Despite the concerns and perceived challenges they face, 89% of Muslims say they are both proud to be American and proud to be Muslim.
A new Pew Research Center study of the ways religion influences the daily lives of Americans finds that people who are highly religious are more engaged with their extended families, more likely to volunteer, more involved in their communities and generally happier with the way things are going in their lives.
Compared with most other Jewish Americans, Orthodox Jews on average are younger, get married earlier and have bigger families. They also tend to be more religiously observant and more socially and politically conservative.
As of 2010, nearly a third of the world’s population identified as Christian. But if demographic trends persist, Islam will close the gap by the middle of the 21st century.
New Comprehensive Survey Examines Changing Jewish Identity Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2013 — American Jews overwhelmingly say they are proud to be Jewish and have a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people. But a new Pew Research Center survey – the most comprehensive survey of the U.S. Jewish population in more than a […]
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