Monday, March 15, 2010

The Third World War

“Christianity, which a century ago was overwhelmingly the religion of Europe and the Americas, has undertaken a historic advance into Africa and Asia. In 1900, Africa had just 10 million Christians, representing around 10 percent of the continental population. By 2000, that figure had swollen to over 360 million, or 46 percent of the population. Over the course of the 20th century, millions of Africans transferred their allegiance from traditional primal faiths to one of the two great world religions, Christianity or Islam—but they demonstrated an overwhelming preference for the former. Around 40 percent of Africa’s population became Christian, compared to just 10 percent who chose Islam. As Muslims had earlier far outnumbered Christians, the result was to transform a massive Muslim majority into a reasonably equal confessional balance. Africa today is about 47 percent Christian, 45 percent Muslim, and some 8 percent followers of primal religions.”

http://amconmag.com/article/2010/apr/01/00022/

The West won't count

“(T)he Christian response to Islam will increasingly be independent of the West because the West has dealt itself out of the game.”

http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/03/12/the-age-of-faith/#more-8290

A couple of years ago I read a piece saying that the new struggle against Islamism or Islam would be led by those living in sub-Saharan Africa.

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