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Key findings about growing religious hostilities around the world

January 24, 2014LaymanPew Research Center, religious hostilities, terrorists, violence

By Angelina Theodorou Pew Research Center has been tracking religious restrictions and hostilities around the world since 2007. Our new report found that a third of the 198 countries and territories studied in 2012 had a high or very high level of social hostilities involving religion, the highest share in the six years of the…

When Muslims attack Christians in Egypt: Terrorism or political fallout?

August 28, 2013Layman1 Christians, Egypt, Mohammad Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, political, terrorists

By Jamshid Ghazi Askar During the days and weeks since Egypt’s military government removed President Mohammad Morsi from power on July 3 and subsequently clamped down on supporters of the ousted Muslim Brotherhood administration on Aug. 14, dozens of Christian churches in Egypt have been burned and desecrated. “Drenched in sweat and covered in ash,…

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Key findings about growing religious hostilities around the world

When Muslims attack Christians in Egypt: Terrorism or political fallout?