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Pew Research Center recently sought to measure what U.S. adults know about geography, foreign leaders, institutions and other issues.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Pew Research Center recently sought to measure what U.S. adults know about geography, foreign leaders, institutions and other issues.
Twenty years ago, Americans came together – bonded by sadness and patriotism – after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But a review of public opinion in the two decades since finds that unity was fleeting. It also shows how support for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was strong initially but fell over time.
Indians overall know very little about Jainism and its practices. Here are six facts about Jains in India, from a June 2021 Center report.
While Biden’s rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.
Nearly all Indians believe in God, with most saying they are absolutely certain in this belief. But the nature of the deities Indians believe in varies. While the majority of Hindus (61%) and Jains (54%) say there is “only one God with many manifestations,” most Muslims (66%), Christians (68%) and Sikhs (57%) say there is […]
Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.
Nearly two-thirds of Hindus (64%) in India say it is very important to be Hindu to be truly Indian, our survey found.
Today, there are millions of Christians in India, although they make up just 2.4% of the country’s massive population.
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Hindus were the religious group most likely to say they voted for the BJP in India’s most recent parliamentary election.
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