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

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.
Macleans: Infographic: Religious persecution around the world
Infographic on restrictions on religious freedoms around the world.
East African: As religion grows, so does inter-faith conflicts in Africa
With both Muslim and Christian populations in sub-Saharan Africa growing rapidly, issues of inter-faith relations will become increasingly explosive if measures are not taken to address growing tensions between the two major faiths in countries across Africa.
New American: Nigerian terrorists wage war against Christians
The prayers of faithful Christians in Nigeria were interrupted by bombs detonated by Islamic militants during worship services on Christmas Day — attacks that are becoming perennial in a nation that rests on one of the theological fault lines between Christianity and Islam.
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.
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.
Augusta Chronicle: Study: Christian population is shifting
Today, there are two times as many Catholics in Brazil as in Italy.
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.
Vancouver Sun: Half world’s 2.3 billion Christians are Catholic
The world’s largest Christian population is in the United States.
UPI: World's Christian populations surveyed
There are 2.18 billion Christians around the world, nearly a third of the estimated 2010 global population of 6.9 billion, a demographic study found.
Catholic World News: Christians remain world's largest religious bloc
Christianity remains the world’s largest religion, measured by the number of the faithful.
All Africa: Islamic Banking - Can We Afford Not to Have It?
There is no doubt that Islamic banking is now a global phenomenon.
CNN: U.S. evangelicals gloomy about future, 'global south' optimistic, study finds
Half the world's evangelical Protestant leaders are optimistic about the future, confident that evangelical Christians have an increasing influence in their countries and that things will be better for them in five years.
CNN: Nigeria's violence political, not religious, says Muslim leader
With some 70 million followers, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar is the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslim population.
Epoch Times: Religion as politics in war-torn Africa
Across much of the African continent religious strife between Muslims and Christians is seemingly rife.
NYT: Forecast sees Muslim population leveling off
A new report forecasts that the number of Muslims around the world will grow over the next 20 years at twice the rate of non-Muslims, but that the rapid growth will level off.
Time: Uganda: Debating God in a God-fearing country
There are no atheists in trenches, the old saying goes, and there aren't many more in Uganda.
How missionaries lost their chariots of fire

The 1910 World Missionary Conference was a watershed moment for Protestantism.

Can God help Uganda to fight corruption?

A recent survey by the US-based Pew Research Centre puts Uganda among the most religious countries on earth.

The murder of albinos in Tanzania

The East African country of Tanzania is known for its natural beauty and relative stability.

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