Pew Research Center
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The Stans
X.T.M shares a chart from @DailyTurkic of Pew data on adults who pray five times a day in the “Stan” countries. He notes that Persianate Tajikistan and Afghanistan are more…
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Open Thread – 07/03/2021 – Brown Pundits
Open thread for 3 July 2021, remarking that many comments on the Pew India survey are poor, and that the new book Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization looks…
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Pew Survey on India (religion, etc.)
The author lists impressions of the Pew survey on religion in India: Hindi’s dominance in the Gangetic plain, doubts over reported mass conversion in the South, strong opposition to inter-caste…
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China, strong government, free society, India, weak government, strong society
Sharing a Pew chart after a podcast discussion, the poster notes China’s government controls religion more than India’s, yet individual Chinese have more freedom in religious identity, since religion lacks…
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The future is (of) Asia (minus MENA)
Using Pew survey charts on attitudes to the United States, the author argues that Asia is becoming compact enough for competing blocs while the Middle East turns unstable, and highlights…
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Yes, the first muslim president
Gallup data showing Muslims approve of Obama most and Mormons least, with the poster guessing at reasons including Tea Party claims and the Cairo speech.
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Religious diversity in the world
The poster thinks a Pew religious diversity map undercounts India and Iran, where Bahá’ís may fear exclusion, alongside a report that Pakistan is more religiously diverse than 48 other countries.
