Statistiken kan säkert bli ett evigt debattämne.
Såg precis att frågan även diskuteras på Sinbad.se, ett muslimskt debattforum.
Där hade man hittat dessa uppbyggliga siffror på Muslim Education Trusts hemsida:
World Muslims..1,482,596,925 (1996)
Total World population.. 5,771,939,007 (1996)
% of Muslims.. 26% (1996)
Islam annual growth rate (94-95)..6.40% (from U.N.)
Christianity growth rate (94-95)..1.46% (from U.N.)
World Muslim population (1998)..1,678,442,000
World Muslim population (Projected in 2000)..1,902,095,000
Growth of Islam:
North America (1989-1998).. 25.01%
Africa.. 2.15%
Asia..12.57%
Europe.. 142.35%
Latin America.. 4.73%
Australia.. 257.01%
Among every four humans in the world, one of them is a Muslim.
Muslims have increased by over 235 percent in the last fifty years up to nearly 1.7 billion.
By comparison, Christians have increased by 47 percent.
Hinduism, 117 percent and Buddhism by 63 percent.