[480] The Sikh population has the lowest gender balance in India, with only 903 women per 1,000 men according to the 2011 Indian census,[481] although the sex ratio at birth for Indian Sikhs has rapidly improved from 130 male births per 100 female births in 2001 to 110 male births per 100 female births in 2019-21, now only slightly above the average for India as a whole (108 male births per female births). Chart courtesy of Ryan Burge Thus, the likelihood of leaving Islam appears to be at its highest when young people's lives are the most unsettled. Sign up now! 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[26] The growth of Islam from 2010 to 2020 has been estimated at 1.70%[3] due to high birthrates in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Of those converting, only 22 percent are becoming Christian adherents. Here are other chief findings from the report: 1. By 2030 Muslims are projected to represent about 26.4% of the global population (out of a total of 7.9billion people). or for reasons of social prestige[28]), [505] A slower birthrate than deathrate accounts for the rest: as of 2001, Parsis over the age of 60 make up for 31% of the community. [38], It was reported in 2013 that around 5,000 British people convert to Islam every year, with most of them being women. "A missiological postscript", in McLeod and Ustorf (eds). [3] In 1990, 1.1billion people were Muslims, while in 2010, 1.6billion people were Muslims. [305] A 2007 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report argued that some Muslim population projections are overestimated, as they assume that all descendants of Muslims will become Muslims even in cases of mixed parenthood. Islam has also been shaped by those who leave it and this happened early on in the formation of an Islamic community in seventh century Arabia. Despite the decline, Muslims still have the highest birth rate among the world's major religious groups. [383] Statistics published in: Katharina Wenzel-Teuber, David Strait. If you believe in the evil eye, you may want to take some steps to protect yourself from this curse. When we first conducted a study of Muslim Americans in 2007, we estimated that there were 2.35 million Muslims of all ages (including 1.5 million adults) in the U.S. By 2011, the number of Muslims had grown to 2.75 million (including 1.8 million adults). [7] While according to various scholars and sources Pentecostalism a Protestant Christian movement is the fastest growing religion in the world,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] this growth is primarily due to religious conversion and denomination switching among Christians. It's also hard to kiss. [306], According to a 2017 Pew Research Center survey, between 2010 and 2015 "an estimated 213 million babies were born to Muslim mothers and roughly 61 million Muslims died, meaning that the natural increase in the Muslim population i.e., the number of births minus the number of deaths was 152 million over this period",[38] and it added small net gains through religious conversion into Islam (420,000). Some seven years later, Muhammad and his many followers returned to Mecca and conquered the region. Before it was banned in certain countries, the religion "hugely increased" in sub-Saharan Africa. As to how that happened, well there are now 1.5 million churches whose congregations account for 46 million people. It also stated that over a 50% decline was found in 22 Muslim countries and over a 60% decline in Iran, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Bangladesh, Tunisia, Libya, Albania, Qatar and Kuwait. [228] By 2050, Christianity is expected to remain the majority religion in the United States (66.4%, down from 78.3% in 2010), and the number of Christians in absolute numbers is expected to grow from 243 million to 262million. Grim.[521]. Changement de prnom et stratgies identitaires, entre culture d'origine et migration [Shklzen or Giannis? [437] In 1989 the Universal House of Justice named Bolivia, Bangladesh, Haiti, India, Liberia, Peru, the Philippines, and Taiwan as countries where growth in the religion had been notable in the previous decades. [272][273] Even though the faith originally developed out of Ismaili Islam, Druze does not identify as a branch of Islam. Since then, the Muslim population has continued to grow at a rate of roughly 100,000 per year, driven both by higher fertility rates among Muslim Americans as well as the continued migration of Muslims to the U.S. [409][410] In 2013, two scholars of demography wrote that, "The Baha'i Faith is the only religion to have grown faster in every United Nations region over the past 100 years than the general population; Bahai (sic) was thus the fastest-growing religion between 1910 and 2010, growing at least twice as fast as the population of almost every UN region. Australian Bureau of Statistics (21 June 2012). The birth rate is expected to be the main factor in the growth of Christianity. [245] While according to the book The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion, which written by professor of the Christian mission, Charles E. Farhadian, and professor of psychology, Lewis Rambo, in mid-2005 approximately 15.5million converted to Christianity from another religion, while approximately 11.7million left Christianity, most of them becoming irreligious, resulting in a net gain of 3.8 million. [328] By the end of 2100 Muslims are expected to outnumber Christians. For example, federal legislation prohibits and criminalizes non-Muslims for preaching or converting Muslims into their religion, even though the reverse is allowed. April 1, 2021, 8:23pm. Quite clearly, Christianity exceeds the other four major religious/non-religious bodies by a significant proportion of 0.6 billion - overtaking Islam in number of followers by an astounding 9.1% of the global population. How many Muslims leave Islam in India? [456][457] In New Zealand, 39% of the population are irreligious, making it the country with the largest irreligious population percentage in the Oceania region. Schnabel and Bock argued also that evangelicalism and Conservative Christianity has persisted and expanded in the United States. This scenario (Chinese scenario) is based primarily on sensitivity tests.