Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

page 47  

This brought Omar al-Farooq (R.A.) back to his senses.  Could this man who was to become the second great Khaleefah of Islam at this moment imagine that fourteen hundred years later there would be a thousand million followers of Muhammad (pbuh) at one time?  Could he have visualized that the religion of the Prophet would be the fastest growing religion in the world?1

Christianity had a 600-year start on Islam.  Numerically the Christians claim to outnumber the followers of any other faith; this is true but let us look at the picture in its true perspective -

THERE ARE MORE PROFESSING CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD THAN PROFESSING MUSLIMS, BUT THERE ARE MORE PRACTISING MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD THAN PRACTISING CHRISTIANS.
(Emphasis added) R.V.C. Bodley (the American) in "The Messenger:  The Life of Mohammed." U.S.A. 1969

1 understand from the above that Mr. Bodley is trying to tell us that there are people in the world who, when filling their census forms, will tick off the term Christian under "Religion." It is not necessarily that they believe in the dogmas of Christianity.  They could actually be atheists or bush-Baptists,2   as opposed to being a Jew or Hindu or Muslim; coming from a Christian background they would for the purpose of convenience label themselves "Christian." From that point of view, and from the point of view that a person who practises what he believes, there would be more Muslims in the world than Christians.
 


1. See chart on page 34
2. Bush-Baptist: There are forty different Baptist Churches in the United States of America.  But bush-Baptists are people with strong religious feelings yet will not go to any Church; and will not affiliate with any sect or denomination.


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