Global restrictions on religion rise modestly in 2015, reversing downward trend

Apr 13, 2017 by

from Pew Research:

Government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion increased in 2015 for the first time in three years, according to Pew Research Center’s latest annual study on global restrictions on religion. When looking at overall levels of restrictions in 2015 – whether resulting from government policies and actions or from hostile acts by private individuals, organizations or social groups – the new study finds that 40% of countries had “high” or very high levels of restrictions, up from 34% in 2014. And more than half of countries in Europe (53%) experienced increases in government harassment or use of force against religious groups in 2015, in some cases related to Europe’s incoming refugee population.

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