[26]. [494] Zoroastrianism declined as forced conversion increased with the rise of Islam. [24][25][26], Some religions proselytise vigorously (Christianity and Islam, for example), while others (such as Judaism and Sikhism) do not generally encourage conversions into their ranks. Druze is a major religion in the Levant region. [110], The 19th century saw at least 250,000 Jews convert to Christianity according to existing records of various societies. For example, it became gradually . Professor Eric Kaufmann, whose academic specialization is how demography affects irreligion/religion/politics, wrote in 2012: In my book, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? And only two western European countries France and Belgium will become around 10 percent Muslim, by 2030. Similar shares listed reasons related to a preference for other religions or philosophies (16%) and personal growth experiences (14%), such as becoming more educated or maturing. Ten years ago, Muhammad Syed became an ex-Muslim. No destruction was permitted. [67] That caused Protestantism to be called a primarily non-Western religion. [89], In recent years, the number of Chinese Christians has increased significantly; Christians were 4 million before 1949 (3million Catholics and 1million Protestants), and are reaching 67million today. [361], In 2010 Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nigeria was home for (47.8%) of the world's Muslims. [512][513][514] However, this has not been confirmed by independent sources. Ellethy 2014, p. 181. [201] According to Guinness, approximately 12.5 million more people who converted to Islam than people who converted to Christianity between 1990 and 2000. Arabs did not sack the city, and the Arab soldiers were apparently kept in tight control by their leaders. January 26, 2018 The share of Americans who leave Islam is offset by those who become Muslim By Besheer Mohamed and Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac Like Americans in many other religious groups, a substantial share of adults who were raised Muslim no longer identify as members of the faith. [59] In 2017 Christianity added nearly 50 million people due to factors such as birth rate and religious conversion. The main reason for this is the social and legal repercussions associated with leaving Islam in many Muslim majority countries, up to and including the death penalty for apostasy. [283] Approximately 94% of the world's Hindus live in India. "[411], The largest proportions of the total world Bah' population[412] were found in sub-Saharan Africa (29.9%) and South Asia (26.8%), followed by Southeast Asia (12.7%) and Latin America (12.2%). "The Lost History of Christianity." It also stated that "the number of people who embrace Islam and the number of those who leave Islam are roughly equal. [324], According to the religious forecast for 2050 by Pew Research Center, between 2010 and 2050 modest net gains through religious conversion are expected for Muslims (3million)[326] and most of the net gains through religious conversion for Muslims found in Sub Saharan Africa (2.9million). "[302] People switching their religions will likely have no effect on the growth of the Muslim population,[6] as the number of people who convert to Islam is roughly similar to those who leave Islam. In surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, Pew found that 65 percent of Americans described themselves as Christian, a 12 percent decline over the past decade. [458], According to a religious forecast for 2050 by Pew Research Center, the percentage of the world's population that is unaffiliated or nonreligious is expected to drop, from 16% of the world's total population in 2010 to 13% in 2050. Islam will overcome Christianity to become the most popular religion in the world by 2070, with migration seeing a surge in Europe and America's Muslim population, research shows Islam's share. Some faiths grow exponentially at first (especially, for example, along trade routes[27] Among those who have converted to Islam, a majority come from a Christian background. In India, Islam was brought by various traders and rulers from Afghanistan and other places. 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But while the share of American Muslim adults who are converts to Islam also is about one-quarter (23%), a much smaller share of current Christians (6%) are converts. A study by Pew Research found that the number of Americans who identified as Christian was 64% in 2020, with 30% of the US population being classed as "religiously unaffiliated". Hibatullah Akhundzada praised his movement's advance in every corner of the country and celebrated the historic seizure of Kabul in August 2021 as one more. [111] Data from the Pew Research Center has it that, as of 2013, about 1.6million adult American Jews identify themselves as Christians, most as Protestants. Toleransi yang mengundang murka Allah [518] Adherence data is largely compiled from census and surveys. [338], It is often reported from various sources, including the German domestic intelligence service (Bundesnachrichtendienst), that Salafism is the fastest-growing Islamic movement in the world. [351] Eric Kaufman also argue that the main reason why Islam is expanding along with other religions, is not because of conversion to Islam, but primarily to the nature of the religion, as he calls it "pro-natal", where Muslims tend to have more children. Additionally, in some