Half of the world’s population lives in just seven countries. But some of the world’s religious groups are even more ...

A new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population shows Muslims make up the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated. Though it ...

Apart from Muslims, the only other group that grew as a percentage of the global population were those who identify as having no religion, known as 'nones.' The report covered 201 countries, focusing ...

As the world grapples with myriad environmental problems, a growing number of studies shows the role of religion is key. Religion influences people’s worldviews, including how we think about nature ...

In a number of countries with sizable Muslim and Jewish populations, we asked Muslim and Jewish adults for their views on religion and governance – specifically, whether religious law should be the ...

Islam is currently the fastest-growing religion across the globe. In the past few years, the number of people following Islam has increased rapidly. As a result, the Muslim population is rising ...

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DELHI, India (RNS) — Kumbh Mela, a festival that every 12 years draws hundreds of thousands of devotees to the city of Prayagraj, in northern India, has become the latest battleground for ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Sharia law is understood and applied in such varied ways across the Muslim world that it is difficult to say exactly what it is and how it could fit into a western legal context, ...

ASSISI, Italy— It was reminiscent of previous peace gatherings at Assisi. Gatherings which some say helped end the Cold War and tear down the Berlin Hall. “Never again violence! Never again war! Never ...

While Christianity remained the largest global religion from 2010 to 2020, the latest Pew Research study found that followers of Islam outpaced every world religion in population over the course of ...