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I'm beginning to realize that their antagonism is an expression of their fear about the spread of Islam. Islam is the fastest growing religion, not only in the world but also in the US. Moreover, it is growing in the US, not by immigration, [b]but instead by conversion[/b]. They know this. They feel terribly threatened by this because they fear Muslims will take over the US and want to convert it to a Sharia state. They fear it will give birth to grops like ISIS.[/quote]
Like here.  You are making an argument that should be rooted in statistics. So where are the sources? Or is it opinion, not fact?[/quote]

+1. Put me down, too, as wanting to see a source for this claim.[/quote]

For this claim to work, whoever made it needs to produce two sets of numbers: growth of Islam in the U.S. by immigration, and growth of Islam in the U.S. by conversion.  The first number needs to be lower than the second.

So no, "they" don't know it, I certainly don't. But if you post your sources, I might. [/quote]

Just guessing here, but possibly the argument is that the [b]rate of growth[/b] is higher for converts than for immigrants. This would make a certain kind of sense given the relatively low numbers of both converts and immigrants (to the extent we have a very rough idea of  orders of magnitude). So, if you start with 2 of something (say, converts), adding 2 more doubles the number for an increase of 100%. But adding 2 to a higher initial base of 100 (immigrants) gives you 102 and an increase of just 2%.

I'm with you, however, in thinking the actual stats don't exist. But if 1st PP does have a source to back up the claim, I'd be grateful for a link.[/quote]

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