Edited sentence: In the United States, for instance, various statistics record an average of 30,000 to over 100,000 conversions per year.One of the important doctrines of Islam is "la ikraha fiddeen" (Quran, 2:256), meaning "no compulsion (or coercion) in religion".Similarly, no spouse can coerce his or her spouse into religion.The doctrine is stated in such general terms it can also influence the policies of an Islamic nation towards two challenging parties one being coerced into the other's religion.This implies, no nation can coerce another nation or individuals to change their religion, and so on.Today, in many western countries, conversions to Islam are on the rise