Muslim population worldwide grows: nearly 1 in 4 people practise Islam, study says - Telegraph

Muslim population worldwide grows: nearly 1 in 4 people practise Islam, study says - Telegraph:
"“This whole idea that Muslims are Arabs and Arabs are Muslims is really just obliterated by this report,” said Amaney Jamal, an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University."

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