Muslim admits problem of Muslims converting to Christianity by the millions
By urbandekay
@urbandekay (18278)
February 9, 2007 11:03am CST
Sheikh Ahmad Al Katani president of the Companions Lighthouse for the Science of Islamic Law in Libya says "...we see that the number of Muslims (in Africa) has diminished greatly from what it was at the beginning of last century. ... the number of Catholics has increased from one million in 1902 to 329 million..."
Every hour 667 Muslims convert to Christianity, that's 6 million a year! And makes sub-Saharan Africa a predominantly Christian continent.
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@mcrowl (1050)
• New Zealand
9 Feb 07
Yes, even though Islam is supposed to be the fastest-growing religion I have to wonder when I hear about figures like this. It's hard to know how many of these converts are in name only, or whether they're genuine Christians, however. It's certainly great if they are!
@urbandekay (18278)
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18 Feb 07
The Islam is the fastest growing religion is Muslim hype unsupportable by fact
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@sirensanssmile (3764)
• Netherlands
5 Mar 07
I agree that it is hype as well.
I don't know of anyone personally who has converted to Islam.... On the contrary, I know of those who simply dropped Islam not for another particular religion but to be considered simply "Non-Denominational" I also know of some that converted to Christianity and not just in name.... They went through the whole thing. Baptism and all....
@judyt00 (3497)
• Canada
9 Feb 07
That's not a bad thing, seeing as how Islam is a very insular religion, that actually encourages the enforced conversion of non muslims, and the mistreating of non-muslims. Besides, if you look at the history of Islam, its the most violent, sexually discriminating religion there has ever been
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@shogunly (1397)
• Libya
18 Feb 07
Hi my friend ,you took that out of context ! He undoubtedly was talking about the work of the missionaries ,who go to the poorest towns and villages and would only give food to those who would convert to christianity ! The idea of talking about that is to encourage more moslems to give onto charities especially those that undertake proselytizing and foreign aids etc ,that also became a hot topic during the earthquake in Kashmere when Moslem preachers warned against the proselytizing activity of the ever-active ,omnipresent missionaries .
.In my opinion , it doesnt really matter how many people believe what I believe or what you believe , because every person's belief can only matter to himself ,and will not be of any use to anyone but himself ,ultimately .
@urbandekay (18278)
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18 Feb 07
Well, it could of course be true that I have misinterpreted but if so it seems by no means clear to me why I have done so. His words seem to contain sufficient internal references for clear interpretation.
Nowhere, in what I have read, does his words seem to refer to anything but total numbers throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Having stayed in Africa I have to say also that it accords with my experience.
I would be keen to know how you arrived at the opinion that he is referring only to poor towns and villages.
My experience of Africa is that Christianity flourishes in the cities, without missionaries.
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@juliocstryfe (2019)
• Brazil
18 Feb 07
Interesting, and looking at the geograhical reagions, I cant really blame them. Middle East and Africa, where the biggest numbers of converts are at, also suffer from the worst misintepretation on Islam, its good to see them find their own answers.
However in the West it seems that Islam has been converting more and more people, which to me is a good thing, as theyre entering the religion by its less fanatic and more correct version.
@sirensanssmile (3764)
• Netherlands
5 Mar 07
In Netherlands it isn't Dutch people converting.... It is Turks and Moroccans immigrating that brings the numbers up here.
@urbandekay (18278)
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18 Feb 07
As I understand it the increase of Muslims in Western countries is largely due to influx. Certainly in Britain the percentage of Muslims converting to Christianity is greater than visa versa. Of other European countries and US I don't know
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@profound2me (182)
• India
10 Feb 07
According to the Survey, among the major religions Islam is the world's fastest growing religion on the face of Earth.
and it is seens as the youngest of the world's great religions.
It is a well known fact there more than 64000 Crusaders and Gospel thumpers working in South Africa and Mozambique.
they go preaching and giving free bible n literature even unto prisoners... what more ..there r white preachers for white people, Black doing job for the black n colord men.
@urbandekay (18278)
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10 Feb 07
What survey are you quoting in fact Christianity is the fastest growing religeon followed by the Baha'i faith then Zoroastrianism, Islam is fourth.
Bahai is the youngest of faiths
It seems you are very badly informed
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