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CNN: Spike in religious restrictions in U.S. and world
State of Belief (Radio): Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion The Guardian: Religious intolerance on the rise worldwide, says US report Deseret News: Restrictions on religion rise across the globe, including in the U.S. See previous press coverage ... See forthcoming events ... |
Interview with Iraq Media Network (in Arabic)
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New sources covering Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion report
Restrictions on Religion Are Tightening, Study Finds
By ADAM NOSSITER (September 20, 2012), New York Times
Government restrictions on religion around the world were highest in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in the period before the Arab Spring uprisings, a new study has found, underscoring a factor that fueled hostilities in the region and led to the rise of political Islam after the revolts.
The study, by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life, said that in 2010 government restrictions on religion were “high or very high” in most of the Arab Spring countries, where suppression of Islamist movements contributed to the uprisings and spurred subsequent incursions of Islamists into political power. Read more ...
By ADAM NOSSITER (September 20, 2012), New York Times
Government restrictions on religion around the world were highest in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in the period before the Arab Spring uprisings, a new study has found, underscoring a factor that fueled hostilities in the region and led to the rise of political Islam after the revolts.
The study, by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life, said that in 2010 government restrictions on religion were “high or very high” in most of the Arab Spring countries, where suppression of Islamist movements contributed to the uprisings and spurred subsequent incursions of Islamists into political power. Read more ...