Re: why is Islam the fastest growing religion in the world?
For once I have to agree with Seminole.
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world because
a) the high birth rate in Muslim countries, which has been slowly decreasing in recent years as literacy rates have gone up (there appears to be a statistical correllation between the two)
b) More conversions to Islam in the West than to any other religion.
And the conversion is precisely driven because Islam is NOT dynamic - its not changing. There was an article in the Times in Britain a few years ago on why so many upper-middle class Britons were converting to Islam, and the analysis concluded that while Christian churches were trying to adapt beliefs to modern society, Islam did the opposite. People getting disillusioned with the direction of modern society, and the flexible attitude of mainstream churches, would look towards the next biggest mainstream religion and find Islam, which remains rigid in the face of changing society.
This rigidity has always been Islam's strength. Other religions adapt to fit society; Islam seeks to adapt society to fit the religion.