Alcohol & Drugs Alcohol consumption in Muslim regions of the world (Middle East and North Africa) increased by 25% in 5 years. In 2007, Afghanistan produced an extraordinary 8,200 tonnes of opium (93% of the global opiates market). Saudi Arabia is the world’s 6th largest consumer of anti-impotence drugs, demand is 10 times that of Russia. In 2010 Malaysia was the world's tenth largest consumer of alcohol. (read more)



Children 4 out of 5 Middle-Eastern women are sexually abused between the ages of 3 and 6 by family members. More than half of all Yemeni girls are married before reaching puberty. About 1 in 10 pregnancies in the Arab world ends in abortion. In Pakistan every 6th pregnancy is terminated. 94% of Yemeni children (2-14 yrs) subjected to violence from a parent or guardian. (read more)



Crime & Prejudice 2011 Pew study finds Muslims are more "phobic" of non-Muslims than the non-Muslims are "Islamophobic" of Muslims. According to FBI 2008 statistics, anti-Muslim incidents in the US are dropping and only account for 1.3% of all hate crimes. Jewish victims of hate crimes in the US outnumber Muslim victims by a 10-1 ratio. Anti-Christian hate crime incidents outnumber anti-Muslim incidents in the US. (read more)



Free Speech Turkey has more journalists in prison than any other country in the world, almost double that of China and Iran. 40% of Indonesian Muslims say they would use violence against those blaspheming Islam. 78% of British Muslims support punishing people who publish cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad. Since 1990, 52 people accused of blasphemy in Pakistan have been extra-judicially killed by lynch mobs. (read more)



Homosexuals Homosexual relationships, acts or behavior illegal in 36 Islamic countries. 10 impose the death penalty for homosexuals. As of 1999 in Iran, more than 4000 lesbians and gays had been executed since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Two thirds of all reported incidents of anti-gay violence in Amsterdam are by Muslim youths. A 2009 Gallup survey could not find a single UK Muslim who approved of homosexuality. (read more)



Marriage The Maldives, an Islamic country with a 100% Muslim population, has the highest divorce rate in the world. Turkey tops Europe and US for incidents of violence against women, with 4 out of 10 women beaten by their husbands. Divorce rates among Muslims in Malaysia is five-times higher than among non-Muslims. 91% of Jordanian university students approve of wife beating. Acceptable reasons include burning a meal. (read more)



Persecution There are 13 countries in the world where the state can execute you for being atheist. Every single one is officially Islamic. 9 of the top 10 persecutors of Christians are Islamic countries. Of the top 50 countries, only 12 have a source other than Islam. Turkey tops list of countries violating the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) for 3 consecutive years. As of 2010, Indonesia had over 150 religiously motivated regulations restricting minorities’ rights. (read more)



Pornography Google survey finds mostly Muslim states seek access to sex-related websites (they rank 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8 in the top 10). Iranians made the highest number of visits to "immoral sites" on Ashura Day. Approximately 2 million online users watch pornographic films each minute in Turkey. Pakistan ranked No. 1 in searches for "child sex," "animal sex," "rape sex," "camel sex," "dog sex," "rape video." (read more)



Science OIC countries have 8.5 scientists/engineers/technicians per 1,000 population, whilst the world average is 40.7. Survey of religious (and irreligious) American physicians finds Muslim physicians are least likely to accept evolution. Only 8% of Egyptians, 11% of Malaysians, and 22% of Turks agree that Darwin’s theory is probably or most certainly true. 46 Muslim countries contribute 1.17% to world science literature, compared to 1.66% by India and 1.48% by Spain. (read more)



Shari'ah 1 out of 3 British Muslims aged 16 to 24 believe that Muslim apostates should be executed. Majority of world's Muslims favor changing laws in their countries to allow stoning/amputation for "crimes", and death for apostasy. Only 26% of Muslims in Turkey say they would adhere to laws passed by Parliament if it contradicted religious laws. Poll finds neither education nor age explains attitudes toward the role of Shari’ah in legislation. (read more)



Terrorism 2012 report finds the majority of world's terrorism committed by Muslims. Almost 9000 deaths caused by Sunni terrorists in 2011. Esposito/Mogahed find almost 4 out of 10 Muslims worldwide are extremists who think 9/11 was totally/partially/somewhat justified. More than 95% of all suicide bombing attacks conducted worldwide are carried out by Muslims. 2011 Study finds no link between poverty and support for militant Islamic groups. (read more)



