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While the exact number of [[Dalit]] converts to Christianity in India is not available, religion scholar William R. Burrow of [[Colorado State University]] has estimated that about 8% of Dalits have converted to Christianity.{{sfn|Burrow|2009|p=201}} According to a 2021 study by the Pew Research Center, Christianity has grow in India in recent years due to conversion. Most converts are former Hindus, though some are former Muslims.{{sfn|SAHGAL|EVANS|SALAZAR|STARR|2021|p=n/a}}{{sfn|Frykenberg|Low|2003|p=228}}
Since the 1960s, there has been a substantial increase in the number of conversions from Islam to Christianity, mostly to the [[Evangelical]] and Pentecostal denominations of Christianity.{{sfn|Miller|Johnstone|2015|loc=abstract}}<ref>{{cite Indonesiabook|title=Living isamong homethe toBreakage: theContextual largestTheology-Making Christianand communityEx-Muslim ofChristians converts|first=Duane Alexander |last=Miller |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4982-8417-2 |pages=435–481 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press}}</ref> The 2015 study ''Believers in Christ from Islama Muslim Background: A Global Census'' estimated that 10.2 million Muslims converted to Christianity.{{sfn|Miller|Johnstone|2015|p=8}}<ref>https{{Citation |last=Miller |first=Duane Alexander |title=Christians from a Muslim background in the Middle East |date=2018-09-20 |work=Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East |pages=132–145 |url=http://wwwdx.jstordoi.org/stable/10.11634324/j9781315626031-10 |access-date=2024-05-28 |place=Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2019.ctv4cbgb1 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781315626031-10 |isbn=978-1-315-62603-1}}</ref> Countries with the largest numbers of Muslims converted to Christianity include Indonesia (6,500,000), Nigeria (600,000), [[Iran]] (500,000 versus only 500 in 1979), the United States (450,000), Ethiopia (400,000), and [[Algeria]] (380,000).{{sfn|Pipes|2021|p=n/a}} Indonesia is home to the largest Christian community of converts from Islam. Since the mid and late 1960s, between 2 and 2.5 million Muslims converted to Christianity.{{sfn|Anderson|2013|p=145}}{{sfn|Bresnan|2005|p=107}}{{sfn|Daniels|2017|p=102}} According to the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] in 2007, experts estimated that thousands of Muslims in the [[Western world]] converted to Christianity annually, but were not publicized due to fear of retribution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/religious-conversion-and-sharia-law|title=Religious Conversion and Sharia Law|date=6 June 2007|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations|quote=In the West, experts estimate thousands of Muslims switch to Christianity every year but keep their conversions secret for fear of retribution. "Converts from Islam, especially those who become involved in Christian ministries, often use assumed names, or only their first names, in order to protect themselves and their families," writes Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a Washington-based terrorism analyst in Commentary.}}</ref>
==Methods of conversion==
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