A new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population shows Muslims make up the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated. Though it ...

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In a number of countries with sizable Muslim and Jewish populations, we asked Muslim and Jewish adults for their views on religion and governance – specifically, whether religious law should be the ...

Apart from Muslims, the only other group that grew as a percentage of the global population were those who identify as having no religion, known as 'nones.' The report covered 201 countries, focusing ...

Muslim Population: Islam is currently fastest growing religion in the world and the global Muslim population is increasing at a rapid pace due to various factors. As per a new study by the Pew ...

On a global level, religious groups expand and shrink due to a mix of factors. Demographic factors, such as age structure, fertility and mortality (or life expectancy), tell us whether people in ...

DELHI, India (RNS) — Kumbh Mela, a festival that every 12 years draws hundreds of thousands of devotees to the city of Prayagraj, in northern India, has become the latest battleground for ...

The last time I visited Pakistan was in 2007, soon after I’d started my Ph.D. My topic was Muhammad Iqbal, the philosopher and poet who gave intellectual heft to the Pakistan movement. Not ...

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The CUS has voiced serious concern regarding this engagement, which comes at a time when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to perpetrate genocide and widespread violations of religious ...