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Old 02-08-2006, 04:27 AM  
AnneT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ca$h
While this is still a hot topic, I came across some very interesting statistics.
Did you know that today every 4'th person is a muslim?

1973 there was 500,000,000 muslims in the world.

Today: 1,500,000,000

Could never imagine such a fast population growth in just one religion alone.
Errr...I think the population of the world has grown also in that time. These stats are irrelevant without qualification.

Also - populations in poorer nations (whatever religion) tend to have more children, usually because of the mortality rates linked to poverty. As countries become more affluent they tend to have less children. That trend has been happening for centuries, irrespective of religion.

Last edited by AnneT; 02-08-2006 at 04:28 AM..
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