[dadyamaru]

Islam is now the fastest growing religion in the world. Its followers, unlike the media would like to portray them, are not converting out of poverty or force.
Rather, they come from a variety of nations, status, financial sp, and educational attainments.
And there is nothing, even after years and centuries of brainwashing, to suggest that this trend will stop or even decelerate.
With more barren churches being sold off, and usually bought by Muslims to be converted into Mosques, the more hatred and fear becomes apparent.
The evangelistic movements in Africa are being thwarted by the works of Muslim charity organisations and the appearance of Mujahideen groups.
The flawed nature of Christian doctrines are now memorised by many Muslims (thanks to the likes of Ahmad Deedat), who are able to challenge any priest and leave him dumbfounded on the spot.

To protect their evangelical or lifestyle interests, the game has turned dirty. Several books, articles, videos, and conferences have been rolled out to try to discredit Islam, the character of the Prophet (s.a.w), Islamic history, or anything which identified itself with Islam. The sad part is all the deception and lies which has been attached to this.

On the other side of the same coin, Western nations are concerned over their current way of life.
The governments enjoy their financial gains and positions of power. Large corporations which thrive on the misery of others would cease to exist if the population turned to Islam.
Criminals fear Islam because of its punishment system. People involved in gambling, illicit sex, and alcohol hate Islam because Islam does not tolerate such vice in society. Politicians hate Islam because it would take away their power.
The general population hate Islam because they've been only taught so.

That is why so many think-tanks have been set up.
The Zionists for example have their "Freeman Centre for Strategic Studies", which rolls out numerous publications warning the general public about the Islamic menace.

That is why on January 26, 1995, Clinton issued an executive order asking Congress to approve wiretapping, expedite deportation, prohibit fund-raising, and allow sweeping conspiracy charges of suspected terrorists in the US.

The US House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, told a conference of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association that American military and intelligence officials must draft a strategy to fight the worldwide rise of Islam.

[reggie_woic]

terrorism has held people back;
america haters are making up for that loss.

quantity - yes
but quality - *comments withheld*

[chotadipo]

Organic growth should not be confused with conversions. It is no secret that the arab world has some of the highest birth rates in the world. This combined with the fact that most of them are muslims easily explains why Islam is growing. Conversions are almost nil, infact given the chance any muslim would appreciate the christain non forceful choice of what one wants to worship.

On the other hand, do not confuse the legality of a muslim or any adherent of any religion. This has been argued well and should be a pointer to you. Legally the muslims find themselves muslims because their parents and societies are muslim. True muslims are few and far apart and that is why Islam has been hijacked by extremism, ditto for christianity though to a lesser extent.

One thing though that I find positive about the religion of Islam is the way it organises one's life. It is a lifestyle by itself. It has Imams reminding you from the Minarets' speakers to come and do Salah five times a day. The evangelicals are catching up on this department as well, forcing thier adherents to a code of worship. One evangelic group I chanced to read about shocked me with a phamphlet on their mission and vision statement. I had all along associated those with institutions of learning and business.

[Jibril Cessay]

This is what an extremist will do in the name of safeguarding God's name.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl...2692/img/1.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5283192.stm

There is no justice here. Men do similar crimes as well. Even worse.

[safina]

I don't know if any one of you saw this.That guy on the picture is wearing an American military jacket.I guess he probably got it from one of the marines who were killed way back.I think he has committed 'bigger' crimes compared this lady.His skull should be cracked wide open with a baseball bat in broad daylight.

[ATLian]

>Islam is now the fastest growing religion in the world. Its
>followers, unlike the media would like to portray them, are
>not converting out of poverty or force.

Dadymaru,

I don't know what you smoke, coz that is just amusing. I'm sure you know of reporter Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig, the FOX News reporter and cameraman who were recently freed by their Palestinian captors. They were FORCED to convert to Islam at gunpoint. Any comment on that?

BTW I hear that any one who converts FROM Islam should be killed under Sharia law (can someone in the know please clarify), meaning that these two guys are in major trouble if they convert back...

[reggie_woic]

http://www.mymac.com/avatars/stewie.gif

rate of islamic growth is inversely proportional to its quality.

[ibraa]

>Islam is now the fastest growing religion in the world. Its
>followers, unlike the media would like to portray them, are
>not converting out of poverty or force.
>Rather, they come from a variety of nations, status, financial
>sp, and educational attainments.
>And there is nothing, even after years and centuries of
>brainwashing, to suggest that this trend will stop or even
>decelerate.
>With more barren churches being sold off, and usually bought
>by Muslims to be converted into Mosques, the more hatred and
>fear becomes apparent.
>The evangelistic movements in Africa are being thwarted by the
>works of Muslim charity organisations and the appearance of
>Mujahideen groups.
>The flawed nature of Christian doctrines are now memorised by
>many Muslims (thanks to the likes of Ahmad Deedat), who are
>able to challenge any priest and leave him dumbfounded on the
>spot.
>
>To protect their evangelical or lifestyle interests, the game
>has turned dirty. Several books, articles, videos, and
>conferences have been rolled out to try to discredit Islam,
>the character of the Prophet (s.a.w), Islamic history, or
>anything which identified itself with Islam. The sad part is
>all the deception and lies which has been attached to this.
>
>On the other side of the same coin, Western nations are
>concerned over their current way of life.
>The governments enjoy their financial gains and positions of
>power. Large corporations which thrive on the misery of others
>would cease to exist if the population turned to Islam.
>Criminals fear Islam because of its punishment system. People
>involved in gambling, illicit sex, and alcohol hate Islam
>because Islam does not tolerate such vice in society.
>Politicians hate Islam because it would take away their power.
>
>The general population hate Islam because they've been only
>taught so.
>
>That is why so many think-tanks have been set up.
>The Zionists for example have their "Freeman Centre for
>Strategic Studies", which rolls out numerous publications
>warning the general public about the Islamic menace.
>
>That is why on January 26, 1995, Clinton issued an executive
>order asking Congress to approve wiretapping, expedite
>deportation, prohibit fund-raising, and allow sweeping
>conspiracy charges of suspected terrorists in the US.
>
>The US House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, told a conference of the
>Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association that
>American military and intelligence officials must draft a
>strategy to fight the worldwide rise of Islam.
>
>

And the whole world feels threatened..Even the Pope is so threatened and had to make a mistake abusing Islam..This is really worrying...

[satjas]

the fastest growing thing in any field is weeds( and not the one D smokes). So it does not matter the quantity, the weed just has to be got rid off.

the perception about the fastest growing weed is fueled by the notion of self consolation....patting one's own back.

any ideology without a solid base will crumble like a house of cards especially when mpore people get to know it and question it. this information age will certainly help dispel ignorance.


The soul is that which beholds beauty even when the mind denies it.

[spairo]

I think most of the people who responded to this topic missed a point; the writer quoted known people and article to prove his point, that Islam is a threat to Christians and the western civilization. I don’t know where the word terrorist came about or the picture of a Somali lady being wiped in public? There is no connection at all.
Islam is counter of Western civilization, admittedly Islam has abolished primitive behaviors to most of the Africans, leading to where we are now, equally nowadays despite all the accusation from the western World, most of the inhabitants find Islam to be accommodating and more pleasing and so the high number of conversion.
This are the points which most of the so called westerns, unfortunately even (Africans are this group though) fear most, peaceful Islamic conquest.