Continued from The Growth of Islam

In Africa, Islam is growing rampant, but this is happening in the West, too. Here are some short notes about what you can do to be praying for the love of Christ penetrating these hearts and for us as the Lord increases our influence on this continent.

• Muhammad's father was a Hindu and was responsible for one of the 365
  gods' temples in Mecca; it was in the shape of a large black box.

• Muhammad had many wives… and concubines.

• Today, Muslims have a specific plan in how they are going to ‘take
  over' different cities / countries: get voice heard in government (everyone
  votes, and then get people into government), start businesses, build a mosque, many
  times they will have the women marry a non-Muslim man so that she can convert
  him, and have lots of kids.
• All
  three of these words come from the Arabic root s l m, meaning "yield"
  or "submit." So Islam is the religion of submission
  to God, and one who yields his or her will to God is a Muslim.
• The
  story of Islam begins in Arabia in the 600's
  C.E. with the Prophet Muhammad. His name is often
  transliterated into English as Mohammed.
• http://www.dianedew.com/islam.htm has an
  awesome graph of differences between Koran and bible.
• In 50 years, Islam has
  grown from one-seventh to
  one-fifth of the world population.
• Muslims in Africa - 890 million people or about 14% of the world's population
  live in 61 countries and territories throughout Africa. Pray
  with us for these African countries.
• Muslims represent 41.3% of the population
  in Africa, growing at a rate of 2.5% per year
  (mainly as a result of having large families).
• Islam first spread from the
  Middle East to North Africa and then
  eventually towards the south.
  
  (From www.30-days.net)