Antisemitism Pew survey finds all 7 Muslim-majority nations polled have a negative opinion of Jews (2-9% positive). Antisemitic incidents around the world more than doubled in 2009 over the previous year. Pew survey finds 100% of Jordanians have either "somewhat unfavorable" or "very unfavorable" views of Jews. Most violent attacks on Jews in Western Europe comes from people of Arab/Muslim heritage. (read more)



Conspiracy Theories 2011 Pew poll finds 1 out of every 10 Muslim American thinks President Obama is really a Muslim. 46% of UK Muslims believe "the Jewish community in Britain is in league with the Freemasons to control the media and politics." 64% in Egypt, Morocco, Pakistan, and Indonesia believe it is US foreign policy to spread Christianity in the Middle-East. Most Muslims in all 8 nations polled in 2011 believe 9/11 attacks were not by Arabs (57-75%). (read more)



Education & Employment Under the Ottoman empire, worldwide Muslim literacy rates were only 2 to 3% in the early nineteenth century. 6 out of 10 Muslims worldwide still cannot read (as opposed to only 2 out of 10 people in "Christendom") Nearly 1 in 3 people in the Arab world are illiterate, including nearly half of all women. Muslims in Denmark make up 5% of the population but receive 40% of social-welfare outlays. (read more)



Health & Disability A rough estimate shows that close to half of all Muslims in the world are inbred. Muslim countries have the highest obesity rates among women and 70% of women in the Gulf states are obese. 21 out of 22 countries most affected by birth defects per 1000 live births are Muslim majority countries. Almost a 1/4 of Muslims say they would only donate an organ if it was going to another Muslim. (read more)



Honor Violence 91 percent of all honor-related killings around the world are carried out by Muslims (84% in US, 96% in Europe). The number of honor killings in Pakistan are estimated to be around 2,500 to 3,000 cases every year. Nearly 3,000 honor attacks mainly carried out against Muslim women were recorded by British police in 2010. More than two-thirds of all murders in the Gaza Strip and West Bank are honor killings. (read more)



Mosques Iran has the lowest mosque attendance of any Muslim country, with less than 2% of adults attending Friday services. 25% of UK mosques have extremist literature calling for the beheading of lapsed Muslims etc. Almost 80 percent (3 out of every 4) of US mosques preach anti-West extremism. Mosque attendance is dropping faster than church attendance in the Netherlands. (read more)



Population Only 3% of the world's Muslims live in "more-developed regions, such as Europe, N. America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan". Pew study finds Islam loses as many adherents via conversion as it gains. Growing numbers only due to high birth rate etc. Muslim population of France only 12%, yet they make up 60 to 70% of all inmates in France's prisons. 75% of new Muslim converts in the US leave Islam within a few years. (read more)



Rituals & Festivals Productivity of Arab businesses drops by 78%, and there are increases in blood crimes (+1.5%) and theft (+3.5%) Child trafficking increases in Yemen during Ramadan as food prices rise and parents struggle to provide for their children. In the Netherlands alone, which has only a million Muslims, 100,000 animals were slaughtered in 2010 for Eid al-Adha. Number of Jakarta prostitutes caught increased from 94, before Ramadan [2006], to 264 during it. (read more)



Scripture There are 164 Jihad verses in the Qur'an & nearly 500 verses (roughly 1 out of every 12) that speak of Hell. Practicing Muslims recite anti-Semitic & anti-Christian rhetoric at least 17 times a day, and over 5,000 times a year. Compared to Mein Kampf, the non-abrogated Medinan verses of the Qur'an contain more than 2x the amount of anti-Jewish text. 122 peaceful Qur'anic verses have been abrogated by the Sword verse (9:5) and Fighting verse (9:29). (read more)



Slavery Africans taken (or died in the process of being taken) as slaves by Muslims is estimated to be higher than 140 million. 1.25 million white European Christians were captured and sold into the Muslim slave trade between the 16th and 19th century. The Islamic slave trade still flourishes in Muslim countries. There are over half a million slaves in Mauritania alone. Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has liberated over 80,000 Sudanese slaves taken captive by Arab Muslims. (read more)



Women In terms of cultural/tribal/religious danger to women, 4 of the 5 most dangerous countries are Muslim majorities. Egyptian women are sexually harassed 7 times every 200 meters and well over two-thirds are harassed on a daily basis. All 10 countries with the worst gender gaps are countries where Muslims are the majority or Islam is the largest religion. Egyptian study contradicts widely held belief that unveiled women are more likely to suffer harassment than veiled ones. (read more)

