Event Transcript: The Future of the Global Muslim Population
In a conference call for journalists, Pew Forum staff members discussed the findings from The Future of the Global Muslim Population.
In a conference call for journalists, Pew Forum staff members discussed the findings from The Future of the Global Muslim Population.
The unveiling of the president’s fiscal blueprint as well as a fight over budget priorities in Wisconsin helped push coverage of economic issues to the top of the news agenda last week for the first time in two months. And the media turned their attention away from Egypt to neighboring nations.
If President Obama expected his State of the Union address to dominate the media narrative last week, those plans went awry when turmoil in a crucial Mideast ally threatened to remake the region and challenge U.S. strategy. And while coverage of the economy picked up last week, attention to the Tucson shooting plunged.
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The below list of general sources provides bibliographic information for sources that were used to provide estimates and projections for the Muslim populations of multiple countries. The subsequent list of sources by country provides abbreviated bibliographic information identifying which general sources were used as the basis for estimates and projections for countries, as well as […]
This analysis draws upon testimony on U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy: the Outlook for 2010, before the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, Feb. 3, 2010.
.footnotes p{ color: #58585B;font-size: 1.2em !important; } td{ padding: 8px 5px !important; } Tables: Muslim Population by Country | Muslim Population Growth by Country Country Estimated 1990 Muslim Population Percentage Increase in Muslim Population from 1990-2010 Estimated 2010 Muslim Population Projected Percentage Increase in Muslim Population from 2010-2030* Projected 2030 Muslim Population* Afghanistan 12,551,000 131.4% […]