countries, legal and social consequences make conversion difficult. [280] The Lebanese Druze have the lowest fertility among all age groups after the Lebanese Christians. Beginning in July 637, the Muslims began a siege of Jerusalem which lasted for five (hardly bloodless) months before Jerusalem fell in February 638. Most of the net growth in the numbers of Christians is in Africa, Latin America and Asia. According to Johnson and Grim, Buddhism has grown from a total of 138 million adherents in 1910, of which 137million were in Asia, to 495million in 2010, of which 487million are in Asia. According to Pew Research Center, in the United States, the percentage of people converting to Islam is almost the same as the people leaving Islam ( about 23%). [3] Islam is expected to be the world's largest religion by the year 2075. Hinduism is the largest religion in the countries of India, Nepal, and Mauritius. One-fifth of the U.S. public and a third of adults under 30 are religiously unaffiliated today, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center polling. [38], According to Mark Jrgensmeyer of the University of California, popular Protestantism is one of the most dynamic religious movements in the contemporary world. [72] Christianity is still the largest religion in Central and Eastern Europe, according to a 2017 study by the Pew Research Center, the share of adults who identify themselves as Eastern Orthodox in Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria has been significantly increased between 1991 and 2015. A total of 144 persons adopted Islam. Looking at suicide as a share of total death is one way to compare differences across the world. Religion. H. Patrick Glenn, Legal Traditions of the World. See also "Merely speaking of a 'Muslim community in France' can be misleading and inaccurate: like every immigrant population, Muslims in France exhibit strong cleavages based on the country of their origin, their social background, political orientation and ideology, and the, Stark, Rodney. [317] According to Foreign Policy, high birth rates were cited as the reason for the Muslim population growth. [336] The poll, conducted by the Netherlands-based GAMAAN (Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran), using online polling to provide greater anonymity for respondents, surveyed 50,000 Iranians and found 32% identified as Shia, 5% as Sunni and 3% as Sufi Muslim. And by 2050, the U.S. Muslim population is projected to reach8.1 million, or 2.1% of the nations total population nearly twice the share of today. [340] Islam is widely considered as the fastest growing religion in Europe due primarily to immigration and above average birth rates. The mystic priest predicted to free the archipelago from the clutches of Islam and restore the glory of the Hindu Javanese religion. will continue. [26], Only in recent decades have surveys begun to measure changes in religious identity among individuals. This year, 2 million people are expected to head for Hajj and 1,735,391 have arrived in the country already, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Recent political debates over Muslim immigration and related issues have prompted many people to ask how many Muslims actually live in the United States. In the aftermath of the Cold War, one could say that Europe needed a new archetypal enemy, and research shows that Muslim immigrants gradually took on that status. [244] On the other hand, demographer Conrad Hackett of Pew Research Center stated that the World Christian Encyclopedia gives a higher estimate for percent Christian when compared to other cross-national data sets. Werner Ustorf. Islam began in Arabia and from 633 AD until the late 10th century it was spread through conquests, far-reaching trade and missionary activity. At the same time, our projections suggest that the U.S. Muslim population will grow much faster than the countrys Jewish population. (+1) 202-857-8562 | Fax [80] According to scholar Francis Fukuyama of Stanford University "converts to Protestantism find their incomes, education levels, hygiene and social networks expanding". [423][421][424] Most of the growth in the late 20th century was seeded out of North America by means of the planned migration of individuals. [319] A new study of Population Reference Bureau by demographers Charles Westoff and Tomas Frejka suggests that the fertility gap between Muslims and non-Muslims is shrinking and although the Muslim immigrants do have more children than other Europeans their fertility tends to decline over time, often faster than among non-Muslims. [52] In 2010, 26% of the world's Christians lived in Europe, followed by 24.4% in Latin America and the Caribbean, 23.8% in Sub-Saharan Africa, 13.2% in Asia and the Pacific, 12.3% in North America, and 1% in the Middle East and North Africa. [433][434][435][436] Meanwhile in other times or places the religion has experienced surges in growth. [78][79] According to scholar Paul Freston of Wilfrid Laurier University Pentecostalism continues to grow in Latin America, "both by conversion and by high birth rates". It is the same mental and emotional struggle Cottee observed when researching his book. Low fertility rates and aging populations in countries such as China, Thailand and Japan are the main demographic reasons for the expected shrinkage in the Buddhist population in the years ahead". When it comes to negative energies, the Evil Eye is something you should watch out for. ", "Losing their religion: the hidden crisis of faith among Britain's young Muslims", "Losing Their Religion: When Muslim Immigrants Leave Islam", "Iranians have lost their faith according to survey", " ", "5 facts about the Muslim population in Europe", "The Future of the Global Muslim Population - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life", World Muslim population