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I'm not embarrassed at all about the numbers I posted. I didn't address that because I was busy answering the other misleading information you and others were posting. Islam IS the fastest growing religion in the US and the conversion rate is rapid.[b] I do believe the growth is mostly due to conversion,[/b] but I do not know if immigration has increased in the past few years. I tell you all this not to boast, but simply to let you know Muslims are here to stay. It makes no sense to carry so much hatred toward Muslims or Islam because one day you will not be able to avoid having to interact with Muslims. [/quote]

Since you evidently forgot this discussion, I'm happy to help by reposting:

The figure for 100,000 Muslim immigrants per year is backed by solid evidence from a survey of more than 8,000 immigrants (a fantastic sample in the world of statistics) by Princeton, NYU, Yale and RAND, all of which are highly-respected research organizations.

The figure of 25,000 converts per year comes from an evangelical organization that has a vested interest in inflating the numbers. Since none of us here are evangelicals (despite your many claims that we are evangelicals), I don't think we need to simply accept your number of 25,000 converts, which
(a) we have good reason to suspect might be inflated,
(b) for which no methodological support exists, because
(c) nobody, repeat nobody, collects data on the number of converts to Islam.
Also, (d) we need to offset the convert figures for people who leave Islam every year for atheism or other religions.

100,000 immigrants per year > 25,000 converts per year.  (Just so we're clear, "per year" is a rate concept.)

For the record, we realize ISIS is an outlier and they are simply awful people with no relation to any religion at all.  We don't think they represent Islam, they only represent pure evil.

However, you're not helping yourself when you accuse people of "so much hatred" just because they challenge your facts, a good example being your demonstrably wrong claims about converts above.[/quote]

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