The Muslim population has been rapidly increasing through birth rate as well as a high rate of
conversions. Islam is the fastest growing religion; and recently the Muslim population has outnumbered the Christian population. The Muslim population stood at 2.45 billion in 2023 and due to a population
growth rate of 1.5% we can predict that the Muslim population in 2024 will stand at 2.48 billion covering
up 31% of world population . This is far greater than the currently estimated 1.9 to 2.0 billion population
reported in many websites.
According to some sources Muslim populations in India, China, Nigeria,
Tanzania, Ethiopia,Erittria and in some other countries are displayed less than the actual population
they have. In many parts like Europe, North America[CNN],Christians are distancing away from their
religion. Meanwhile, among the Muslim Population, their followers in their religion is ever increasing[CNN],
It is expected that if the present growth of Muslim population continues, then by 2035 one out of
three people will be Muslim. All data taken from Authentic Sources (Reference Click here) Muslim.
Arabic-style mosque in China Major mosque in China to have retained Arabic-style features has lost its domes and had its minarets radically modified, marking what experts say is the completion of a government campaign to sinicise the country’s Muslim places of worship
Georgian Muslims are strangers in their own country Georgia is an avowedly Christian country, but one out of every ten Georgian citizens is Muslim. Eye-catching headlines in recent months have touched on the ethnic Chechen and Kist villages of Pankisi Gorge in the country’s north-west
A century-old Ottoman legacy in China
Before
the
steamship had even reached China, the
Western envoys in Beijing were all sending encrypted messages
back to their capitals: “The ‘tricky Sultan’ in Istanbul has
started up new manoeuvres to try and pull the Muslims in China
onto his side. A nine-person delegation is arriving in China.”
Special red sausage of the Cham ethnic peoplevisitors can see attractive red sausages being dried in the sun in the yards of houses, a popular specialty in the Mekong Delta province. The Cham ethnic people in the province who created this delicacy call it -tung lo mo-.-
Why Hong Kong Muslims need a mosque in Sheung ShuiThe growing Muslim community is underserved in its needs for a place of worship, learning & social care. The government should not take back the land set aside for a planned mosque and home for the elderly. Muslims from different racial backgrounds have been a part of Hong Kong..
Biggest mosque in Cyprus to open in the north TA mosque set to hold up to 10,000 people will open in the north next year, on the Near East University campus, it emerged on Monday.
Turkish Cypriot press reports carried by the government’s press and information office, described the mosque as the largest place of worship in the north, and biggest mosque in Cyprus.
Muslims of FranceWhat challenges have generations
of Muslim immigrants in France been facing to retain their
cultural identity? There are an estimated five million Muslims
in France today, which is the largest
Europe’s forgotten
“religion” Although it is often reduced to
its most visible form – rationalist atheism – “non-religion”
describes a range of perspectives. the
term refers to the positions, perspectives and practices of vast
numbers of people in Europe and elsewhere.
An Islamist Uprising in TajikistanInternational observers consider Tajikistan to be a
failed state in the midst of a national crisis. A growing mood
of protest there is benefitting the Islamic opposition. Hundreds
of new mosques have opened ......
A The body of an elderly Imam was found
fresh in a river erosion-ravaged grave on Monday, three decades
after his burial
Without a mosque, Greece's Muslims go undergroundMuslims in Greece
are left to pray in
basement apartments,
coffee shops,
garages and old
warehouses, many of
which are targets of
arsonists, as the
Greek government has
stalled for over a
decade in building
an official mosque
The future of Islamic Ireland Ireland’s Muslim
population has grown tenfold in 20 years and is still expanding.
Within a year the hulking concrete building will be transformed
into a mosque complex capable of accommodating 1,000 or so
worshippers
Libya_Ottoman LegacyAfter touring the Ottoman
palace, we enter the Old City via the Freedom Gate, or Bab Al-Hurriya.
As we pass through it, we are greeted by a truly Ottoman city.
The Bazaar, Hans, public baths and mosques make us feel like we
are traveling back in time
Islam finds a place in HaitiHaiti, the Caribbean nation closely associated with
the African-derived faith of voodoo, is home to a small but
growing community of Muslims.
Russian women turn to IslamThe
number
of women
turning
to Islam
in
Turkey
increases
year
after
year. The
first
among
foreigners
who
change
religion
are
Russian
women,
Turkish
Aksam
daily
reports
Conversions to Islam in Genocide-Stricken Rwanda IncreasingEver since the state-sponsored Rwandan genocide
started in 1994, in which ethnic Hutu extremists killed 800,000
minority Tutsis and Hutu, Rwandans have converted to Islam in
huge numbers
Russian Muslims Set Up Body To Spread IslamThe four Islamic bodies have convened last week in Omsk and elected Anatoliy Abu Talib Stepchenko to head the association and Taras Abdelkarim Cherneenko as his deputy, the association said in a press release, a copy of which was obtained by IOL.....
Why ARE so many modern British career women converting to Islam?Tony Blair’s sister-in-law announced her conversion to
Islam. She is just one of a growing number of modern British
career women to do so. writer EVE AHMED, who was raised as a
Muslim before rejecting the faith, explores the reasons
why
Canada/Islam:
‘Tolerant Islam’…Ottawa Imam’s Mission OTTAWA Carrying a message of tolerance, a new Ottawa
imam has taken up his job with a commitment to advance the cause
of moderate Islam, help the Muslim minority contribute more to
the wider society and enhance interfaith relations.
How Islamic Principles Can Solve Modern Economic Inequality?Islam is directed at creating equality and brotherhood among members of its community. This is accomplished through the economic instruments of Zakat, Sadaqah, Waqf, and Islamic finance,
Conjuring traces of the Polish TatarsEvents marking the
85th anniversary of the Muslim Religious Association ,
Wednesday, with the opening of an exhibition conjuring up the
all but vanished world of the Polish Tatars.
Beyond the Mekong: Indian Muslims in Laos The first Muslims in
Laos are said to have arrived in the early
twentieth century, when the country was
under French colonial rule. Most of them
were Tamil-speaking Labbais and Rawthers,
many of them from French-ruled Pondicherry......
Religion Is Very Easy
All religions condemn hypocrisy. Almost always
this refers to those who claim to be believers, and yet
do less than they should. But what about those who do
more than they should?