Stoning Adulterers
About eight-in-ten Muslims in Egypt and Pakistan endorse the stoning of people who commit adultery.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
About eight-in-ten Muslims in Egypt and Pakistan endorse the stoning of people who commit adultery.
The view that suicide attacks against civilians are never justified is most widespread in Pakistan and Turkey, where 80% and 77%, respectively, share this opinion.
A majority of Americans say they do not know very much or know nothing at all about Islam.
Majorities or pluralities in 12 of 22 nations disapprove of how President Obama has dealt with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
A plurality of Americans say Islam does not encourage violence more than other religions.
Broad majorities in four Western European countries support a ban on women wearing an Islamic veil; however, most Americans would oppose such a ban.
Publics in 18 of 22 countries disagree with the notion that a university education is more important for a boy than for a girl.
Majorities in 11 of 22 countries reject the idea that men should have more of a right to a job than women do during tough economic times.
Practiced by relatively few in 1900, Christianity and Islam are now dominant religions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Nearly six-in-ten adults in the U.S. say they pray at least once a day.
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