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The Number of Mohammedans

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 13, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 28.

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The Number of Mohammedans

ACCORDING to the Mohammedan journals of Constantinople, as quoted by the Christian, the disciples of that false religion are as follows:—
The Ottoman empire, 27,000,000; Bosnia and Herzegovina, 600,000; other Balkan States, 100,000; Russia, 24,000,000 out of a total population of 135,000,000; India, 60,000,000, of a total population of 250,000,000; China, 40,000,000; independent Asiatic States, 20,000,000; Java and neighboring islands, 25,000,000; Philippines, 500,000. They estimate that the strength of Islam in Africa is no less than 60,000,000 to 70,000,000. In conclusion the journals put the total number of Mohammedans in the world at 270,000,000, and affirm that this number is being rapidly augmented by conversions as well as by the large birth-rate, which is a feature of Moslem life.