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Its an interesting question because on the one hand many people are turning away from Christianity for various reasons (I know the whole pedophile scandal in the Catholic church has really damaged its numbers) so in that sense Islam is doing better. On the other hand we know that a lot of the strongly Islamic countries are also countries that are in the middle of war, considerably poor etc. When these countries finally are free from war and poverty I think you'll find the numbers of people actively practicing their religion will drop. This has happened all over the world and is relatively consistent, as countries become wealthier religion drops in numbers. Ireland is a great example, during the horrible recession in the 1980s the numbers attending church were huge. When the economy turned around and became very wealthy during the "Celtic Tiger" economy church numbers dropped massively. I still think it'll be many years before any of these religions actually die out though. Oh and Hail Satan! :P
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