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    Conference Call: The Future of the Global Muslim Population

    In a conference call for journalists, staff members from the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life discussed the findings in a new report, The Future of the Global Muslim Population. A comprehensive demographic study, the report seeks to provide up-to-date estimates of the number of Muslims around the world in 2010 and […]

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    The Future of the Global Muslim Population

    A new Pew Forum report on the size, distribution and growth of the global Muslim population finds that the world’s Muslim population is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, but it is expected to grow at a slower pace in the next two decades than it did in the previous two decades.

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    New Pew Forum Report Projects Growth of Global Muslim Population to 2030

    For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 25, 2011 Washington, D.C. — In a 10 a.m. EST conference call forjournalists on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011,the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life will discuss thefindings contained in its new report, TheFuture of the Global Muslim Population.  This comprehensive demographic study seeks toprovide up-to-date estimates of the number […]

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    Conference Call: Mormons in America

    In a conference call with journalists, Pew Forum staff members discussed the findings of a new Pew Forum Survey, Mormons in America: Certain in Their Beliefs, Uncertain of Their Place in Society. The survey examines Mormons’ religious beliefs and practices, political ideology, and attitudes toward their faith, family life, the media and society. https://soundcloud.com/pew-research-center/mormons-in-america-conference

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    Faith on the Hill – The Religious Composition of the 112th Congress

    The political overhaul of the U.S. Congress after the 2010 elections appears to have had little effect on the religious composition of the legislative body, which is similar to the religious makeup of the previous Congress and of the nation, according to an analysis by the Pew Forum.

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    Video: American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us

    The Pew Forum held a press luncheon with political science professors David Campbell and John Green on the topic of how religion both divides and unites Americans. http://downloads.cbn.com/cbnnewsplayer/cbnPlayer.swf?aid=20044 Read the full transcript >>