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short readsJan 31, 2017

World’s Muslim population more widespread than you might think

While many, especially in the U.S., may associate Islam with the Middle East or North Africa, nearly two-thirds of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region.
reportFeb 15, 2017

Americans Express Increasingly Warm Feelings Toward Religious Groups

Americans generally express more positive feelings toward various religious groups today than they did just a few years ago.
short readsFeb 7, 2017

Most refugees who enter the U.S. as religious minorities are Christians

A little over a third of the refugees admitted into the U.S. in fiscal 2016 were religious minorities in their home countries. Of those, 61% were Christians and 22% were Muslims.
short readsApr 28, 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa experienced largest increase in religious restrictions in 2015

While sub-Saharan Africa had fewer religious restrictions than many other parts of the world in 2015, it experienced a larger increase than any other region.
reportApr 11, 2017

3. Government restrictions rise in nearly all regions in 2015

Government restrictions by region The median level of government restrictions on religion increased in four of the five regions analyzed in this report (Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe) from 2014 to 2015 and remained roughly the same in one region (the Americas). The largest increase occurred […]
short readsDec 27, 2016

The Muslim gender gap in educational attainment is shrinking

Muslim women have made greater educational gains than Muslim men in most regions of the world.
short readsApr 14, 2017

5 facts on how Americans view the Bible and other religious texts

This year, the Jewish festival of Passover coincides with the Christian celebration of Easter. Here are five key facts about Americans and their holy texts.
short readsFeb 6, 2017

Diversity welcomed in Australia, U.S. despite uncertainty over Muslim integration

Nearly half of Australians and 56% of Americans say that growing cultural diversity makes their country a better place to live.
reportAug 31, 2017

Five Centuries After Reformation, Catholic-Protestant Divide in Western Europe Has Faded

As Protestants prepare to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the prevailing view among Catholics and Protestants in Western Europe is that they are more similar religiously than they are different.
reportApr 11, 2017

1. Rise in countries with ‘very high’ government restrictions on religion in 2015

Countries with the most extensive government restrictions on religion Many countries have some form of government restriction on religion, whether it involves policies that favor some groups over others or outright bans on certain worship practices. But each year, a few countries stand out as having particularly extensive restrictions. In 2015, 23 of the 198 […]

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World’s Muslim population more widespread than you might think

Americans Express Increasingly Warm Feelings Toward Religious Groups

Most refugees who enter the U.S. as religious minorities are Christians

Sub-Saharan Africa experienced largest increase in religious restrictions in 2015

3. Government restrictions rise in nearly all regions in 2015

The Muslim gender gap in educational attainment is shrinking

5 facts on how Americans view the Bible and other religious texts

Diversity welcomed in Australia, U.S. despite uncertainty over Muslim integration

Five Centuries After Reformation, Catholic-Protestant Divide in Western Europe Has Faded

1. Rise in countries with ‘very high’ government restrictions on religion in 2015

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