Women in 56 countries experienced social hostilities due to clothing that was deemed to violate religious or secular dress norms.
Government restrictions in 2018 were at their highest level since 2007, when Pew Research Center began tracking these trends.
In 2018, the global median level of government restrictions on religion – that is, laws, policies and actions by officials that impinge on religious beliefs and practices – continued to climb, reaching an all-time high since Pew Research Center began tracking these trends in 2007.
Republicans and Democrats' opinions differ on many aspects of the outbreak, including views about religious practices during the pandemic.
Black and Hispanic worshippers are less likely than their white counterparts to say they have gone to a house of worship recently.
Only 10 states are preventing in-person religious gatherings in any form, according to our analysis of recent state-level regulations.
The religiously unaffiliated were harassed by governments, private groups or both in 23 countries in 2017, up from 14 the previous year.
In addition to government actions, there also was a dramatic increase in Europe in some measures of social hostility to religion.
The Center's tenth report on religious restrictions around the world focuses on trends in restrictions from 2007 to 2017.
Over the decade from 2007 to 2017, government restrictions on religion - laws, policies and actions by state officials that restrict religious beliefs and practices - increased markedly around the world.
