Religiously unaffiliated people face harassment in a growing number of countries
Religiously unaffiliated people were harassed by governments, private groups or both in 27 countries in 2020.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Religiously unaffiliated people were harassed by governments, private groups or both in 27 countries in 2020.
In 2020, properties in 102 of the 198 countries and territories in the study were targeted in incidents tied to religion.
Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.
Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years.
Our study analyzes 198 countries and territories and is based on policies and events in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available.
To highlight some of India’s religious, cultural and demographic differences, here are key facts about its states.
Our new survey of 29,999 Indian adults takes a closer look at religious identity, nationalism and tolerance in Indian society.
About half of black Muslims are converts to Islam, a relatively high conversion level. Black Muslims, like black Americans overall, have high levels of religious commitment.
Malala Yousafzai’s shooting came at a time when social hostilities involving religion were at a high point, both globally and in Pakistan.
While many, especially in the U.S., may associate Islam with the Middle East or North Africa, nearly two-thirds of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region.
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