Islamic growth

(cont'd)

So Islam and Christianity are predicted to grow (in contrast to other religions) over the next few decades. Islam will grow faster. Why? That CNN article gives two reasons.

One easy answer is that Muslim women have more children. Birth rates in The West have been tumbling for years, but birth rates in the Middle East, Africa, and some parts of Asia are still well over replacement rate.

Second, conversion out of Islam may be dangerous, even illegal in some nations. In Christianity, there's no penalty to change your mind.

So that's what the article said. But there's another obvious factor chilling the growth of Christianity in some parts of the world: genocide of Christians in the name of Islamic extremism, as recognized by both the European Union and the United States government.