over do the drama, eh? Making yourself a victim of altered "gubment" reality is a tad over-rated.
     
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    a tad? Ya think? ;)
     
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    #10
    Jesus say "LOVE" to everybody
    Mohammed say "LOVE" to his wifes

    Jesus never told "WAR"
    Mohammed always said "WAR"

    Jesus said "FORGIVE HIM"
    Mohammed said "KILL HIM"

    Gulp...
     
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    what the heck r u saying can u tell from u knew i don't think that u read a word about prophet muhammad to say something like that :mad:
     
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    Relax man.... read it again at your hadist when he judge the thief....
    They ask the prophet what is the judgement for him because he was caught when stole something...
    the prophet said "Cut his hands!"
    And when for the final result, when he caught stealing again for several times and he have no more hands and legs then the prophet said "KILL HIM"!

    Read, read, read!
    That's why I always said that moslem didn't know what is the meaning of their books. They just read it at Arabic verses but they know nothing about the meaning....
    Read at your hadist again before you complaining about it!
     
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    The Webmaster IdeasOfOne

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    Yeah what the heck??

    How many unknowns are comming to DP lately???
     
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  14. USforever

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    Bullshit dude,
    You guys are known liars!
    actual fact , you muslims are converting in droves.

    Question?
    If Allah is peaceful and Allah is Great!
    Why do u do whatever Mohammed says?
    Who is the God of all Gods, Mohammad or Allah?



    Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4348

    Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas:
    A blind man had a slave-mother who used to abuse the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and disparage him. He forbade her but she did not stop. He rebuked her but she did not give up her habit. One night she began to slander the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and abuse him. So he took a dagger, placed it on her belly, pressed it, and killed her. A child who came between her legs was smeared with the blood that was there. When the morning came, the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) was informed about it.
    He assembled the people and said: I adjure by Allah the man who has done this action and I adjure him by my right to him that he should stand up. Jumping over the necks of the people and trembling the man stood up.

    He sat before the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and said: Apostle of Allah! I am her master; she used to abuse you and disparage you. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not abandon her habit. I have two sons like pearls from her, and she was my companion. Last night she began to abuse and disparage you. So I took a dagger, put it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her.
    Thereupon the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Oh be witness, no retaliation is payable for her blood.




    Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4396

    Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
    A thief was brought to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). He said: Kill him. The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah! Then he said: Cut off his hand. So his (right) hand was cut off. He was brought a second time and he said: Kill him. The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah! Then he said: Cut off his foot.
    So his (left) foot was cut off.
    He was brought a third time and he said: Kill him.
    The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah!
    So he said: Cut off his hand. (So his (left) hand was cut off.)
    He was brought a fourth time and he said: Kill him.
    The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah!
    So he said: Cut off his foot. So his (right) foot was cut off.
    He was brought a fifth time and he said: Kill him.
    So we took him away and killed him. We then dragged him and cast him into a well and threw stones over him.




    Kill, Kill, Kill, kill,

    Peaceful Religion?, Bullshit!
     
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    Do you know why is Islam growing bigger and faster than other religion?

    It is because the offsprings of a Muslim is automatically an Islam, to marry a Muslim wife/husband, you will have to convert to Muslim, and You can not convert to other religion if you are a Muslim.

    So their offsprings have no choice of religion - which is the difference between Islam and all other religions in the world.
     
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    Angelica, you are a true woman of faith and I have always felt the presence of the Holy Spirit in your words.

    Islam is growing because Jesus said they would, because this world is the domain of the evil one:

    Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

    Mat 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

    Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

    1Jo 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
    Mohammed is a false prophet. A bloody murderer, a rapist of young children, a spectacle within a spectacle within a bomb made of hatred, designed to kill only the innocent.

    mohammmed is a wolf in sheeps clothing. But we knew he was coming because we read the Word of God, who warned us. We knew. Mohammed, and all the roaring lions of hell, does not scare us for you cannot scare us with Heaven.

    When we are martyred is not with the stain of innocent blood on our hands. Nor so that we may fuck virgin girls. Christians understand that: "Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."

    Poor misguided muslim fools.

    IN Christ
     
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    i know i have said this before but i feel the need to say it again

    when reading a holy book you do not take the words literal but belive in the message behind the words.
     
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    Islam is not growing fortunately, it's recruiting and gathering for war using illiterate and criminals as their tools.

    Now, do you think that you can call illiterate, - muslims? If so, then islam is a bunch of lowless murderous troublemakers and nothing else.
     
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    "Islam is not growing fortunately, it's recruiting and gathering for war using illiterate and criminals as their tools."

    Very well said, Arnie, very well said indeed!

    IN Christ
     
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    i think the western world fears the growth of islam and the outcome of it, hence they go to any meaure to stop this growth the evidence being killing in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and more recently Lebanon.

    just my thougts, mind u i aint too fussed if they do grow, if i follow my religon the way i have been taught and believe then i'll be the one laughing on judgment day.
     
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