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The Future of the Global Muslim Population: Pro jections for 2010-2030” (January 2011). With the release of this report, we also are launching a . new website for the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project that allows people to explore demographic data and survey results on religion in many countries around the world.
1. Demographic portrait of Muslim Americans 30 2. Identity, assimilation and community 50 3. The Muslim American experience in the Trump era 66 4. Political and social views 84 5. Terrorism and concerns about extremism 96 6. Religious beliefs and practices 105 7. How the U.S. general public views Muslims and Islam 122 Appendix A: Glossary 131
(8% Muslim in 2016) could grow to 31% Muslim in the high scenario by 2050, compared with 21% in the medium scenario and 11% with no further Muslim migration. By contrast, the countries projected to experience the biggest changes in the medium scenario (such as the UK) tend to have been destinations for the highest numbers of regular Muslim ...
This map shows the ratio of Muslims to Christians in each country and province. The north is heavily Muslim, and the south is heavily Christian. Sources: censuses, demographic and health surveys, and the World Religion Database Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, April 2010
i. While sub-Saharan Africa has almost twice as many Christians as Muslims, on the African continent as a whole the two faiths are roughly balanced, with 400 million to 500 million followers each. Since northern Africa is heavily Muslim and southern Africa is heavily Christian, the great meeting place is in the middle, a 4,000-mile swath from ...
daily experience of the world. A new Pew Research Center analysis of data from 130 countries and territories reveals that the size and composition of households often vary by religious affiliation. 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.
devout. Not only do most of the world’s Hindus, Jains and Sikhs live in India, but it also is home to one of the world’s largest Muslim populations and to millions of Christians and Buddhists. A major new Pew Research Center survey of religion across India, based on nearly 30,000 face-to-face interviews of adults conducted in 17
three Muslim-majority countries – Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. One such example involved Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, who complained about the religious makeup of refugees coming into the country. In September 2015, he wrote in a German newspaper, “Those arriving have been raised in another religion, and represent a radically
**The “other world religions” category includes Sikhs, Baha’is, Taoists, Jains and a variety of other world religions. The “other faiths” category includes Unitarians, New Age religions, Native American religions and a number of other non-Christian faiths. Source: 2014 Religious Landscape Study, conducted June 4-Sept. 30, 2014 ...
governments have been placing limits on Muslim women’s dress – and sub-Saharan Africa, where some groups have tried to impose their religious norms on others through kidnappings and forced conversions. This big-picture view of restrictions on religion comes from a decadelong series of studies by Pew