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Selected news stories that cite the Pew Forum and its data.

USA Today: Number of U.S. mosques up 74% since 2000
The number of Islamic places of worship in the United States soared 74% in the past decade.
American Interest: A global Evangelical elite
Belatedly I have just read a report issued in June 2011 by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, an organization that has been producing interesting survey data about worldwide religion with astounding frequency.
Orlando Sentinel: Faith and presidential politics among top religion stories in 2011
The biggest religion stories of 2011 involved tensions over Islam and questions about faith in presidential politics, especially Mormonism, according to a new analysis of religion in the news by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) and the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.
International Business Times: Congress still a white male lawyers' domain; members more religious than most Americans
Over the past 60 years, not much has changed about the people who serve in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
LA Times: The greening of faith
It has long been a maxim that mixing religion and politics can spell trouble.
CS Monitor: Rick Santorum quotes JFK on religion: Was it gaffe or good politics?
Rick Santorum's latest foe, rhetorically at least, is a politician from half a century ago: John Kennedy.
Yahoo News: Muslims and Arab Americans in Michigan aren’t getting attention from Republican presidential candidates
A light snow was falling outside the largest mosque in the country, the Islamic Center of America, as the parking lot filled with worshipers at Friday prayers.
AP: Santorum benefits from mistaken religious identity
Rick Santorum's political good fortune in the Republican presidential primaries has come about in large part because of his appeal to evangelicals.
Boston Globe: Primary battle could cost Santorum the war
Three years before Rick Santorum decided to seek the Republican presidential nomination, he laid out his vision for America.
Lancaster Online: Mormon Moment: Defending the faith
When you grow up Mormon, you get used to keeping the Sabbath, dressing conservatively, spending time with your family, and disabusing non-Mormons of the notions they hold about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
News Tribune: TNT reporter tackles a tough topic
The story on today’s front page may get us in trouble with some readers. Like the rule about Thanksgiving dinner with the in-laws: It would be safer for newspapers to avoid talking about politics or religion.
EWTN News: Catholic vote trending Republican
In a shift that could have consequences for the 2012 election, Catholic voters – especially non-Hispanic white Catholics – are more likely to identify as Republican or leaning Republican than they were in 2008.
Wash. Post: Mormon voters wary of too much public support for Romney
Among the customers browsing the light-infused Jesus paintings and spiritually tinged volumes of a Mormon bookstore here, you will find some of Mitt Romney’s most passionate supporters. But don’t expect them to go starting a “Mormons for Mitt” group anytime soon.
Economist: Building a bigger tent
MORMONS are outing themselves. In 2010 the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched a multi-million-dollar campaign to counter “misconceptions” about the religion, and last October it was vastly expanded.
Courier-Post: Mormon moment: Church gaining members in South Jersey
This poor, largely minority town is about as far removed from Salt Lake City as one could imagine.
Deseret News: Mitt's Mormonism and Muslims among top religion stories of 2011
The biggest religion story of the year was "Religion in the 2012 election," and the biggest chunk of that coverage was presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon faith.
Christian Post: Could Marco Rubio's Mormon childhood keep him off GOP ticket?
A recent poll discovered that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is a top pick for the GOP vice presidential candidate – regardless of who ends up winning the presidential nomination. But could his Mormon roots disturb his momentum and keep him off the ballot?
Columbus Dispatch: Contraception sparks political controversy
For many Americans, birth-control pills are about as controversial as taking a daily vitamin. No big deal.
RNS: For atheists of color, ‘coming out’ can be painful
As a child, Alix Jules saw people in church speak in tongues, tremble, fall and have what appeared to be very genuine connections with God.
OC Register: Rick Warren builds bridge to Muslims
The Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest and one of America's most influential Christian leaders, has embarked on an effort to heal divisions between evangelical Christians and Muslims by partnering with Southern California mosques and proposing a set of theological principles that includes acknowledging that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
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