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Islam in North America
& Globally
Dr. Rod Spidahl – Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church
04/17/2016
Islam in North America is an emerging,
new form of Islam
Islam is like water: it takes on the taste
of the soil that holds it
42% of American Muslims are African
American; 24% Asian; 12% Arab
(Dr Carl Ellis)
US Census does NOT measure religion
US population about 320 million
Muslims in US? 2.5-8 million
Official Mosques about 2000
Population of Minn -5,486,000
Muslims- 1% or 54,860
20,221 Arab American
21, 803 Somalis is underestimate of actual
16th in the nation
Muslim consumer expenditure globally on
food and lifestyle sectors (travel, clothing,
pharma/ personal care, media/ recreation)
is being estimated by this Report to be
$1.62 trillion in 2012 and expected to
reach $2.47 trillion by 2018.
1.6-2 billion Muslims
2.2 billion Christians
Global total population – 7.4 billion
Financial Assets
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In addition, Islamic financial assets are currently
estimated to be $1.35 trillion in total disclosed
assets (2012) and growing at 15-20% a year in
most core markets.
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This Report estimates potential universe of
Islamic finance assets in its core market
(assuming optimal scenario) to be $4.1 trillion.
http://www.dinarstandard.com/state-global-islamic-economy-report-2013/
Some idea of the real estate and other forms
of wealth controlled by the Catholic church
may be gathered by the remark of a member
of the New York Catholic Conference, namely
‘that his church probably ranks second only
to the United States Government in total
annual purchase.’
Global
 China
will this year produce $17.6
trillion or 16.5% of global economy
 Compared with $17.4 trillion for the
U.S.A.
Preferences & Patterns
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Muslims see jihad as “exertion for Islam”

Muslims are politically active by nature of their religion

Muslims create more active, involved community life than
Christians

Muslims are better at intellectually arguing their faith
than Christians

Muslims are more modest, with higher moral standards
than Christians

Muslims are good at business start-ups
Natural Growth Rates
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Globally, Muslims have the highest fertility rate, an
average of 3.1 children per woman—well above
replacement level (2.1), the minimum typically needed to
maintain a stable population.

Christians are second, at 2.7 children per woman.
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If current trends continue, it is predicted by the year
2100 that about 1% more of the world's population will be
Muslim (35%) than Christian (34%) (Pew Research Data)