Global Religious Restrictions

Comparative Religion Students, please read the following article, then answer the questions in the survey below:

http://www.pewforum.org/Government/Rising-Restrictions-on-Religion(2).aspx

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What percentage of the global population is experiencing an increase in religious restrictions?

What percentages of countries have increased government restrictions on religion?

What geographic region had the largest proportion of countries in which government restrictions on religion increased?

What geographic region had the largest proportion of countries in which social hostilities related to religion were on the rise from mid-2006 to mid-2009?

Among the world’s most populous countries, government restrictions or social hostilities substantially increased in which EIGHT countries? (list them)

Is it TRUE or FALSE that there may be a gradual polarization taking place in which countries that are relatively high in religious restrictions are getting higher while those that are relatively low are getting lower?

Adherents of what two religious groups were harassed in the largest number of countries? What are your thoughts about this and about the article?

What do you believe is threatening religious freedom in the United States of America?

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