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Dalia Fahmy

Senior Writer/Editor

Dalia Fahmy is a senior writer/editor at Pew Research Center, focusing on religion. She has edited reports about religion’s connections to living arrangements and wellbeing around the world, and church taxes in Western Europe. She graduated from Vesalius College in Brussels. Before joining the Center, Fahmy worked as a journalist for news organizations in New York and Berlin.

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short readsMar 25, 2020

Most Americans don’t see Trump as religious; fewer than half say they think he’s Christian

A majority of Americans say Trump is “not too” or “not at all” religious. Half either say they’re not sure what his religion is or that he has none.
short readsMar 3, 2020

With religion-related rulings on the horizon, U.S. Christians see Supreme Court favorably

Christians are more likely than religiously unaffiliated Americans to see the Supreme Court favorably (69% vs. 51%).
short readsAug 21, 2019

Among religious ‘nones,’ atheists and agnostics know the most about religion

Atheists and agnostics know more about religion than most other religious groups, while those with no particular religion are among the least knowledgeable.
short readsJun 7, 2019

7 facts about Southern Baptists

Southern Baptists are the largest evangelical Protestant group in the United States. Yet the total number of Southern Baptists is falling.
short readsMay 28, 2019

In Western Europe, most people back church-state separation even while many willingly pay church tax

Public support for the separation of church and state is widespread in Western Europe, even in countries that have a government-mandated church tax to fund religious institutions, according to a new analysis of a recent Pew Research Center study.
short readsMay 9, 2019

European countries that have mandatory church taxes are about as religious as their neighbors that don’t

In general, Western European countries that have a mandatory church tax aren’t any less religious than those that don’t have such a tax.
short readsJul 31, 2018

Americans are far more religious than adults in other wealthy nations

Americans pray more often, are more likely to attend weekly religious services and ascribe higher importance to faith in their lives than adults in other wealthy, Western democracies, such as Canada, Australia and most European states, according to a recent Pew Research Center study.
short readsJun 13, 2018

Younger people are less religious than older ones in many countries, especially in the U.S. and Europe

In 46 countries around the world, adults under age 40 are less likely to say religion is very important in their lives than are older adults.
short readsJun 12, 2018

Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religion

Muslim societies have gained a reputation in recent decades for failing to adequately educate women. But a new analysis of Pew Research Center data on educational attainment and religion suggests that economics, not religion, is the key factor limiting the education of Muslim women.
short readsMay 15, 2018

Most U.S. Muslims observe Ramadan by fasting during daylight hours

More Muslim adults say they fast during Ramadan than say they pray five times a day or attend mosque weekly.