Topics Educational Attainment, Muslims and Islam, Gender, Education, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Pacific, Middle East and North Africa. ..…

European Union had earlier charged that information from Signal Intelligence programs was used to benefit U.S companies.11 And big U.S corporations Verizon, Microsoft and Google, have now been implicated in NSA's dragnet surveillance.. ..…

In Europe, for instance, and in Asia-Pacific and Middle East-North Africa regions together home to most of Muslims the gaps have narrowed considerably.. ..…

While apostasy laws in only two other regions of Asia-Pacific and sub-Saharan Africa blasphemy laws can be found in all regions, including Europe and Americas .. ..…

There are major differences among the five regions of the world – Asia-Pacific, Middle East-North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the Americas – when it comes to government restrictions on religion. ..…

If current trends continue, however, 79 countries will have million or more Muslim inhabitants in 2030, up from 72 countries today.1 majority of Muslims will continue to in Asia-Pacific region, while about 20% will in Middle East and North Africa, as is the today. ..…

nearly quarter of Shias in Middle East- North Africa.4 Looked at in different way, 12-15% of Muslim in Asia-Pacific region is Shia, as is 11-14% of Muslim in Middle East- North Africa region. ..…