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Indeed, the latest data shows that 52 governments – including some in very populous countries like China, Indonesia and Russia – impose either “high” or “very high” levels of restrictions on religion, up from 40 in 2007. Jul 06, 2016 · Joe Connors, an economist at St. Leo University, has been researching the impact of religious freedom on political and economic freedom. He shared some preliminary findings in a recent interview , saying that religious freedom “on a preliminary level…does seem to have an impact on the average income level of each person. Aug 03, 2016 · In a recent Cornerstone post, Daniel Philpott argues that, based on a recent Pew report, Islam is not “generally inhospitable to religious freedom.”He notes that the report, which uses measures of religious liberty developed by Brian Grim and Roger Finke, lists just over 25 percent of majority-Muslim countries as exhibiting “low restrictions on religious freedom.” Although Nigeria has a constitution protecting religious freedom for its different Christian, Muslim, and traditionalist communities, 12 northern states have adopted Sharia law causing tensions with non-Muslims who are forced to abide by its customs. Jan 15, 2020 · The Basic Law in Israel describes the country as a Jewish state and "protects the freedom of conscience, faith, religion, and worship, regardless of an individual’s religious affiliation Jul 24, 2020 · The American leaders and the members of the International Religious Freedom body have acknowledged the fact that countries such as Uzbekistan and Sudan have shown great heart to oppose vehemently against biasness to any particular religion and changed the mindset of the people so that different ethnic groups can live together in harmony.
Over half of the 33 countries that appear in the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 2015 report, released yesterday, are in Asia writ-large (meaning, countries we cover
Key facts about government-favored religion around the Oct 03, 2017
Jul 24, 2020 5.3 billion people face harsh religious freedom restrictions Jan 14, 2014 11 Countries Without Freedom of Assembly - Insider Monkey Attacks on freedom of assembly are usually expected from Countries Without Freedom of Speech or Press, but what is more concerning is that even some countries claiming to be democratic have More than 20% of countries have official state religions Oct 03, 2017