- The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society
Unity and diversity also emerge as important themes in this second report (“The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society”) Pew Research’s global survey of Muslims analyzes opinions on a wide range of topics, from Islamic law and science to popular culture and the role of women
- FOR RELEASE DEC. 12, 2019 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . .
Worldwide, Muslims live in the biggest households, with the average Muslim individual residing in a home of 6 4 people, followed by Hindus at 5 7 Christians fall in the middle (4 5), forming relatively large families in sub-Saharan Africa and smaller ones in Europe
- The World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity
PREFACE From its origin on the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century C E , Islam has grown into a worldwide religion with more than 1 6 billion adherents – nearly a quarter of the world’s population 1 Today, Muslims live on all inhabited continents and embody a wide range of races, ethnicities and cultures What beliefs and practices unite these diverse peoples into a single religious
- BY Gregory A. Smith - Pew Research Centers Religion Public Life Project
includes respondents from many religious backgrounds, including Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and others, the sample did not have enough interviews with members of these religious groups to report separately on their religious practices
- NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD
To be sure, the United States remains home to more Christians than any other country in the world, and a large majority of Americans – roughly seven-in-ten – continue to identify with some branch of the Christian faith 1 But the major new survey of more than 35,000 Americans by the Pew Research Center finds that the percentage of adults (ages 18 and older) who describe themselves as
- Religion and Education Around the World
Muslims in Europe, for example, have more years of schooling, on average, than Muslims in the Middle East This is because education levels are affected by many factors other than religion, including socioeconomic conditions, government resources and migration policies, the presence or absence of armed conflict and the prevalence of child labor
- FOR RELEASE JAN. 14, 2021 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . .
The NPORS was conducted during the midst of a global pandemic when many religious congregations were holding limited in-person services or closed altogether Thus, it is worth considering whether fewer people reported regular attendance because of the circumstances of the pandemic
- BY Samirah Majumdar and Virginia Villa
Muslims were most widely harassed in the Middle East-North Africa region and Europe (100% and 91% of countries, respectively) All 20 countries in the Middle East-North Africa region had reports of government harassment of Muslims – including against both the dominant and minority sects of Islam in each country – while 84% of European
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