Muslims make up the second largest religious group, with 1.7 billion people, or 24% of the world’s population, followed by religious “nones” (16%), Hindus (15%) and Buddhists (7%). Adherents of folk religions, Jews and members of other religions make up smaller shares of the world...
This year, Ramadan comes as the latest Israel-Hamas war has killed thousands of Palestinians, left much of Gaza in ruins and created a humanitarian catastrophe, with many Palestinians there, especially in the devastated northern region, scrambling for food to survive. Some Muslims h...
In the decades following the 1979 revolution in Iran, faux Islamic leaders in Tehran have purported to speak for the Muslim world. Iran’s population stands at about 88 million, and 2023 polling by the Netherlands-based Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran suggests th...
Before the vacation, markets worldwide bristled with consumers. Citizens put out of cities to go back to towns to commemorate with liked ones. In Indonesia, the world’s most populated Muslim country, almost three-quarters of the population were taking a trip for the yearly homecoming ...
While consolidating the power of the upper caste Hindus in India, the newly built Ram Temple, inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will also not benefit the vast majority of Hindus either. It will, however, help Mr. Modi's BJP party win the upcoming election by a wide ...
42% of the population in Ivory Coast are Muslim and will celebrate the Tabaski on June, 28. It is also known as the festival of sacrifice, a joyous occasion celebrated by Muslims around the world to commemorate Ibrahim’s test of faith. During the festival, Muslims slaughter livestock and...
pernicious influence amongst Chad’s Muslims that constitutes 55.3 percent of the total population. What is clear is that a close relationship exists between terrorism and conflict. In 2019, for instance, 96 percent of all deaths resulting from terrorism occurred in countries already experiencing ...
The impact of the updated Regulations can be seen across China, and especially in areas with concentrations of Islamic population. In Linxia, 4,557 cadres and party members were required to sign formal commitments of atheism. Section-level cadres were required to attend training on the spirit of...
or he believes that his divisive rhetoric and anti-Muslim agenda will be welcomed by the 80 percent Hindu majority population leading to electoral success – and it is hard to decide which case is worse. Perhaps more alarming is the fact that it would currently appear that both are true, wi...
Thursday’s vote, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, marked the capstone of a years-long effort to allow more calls to be broadcast in Minneapolis, whose burgeoning population of East African immigrants has led to mosques dotting the landscape. ...