The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...

Islam is the state religion in Malaysia and Brunei. Although 85 percent of Indonesia’s population of over 234,000,000 are Muslims ... to tiny pinpoints on the map (Indonesia is said to comprise 17,000 ...

In Indonesia ... population in 2016. The US government and the German Parliament have been particularly evocative in criticizing the governments of communist Vietnam and Laos for repressing ...

Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that citizens must profess a faith on official documents, rejecting atheists' petitions for non-religious recognition. The decision reinforces Indonesia's ...

In Indonesia, it is legally required to specify a religion on official documents. Non-believers say they are being ...

In a number of countries with sizable Muslim and Jewish populations, we asked Muslim and Jewish adults for their views on ...

India is expected to surpass Indonesia to become the country with the largest Muslim population by 2050, reaching 311 million Muslims. The report, titled The Future of World Religions: Population ...

WASHINGTON − Speaking to students at Catholic University last fall, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh praised his colleagues' efforts to reinforce the “critical principal” of religious ...

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We argue that countries have distinct religious imaginaries, which play a critical role in shaping the population’s relationship to religion. In essence, to understand religious change ...

(The Conversation) — Forum 18, a site based in Norway, is one of the few media outlets specializing in coverage of religious freedom. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was arrested in ...

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