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Reuters: "No religion" third world group after Christians, Muslims
People with no religious affiliation make up the third-largest global group in a new study of the size of the world's faiths, placing after Christians and Muslims and just before Hindus.
NYT: Study finds one in 6 follows no religion
A global study of religious adherence released on Tuesday by the Pew Research Center found that about one of every six people worldwide has no religious affiliation.
Economist: Faiths and the faithless
RELIABLE data on the age and whereabouts of the religious and irreligious are hard to come by, which makes a new report on the topic from the Pew Research Centre welcome.
CNN: 5 takeaways from new Pew survey on global religion
The world is religiously diverse and overwhelmingly faithful, according to a study released Tuesday by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
RNS: Religious freedom restrictions increase worldwide according to new report
Religious believers throughout the world face a rising tide of restrictions, according to a study released Thursday (Sept. 20).
Guardian News: Religious intolerance on the rise: Research
Religious intolerance is on the rise according to research out on Friday, with restrictions on religion increasing in each of the five regions of the world.
CNA: New study finds rise in religious restrictions worldwide
Hostility towards religion has risen globally, both in the form of government restrictions and social attitudes, determined a new study by the Pew Research Center.
Reuters: Restrictions on religion rise around the world: report
Legal limits and social pressures against religion have risen to the point where three-quarters of the world's population live in states where practicing their faith is restricted in some way, a new study said on Thursday.
NPR: Pew: Religious intolerance is on the rise worldwide
Religious intolerance is on the rise worldwide, according to a new study from Pew's Forum on Religion and Public Life.
The Guardian: Religious intolerance on the rise worldwide, says US report
Three-quarters of the world's human population of seven billion live under strong government curbs on religion, or among serious "social hostilities" involving faith issues, find researchers.
CNN: Spike in religious restrictions in U.S. and world, Pew Center finds
Restrictions on religion spiked throughout the world between mid-2009 and 2010, including in the United States, says a new study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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.
Wash. Post: Opinion: A more religious world
God had a good convention: The Almighty's name was mentioned (albeit at the last minute) in the Democratic platform.
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.
Christian Post: Christians make up half of world's immigrants, study finds
A new study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has revealed that Christians make up almost half of all the world's immigrants, while Jewish people are by far the biggest migrants in terms of proportion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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