Atheists have the highest rate of suicide while Muslims have the lowest.

other major faiths such as Buddhism Christianity and Hinduism are between those two.
Source : university of Cambridge research and other sources off the internet.

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SW-User

A humble query, sister. Why should religion or faith define suicide rate?
Is that order from highest to lowest?
What makes Muslims have the lowest suicide rate acording to you ?

Islamreligion · F

@SW-User
1/“Why should religion or faith define suicide rate? “
It shouldn’t necessarily.
Tomorrow suicide could be more common amongst Muslims although the scripture condemns it.
After all Muslims do not equal Islam. Not all Muslims follow Islam or all it’s teachings correctly.
2/“Is that order from highest to lowest?“
Atheists are highest Muslims are lowest.
As for
Buddhism Christianity and Hinduism they are between those two however I forgot these 3 exact order.
3/“What makes Muslims have the lowest suicide rate acording to you ?“
Just as I pointed out in point 1
The statistics could change tomorrow
However it is just an interesting statics I found and wanted to share as I thought it sheds light to something
contrary to perhaps the common belief .

SW-User

@Islamreligion Thank you for the detailed response. I appreciate it. Based on that one query from my side..
[quote]Tomorrow suicide could be more common amongst Muslims although the scripture condemns it.
After all Muslims do not equal Islam. Not all Muslims follow Islam or all it’s teachings correctly. [/quote]
Does this mean that currently it is the Muslims who are more religious than others, hence the suicide rate is less. Going forward it is forecasted that more muslims won't follow Islam and the suicide rate will increase.
If I am not wrong all faiths listed condemns suicide. So only reason why suicide rate is lesser based on faith should be that percentage of religious people are more in Islam. Is my understanding correct ?