September 20, 2012
- United Press International
UPI: Study sees decline in religious freedoms
Even before the "Arab Spring" outbreak, North Africa and the Middle East led the world in religious hostility and restriction of religion, a new report says.
August 14, 2012
- Religion News Service
RNS: Diversity of Islam highlighted in new Pew report
Nearly all Muslims can agree on the basic beliefs of Islam: There is one God, Muhammad is God's prophet, Muslims should fast during the holy month of Ramadan and give alms to the poor.
April 02, 2012
- Canada Free Press
Canada Free Press: Opinion: The terror attack in Toulouse: aberration or symptom?
The events in Toulouse shone a spotlight on the threat posed by global jihadism to Europe and on several problems that for some time have been on the French and European Union agenda, first and foremost the difficulties of integrating the Muslim immigrant community and the issue of anti-Semitism.
March 10, 2012
- The Economist
Economist: Holy rollers
Christians comprise a third of the world's people but half its migrants, according to a report from the Pew Research Centre.
March 08, 2012
- Reuters
Reuters: Far more Christian than Muslim migrants worldwide
Christians far outnumber Muslims as migrants around the world, including in the European Union where debates about immigration usually focus on new Muslim arrivals, according to a new study issued on Thursday.
March 08, 2012
- United Press International
UPI: Christian migrants flock to U.S.
Nearly half of the world's migrants are Christian and they're more likely to immigrate to the United States than anywhere else in the world, a study suggests.
March 08, 2012
- Religion News Service
RNS: Jews are the world’s most migratory religious group
Ever since their mad dash out of Egypt bound for the Promised Land, Jews have been on the move — and they continue to be, far more than any other religious group, according to a new study.
March 03, 2012
- Vatican Radio
Vatican Radio: Restrictions on religious practice on the rise
Approximately 70% of the world’s population lives in countries with high restrictions on religious beliefs and practices, and those restrictions are growing. The problem was scheduled to be discussed at a meeting at Rome’s Pontifical University “Antonianum” on Tuesday evening.
February 29, 2012
- The American Interest
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.
December 20, 2011
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Video: Where the Christians are
A video interview with Pew Forum demographer Conrad Hackett on the size and distribution of the world's Christian population.
December 20, 2011
- America Magazine
America Magazine: Where are the world's Christians?
“Global
Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s
Christian Population” has just been published by the Pew Research
Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.
December 19, 2011
- CNN
CNN: Christianity goes global as world's largest religion
Christians are by far the largest religious group on the planet, and the religion has gone truly global over the past century, according to a new report out Monday, which finds some of the world's biggest Christian communities in surprising places.