Among its many sad effects has been a sharp increase in the
number of Christians leaving the country. Muslims,
meanwhile, have streamed into the country from the
surrounding nations with the explicit ultimate goal of
transforming what had once been envisioned by the United
Nations as a Christian homeland in the Middle East into an
Islamic state.
Outside of the Middle East, the non-Arab nations of Iran,
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, and
Indonesia are also predominantly Muslim. Malaysia and the
Philippines have significant Muslim populations, and Islam
is spreading quickly today out of its longtime North African
base into subSaharan Africa.
Due to recent emigration, Muslims now also make up
sizeable minorities in many European countries (particularly
Germany, France, and England) and in North America as
well. It is probable that the Muslim populations of all these
traditionally non-Muslim areas will continue to grow for the
foreseeable future.
- Were Muslims ever persecuted in Christian
countries?
Yes, there have been a few isolated instances of
Muslim persecution at the hands of Christians. These
instances, however, were directly related to the expansion of
Islam (usually by the sword) into traditionally Christian
regions. A few examples: