The Center previously has conducted religion-focused surveys across sub-Saharan Africa; the Middle East-North Africa region and many other countries with large Muslim populations; Latin America and the Caribbean; Israel; and the United States. . ..…

Government harassment and use of force against members of religious groups surged around the in 2015, according to Pew Research Center study on global religious restrictions. ..…

Moreover, most Muslim-majority countries outside of the Middle East and North Africa region have adopted such legislation. . ..…

On average, Muslim around the world have more formal schooling than women, well-known by Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai and other Muslim activists for education. ..…

Christians are the second-largest religious group in 43 countries including in much of predominantly Muslim North Africa and Middle East. ... Many of these countries, such as Nigeria and Ethiopia, are situated between Muslim Maghreb of North Africa..…

Heinrich Hoffmann Hoffmann Collection, Staatsbibliothek, Munich Adolf Hitler in the workshop of Josef Thorak, with Thorak's bust of Atatürk behind him, Munich, February 1937 In 1941, Harvard University professor named Carleton S. ..…

Across the regions where the question was asked, medians of at least 51% say sharia should apply exclusively to adherents of the Muslim faith. This view is prevalent even in regions such as South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, where there is overwhelming..…

Substantial minorities in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia also identify as “just a Muslim” (regional medians of 23% and 18%). . . Sectarian identities appear to be particularly relevant in South Asia and the Middle East-North Africa region, where majorities identify as..…

In terms of regional origins, however, the largest group is from Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa, representing 41% of foreign-born U.S. Muslims, or 26% of all Muslim Americans. The South Asian region – including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan – is..…

At the end of August, for example, unclassified diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks focused attention on another little-known atrocity of U.S on Iraq--and then called in air strike to destroy the evidence.. ..…