`Muslim births to overtake Christian births in 20 years, Islam to become largest faith by century-end`

Washington: another review has discovered that the quantity of infants destined to Muslim ladies worldwide will outperform the quantity of Christian births inside the following two decades.

In the vicinity of 2015 and 2060, the worldwide Muslim populace is required to develop by 70 percent, while Christianity is anticipated to develop by 34 percent - and soon thereafter, the two religions will have comparative numbers.

Analysts say movement is among variables expanding the Muslim populace in a few districts, including North America and Europe.

While Christianity remained the biggest religious gathering all around in 2015 - containing very nearly a third (31 percent) of the world's 7.3 billion individuals - its number is in decrease in Europe. Read more:-International Database

'Christianity is actually kicking the bucket in Europe,' Conrad Hackett, the lead scientist on the review, told the Wall Street Journal.

Iran says to miss hajj, Saudi 'blocking path to Allah'

Tehran: Iran said today its pilgrims will miss the pilgrimage this year because Saudi Arabia, custodian of Islam's holiest sites, was raising obstacles and "blocking the path to Allah" for its faithful.

The Iranian Hajj Organisation said: "Saudi Arabia is opposing the absolute right of Iranians to go on the hajj and is blocking the path leading to Allah."

The Saudi side had failed to respond to Iranian demands over "the security and respect" of its pilgrims to Mecca, of whom 60,000 took part in last year's hajj, the organisation said.

In the latest dispute between regional rivals Tehran and Riyadh, "after two series of negotiations without any results because of obstacles raised by the Saudis, Iranian pilgrims will unfortunately not be able to take part in the hajj" in September, Iran's Culture Minister Ali Jannati said.

Saudi officials have said an Iranian delegation wrapped up a visit to the kingdom on Friday without reaching a final agreement on arrangements for pilgrims from the Islamic republic.

The Saudi hajj ministry said it had offered "many solutions" to meet a string of demands made by the Iranians in two days of talks.

Agreement had been reached in some areas, including to use electronic visas which could be printed out by Iranian pilgrims, as Saudi diplomatic missions remain shut in Iran, it said.

It would be the first hajj in almost 30 years to take place without the participation of pilgrims from Iran.

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