doubling, report projects, Fewer differences between foreign-born and Swedish born childbearing women. Projections of future religious adherence are based on assumptions that trends, total fertility rates, life expectancy, political climate, conversion rates, secularization, etc. [26] Religious switching is a sensitive topic in India,[523][19] and carries social and legal repercussions including the death penalty for apostasy in Muslim-majority countries. [41][42], This growth reverses the rapid decline that Chinese traditional religion faced in the 20th century. [19] In China it is difficult to project rates at which Christianity, Islam and Buddhism are gaining converts, nor what are the retention rates among converts. [237] While on the other hand, in 2017, scholars Landon Schnabel and Sean Bock at Harvard University and Indiana University argued that while "Mainline Protestant" churches has declined in the United States since the late 1980s, but many of them do not leave Christianity, but rather convert to another Christian denomination, in particularly to evangelicalism. [26], According to a 2017 Pew Research Center survey, between 2010 and 2015 "an estimated 32 million babies were born to Buddhist mothers and roughly 20 million Buddhists died, meaning that the natural increase in the Buddhists population i.e., the number of births minus the number of deaths was 12 million over this period". Although they purchased some toleration by paying the jizya (poll tax), not abolished until 1882, they were treated as an inferior race, had to wear distinctive garb, and were not allowed to ride horses or bear arms. The Muslim population in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to reach nearly 1.5billion by 2050, up from roughly 1billion in 2010. [446][447], In terms of absolute numbers, irreligion appears to be increasing (along with secularization generally). Reaching Iranians online Iran's census claims that 99.5% of the population are Muslim, a figure that hides the state's active hostility toward irreligiosity, conversion and unrecognised religious. Over that same time period, the number of people who do not identify with any particular religion increased from 16 percent to 29 percent. [101] The main growth areas have been Asia and Africa, 39% and 32%, respectively, since 2000. [52], Europe was the home for the world's largest Christian population for the past 1,000 years, since 2015 Christians in Africa and Latin America respectively surpass Europe Christian population because of the high fertility rate there. [448] (See the geographic distribution of atheism. Since then, the Muslim population has continued to grow at a rate of roughly 100,000 per year, driven both by higher fertility rates among Muslim Americans as well as the continued migration of Muslims to the U.S. replacement level. Conference on Religion and Violence. [238] And according to Eric Kaufmann from Harvard University and University of London, Christian fundamentalism is expanding in the United States. These cases do not contribute to a growth of Christianity overall, but rather to a substitution of a brand of Christianity with another one. [95][96][97], In 1900, there were only 8.7million[47] adherents of Christianity in Africa, while in 2010 there were 390 million. [19], These forecasts lack reliable data on religious conversion in China, but according to media reports and expert assessments, it is possible that the rapid growth of Christianity in China may maintain, or even increase, the current numerical advantage of Christianity as the largest religion in the world and may negatively affect the growth of the Religiously Unaffiliated. [405] The result is that most countries in the Diaspora have steady or slightly declining religiously Jewish populations as Jews continue to assimilate into the countries in which they live. [430][431] The most intense opposition has been in Iran and neighboring Shia-majority countries,[432] considered by some scholars and watch agencies as a case of attempted genocide. [385] However, the poll tax known as Jizyah may have played a part in converting people over to Islam but as Britannica notes "The rate of taxation and methods of collection varied greatly from province to province and were greatly influenced by local pre-Islamic customs" and there were even cases when Muslims had the tax levied against them, on top of Zakat. [52] In 1900, Europe and the Americas were home to the vast majority of the world's Christians (93%). 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Sure, there are people losing faith, leaving Islam or stopping practicing but it is a minority. According to Pew Forum, Hindus are anticipated to continue to be concentrated primarily in the Indo-Pacific region in 2050. Credit: Kitti Kahotong / EyeEm. On the other hand, the fertility rate in Europe as a whole was (1.6). [313] Experts say that conversions to Islam have doubled in the past 25 years in France, among the six million Muslims in France, about 100,000 are converts. [340] According to a religious forecast for 2050 by Pew Research Center conversion does not add significantly to the growth of the Muslim population in Europe,[343] according to the same study the net loss is (60,000) due to religious switching. CRTEIL, France The spacious and elegant modern building, in the heart of this middle-class suburb of Paris, is known as "the mosque of the converts.". [384] In a 2008 conference on religion at Yale University's The MacMillan Center Initiative on Religion, Politics, and Society which hosted a speech from Hugh Kennedy, he stated forced conversions played little part in the history of the spread of the faith. Learn about Muslims and Islam through four short lessons delivered to your inbox every other day. New York: Oxford University Press. 16 February 2008.
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