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    5. Islam

    The vast majority of Chinese Muslim adults come from 10 ethnic minority groups that traditionally practice Islam, the two largest being the Hui people and the Uyghur people. Most of China’s Muslims live in the country’s northwestern region, particularly in the areas of Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang. Because there is heavy overlap between religion […]

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    Appendix B: Religious category definitions

    The “Other Protestant” category includes other minority Protestants as well as Protestants who declined to provide their race and a few White Protestants who were not asked the evangelical/born-again question. The “Other Catholics” category includes other minority Catholics and Catholics who declined to provide their race. “Other Christians” includes Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and Orthodox Christians. […]

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    4. Religious practices

    From the 98% of Indonesians who say religion is very important in their lives to the 96% of Cambodians who burn incense, people in the countries surveyed generally appear to be highly religious, based both on the self-assessed, overall importance of religion in their lives and on a variety of specific religious practices. The survey […]

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    2. Concerns about the war between Israel and Hamas

    As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its third month, many Americans are at least somewhat concerned about several aspects of the war – including the possibility of increased violence against Jewish people in the United States or the war going on for a very long time. About half of Americans (48%) are extremely […]

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    1. Religious landscape and change

    Among the six countries surveyed, Buddhists make up a majority in three (Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Thailand) and Muslims in two (Indonesia and Malaysia). Singapore, which ranks among the most religiously diverse countries in the world, has no majority religion and is home to substantial communities of Buddhists, Muslims, Christians, Hindus, followers of Chinese traditional […]

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    2. Religious identity

    Across five of the six countries surveyed, virtually all respondents identify with a religion. And even in Singapore, the lone exception, about eight-in-ten adults identify with Buddhism, Christianity, Islam or another religious tradition. But for most people in the region, these religious identities are not just about religion. Indeed, most adults who claim a religion […]

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