Muslims in the world.

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I took the following map from wikipedia (hope it's accurate). It shows the distribution of muslims all over the world, the muslims population per country is represented by a color :
White ==> a low population (near to zero)
Blue ==> a high population.
see the muslim population per country with numbers here (from wikipedia too)

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Althow the Islam is the world's second religion (after Christianity) in term of number of adherents , But It's amazing how big the number of muslims is, and how they are spread all over the world, I wonder if there is a country without muslims.

But the question is : what effect do all these muslims have in the world and can they stand out to practice freely their religion and to defend their rights.

What is really missing to see this "geographic" and "demographic" success turn to a cultural and civilisational success ?
 
marwen said:
I took the following map from wikipedia (hope it's accurate). It shows the distribution of muslims all over the world, the muslims population per country is represented by a color :
White ==> a low population (near to zero)
Blue ==> a high population.
see the muslim population per country with numbers

Althow the Islam is the world's second religion (after Christianity) in term of number of adherents , But It's amazing how big the number of muslims is, and how they are spread all over the world, I wonder if there is a country without muslims.

But the question is : what effect do all these muslims have in the world and can they stand out to practice freely their religion and to defend their rights.

What is really missing to see this "geographic" and "demographic" success turn to a cultural and civilisational success ?
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Blue seems to be Shiite and green Sunni.

Depending on how you count, according to Wikipedia, 19-29 sovereign states are not on the list a containing Muslims.


All the best,

Faysal
 
A light green small country in South America is Suriname. Muslims in that country mainly are Javanese who came to Suriname in 19th century. They are around 16% of Suriname people.

Hmmm, maybe some of them have family ties with me. :D
 
Mash'Allah its always great to see that there are so many brothers and sisters around the world, and that the message of Islam was spread thru the unbelievable determination of the early Muslims. Today the Muslim world has countless obstacles to overcome, but we certainly have the right platform and foundation to determine for ourselves a brighter future.
 
Islam and Christianity are the only two global religions. Hinduism, the next largest religion, has a significant majority of its adherents in India, and therefore cannot be considered global.

Here in the UK, I think the number of Muslims stands at 3%. Although in London it's 10%.
 
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Narrated Thawban: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The people will soon summon one another to attack you as people when eating invite others to share their dish.

Someone asked: Will that be because of our small numbers at that time?

He replied: No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be scum and rubbish like that carried down by a torrent, and Allah will take fear of you from the breasts of your enemy and last enervation into your hearts.

Someone asked: What is wahn (enervation). Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him):

He replied: Love of the world and dislike of death.

Abu Dawud Book 37, Number 4284.


http://www.islamicboard.com/discover-islam/42701-prophecies.html#post791360
 
ardianto said:
A light green small country in South America is Suriname. Muslims in that country mainly are Javanese who came to Suriname in 19th century. They are around 16% of Suriname people.

Hmmm, maybe some of them have family ties with me. :D
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years ago when i was a kid, Suriname sent "silat" martial-artists to a competition in Malaysia... I was like ... silat in Suriname? in South America? then I read about Javanese living there...

there are Javanese in New Caledonia too right?
 
The numbers are based on governments statistics . But not all muslims are perfect believers i mean some are watching life and they don't want to get involved in anything. So maybe this will cut 50% of the group's efficiency and you can add the lack of unity. Same goes for christian and maybe with a higher percentage . So when we say 1.5 billion how much true believers we take take out of this number?
 
tetsujin said:
Who is the enemy, and why are they afraid?

All the best,


Faysal
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The enemy Who attacks muslims, and doesn't let them practice their religion freely, and who tries to desecrate their sanctities.

NON-MUSLIMS ARE NOT ENEMIES, unless they attack muslims.
 
Supreme said:
No. It can't be considered global like Islam or Christianity. It has less than six million adherents, a great deal of those found in only one country (India).
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Baha'i people are only six millions, but they are exist in more than 200 countries.
 
ardianto said:
Baha'i people are only six millions, but they are exist in more than 200 countries.
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Yes, I know! But over a third of them can only be found in one region, and the number of Bahais in other countries are only a very, very small fraction. Every religion has adherents in every part of the world, but to be global, a religion has to have millions of adherents in many different regions. Plus, they need to have influenced the world sigfnificantly. Islam and Christianity are the only two who meet that criteria.
 
Getoffmyback said:
The numbers are based on governments statistics . But not all muslims are perfect believers i mean some are watching life and they don't want to get involved in anything. So maybe this will cut 50% of the group's efficiency and you can add the lack of unity. Same goes for christian and maybe with a higher percentage . So when we say 1.5 billion how much true believers we take take out of this number?
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I would probably agree with you, But each one who has an islamic belief : "there is just one God : Allah, and Muhammed is his messenger and prophet", is considered a muslim, whether he is a good muslim or not.
 
north_malaysian said:
years ago when i was a kid, Suriname sent "silat" martial-artists to a competition in Malaysia... I was like ... silat in Suriname? in South America? then I read about Javanese living there...

there are Javanese in New Caledonia too right?
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Right. But Javanese in New Caledonia are not in significant numbers. If I am not now, around 5000 persons.

Javanese came to Suriname at 19th century with ships. According to their tradition, all Javanese in one ship are consider as a big family although there was no family relationship before they migrate to Suriname. And marriage between two descendants of people in one ship is forbidden.
 
Both religions are only growing in numbers but not in faith. in the end its a secular environment or a secular envisioned future what is on the horizon . What about atheists they are growing too lol they are like 1.1 billion! It seems they will rule the world:)
 
Getoffmyback said:
Both religions are only growing in numbers but not in faith. in the end its a secular environment or a secular envisioned future what is on the horizon . What about atheists they are growing too lol they are like 1.1 billion! It seems they will rule the world:)
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There aren't over a billion atheists in the world...
 
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