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I think the point is that this muslim population growth isn't real, in the sense that the implied causation is wrong. Those people don't get more children becau
by bildung 9y ago
I think the point is that this muslim population growth isn't real, in the sense that the implied causation is wrong. Those people don't get more children because they are muslim but because they are poor, as poor people generally get more children all over the world (e.g. African Americans in the U.S. are both over-represented among the poor and grow as a share of the overall population in the U.S.)
- lotsofpulp 9y agoThere are tenets of Islam that encourage increasing their population and/or having multiple wives (see Saudi Arabia and some of the countries around it). So I would not postulate that they have more children only because they are poor. Also the data shows a higher childbirth rate for wealthy Muslims also. There is a similar belief for evangelical Christians and hasidic Jews, and those populations also have more children than average.