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    Historical Overview of Pentecostalism in Philippines

    Origins and Growth 1920s-1940s: In 1921, missionaries from the pentecostal United Free Gospel Church, headquartered in Pennsylvania, arrive in the Philippines. An American Assemblies of God (AG) missionary arrives in 1926, followed by Filipinos converted in the U.S. The first resident missionary from the Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.) establishes the church in the Philippines […]

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    Britain Worries More About Extremism

    That’s the share of the British public that now says it is very concerned about the rise of Islamic extremism in Great Britain, a substantial increase over the 34% who said so a year ago before the July 2005 London subway bombings. An additional 35% say they are somewhat concerned.

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    Islam and the West: How Great a Divide?

    Washington, D.C. On July 7, 2006, the Pew Global Attitudes Project released an international survey focusing on Muslim and Western perceptions of each other and on the Muslim experience in Europe. The poll surveyed more than 14,000 people in 13 nations: India, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, the United States, Britain, France, Germany […]

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    Allons Enfants de la Patrie

    That’s the proportion of the French public who — in the context of the riots that swept France this year — express sympathy toward the youths from immigrant and working class suburbs who felt frustrated by their place in French society.

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    Survey Methods

    Results for the survey are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International, which manages the fieldwork conducted by local research organizations in each country. All surveys are based on national samples except in China, India, and Pakistan, where the sample was disproportionately or exclusively urban. The […]

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    Pew Research Center to Survey Muslim Americans

    About the Research Initiative The Pew Research Center (Center) is undertaking one of the most comprehensive studies to date on the demographics, attitudes and experiences of Muslim Americans. The Center, which has expertise in public opinion research, demography and the role of religion in public life, will conduct a national public opinion survey of Muslim […]

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    The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other

    After a year marked by riots over cartoon portrayals of Muhammad, a major terrorist attack in London, and continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, most Muslims and Westerners see relations between them as generally bad.

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    I. Muslims and the West – How Each Sees The Other

    To explore how Westerners and Muslims see one another, we asked two batteries of questions. One is a simple favorability rating that focuses on religious and ethnic groupings; respondents were asked whether they have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Muslims, Christians, Arabs and Jews. The second asked about a series of 11 character traits […]