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Nadia Whitehead
Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem was dusted with snow in February.
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February.
By the end of the century, Muslims could outnumber Christians for the first time in history, according to a report released by the Pew Research Center.
"Another way of thinking about it is Christianity had a seven-century head-start on Islam, and Islam is finally catching up," says Alan Cooperman, the director of religion research at Pew.
Christianity is currently the world's largest religion, making up a third of the world's population with 2.2 billion adherents. Pew research shows that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. The religious group will make up 30 percent of the world's population by 2050, compared to just 23 percent of the population in 2010. That means the [...]
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