Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U. S. The growth and regional migration of Muslims, combined with the ongoing impact of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and other extremist groups that commit acts of violence in the name of Islam, have brought Muslims and the Islamic faith to the forefront of the political debate in many countries. Yet many facts about Muslims are not well known in some of these places, and most Americans – who live in a country with a relatively small Muslim population – have said they know little or nothing about Islam. Here are answers to some key questions about Muslims, compiled from several Pew Research Center reports published in recent years: How many Muslims are there? Where do they live?

There were 1. 8 billion Muslims in the world as of 2. Pew Research Center estimate. But while Islam is currently the world’s second- largest religion (after Christianity), it is the fastest- growing major religion. Indeed, if current demographic trends continue, the number of Muslims is expected to exceed the number of Christians by the end of this century.

Although many countries in the Middle East- North Africa region, where the religion originated in the seventh century, are heavily Muslim, the region is home to only about 2. Muslims. A majority of the Muslims globally (6. Asia- Pacific region, including large populations in Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Turkey. Indonesia is currently the country with the world’s largest Muslim population, but Pew Research Center projects that India will have that distinction by the year 2.

Hindu country), with more than 3. Muslims. The Muslim population in Europe also is growing; we project 1. Europeans will be Muslims by 2. Mystery Thriller Movies Roar (2015). How many Muslims are there in the United States?

According to our estimate, there are about 3. Muslims of all ages in the U.

S., or about 1% of the U. S. This is based on an analysis of census statistics and data from a 2. U. S. Muslims, which was conducted in English as well as Arabic, Farsi and Urdu.

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Based on the same analysis, Pew Research Center also estimates that there are 2. Muslim adults in the country, and that a majority of them (5. Our demographic projections estimate that Muslims will make up 2. U. S. For one, Muslims have more children than members of other religious groups. Around the world, each Muslim woman has an average of 2.

Muslims are also the youngest (median age of 2. Muslims. As a result, a larger share of Muslims already are, or will soon be, at the point in their lives when they begin having children.

This, combined with high fertility rates, will fuel Muslim population growth. While it does not change the global population, migration is helping to increase the Muslim population in some regions, including North America and Europe. How do Americans view Muslims and Islam? A Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2.

Americans to rate members of nine religious groups on a “feeling thermometer” from 0 to 1. Overall, Americans gave Muslims an average rating of 4. Americans view more warmly the seven other religious groups mentioned in the survey (Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants, evangelical Christians, Buddhists, Hindus and Mormons). But views toward Muslims (as well as several of the other groups) are now warmer than they were a few years ago; in 2. U. S. Indeed, Republicans and Republican leaners also are more likely than Democrats and those who lean Democratic to say they are very concerned about extremism in the name of Islam, both around the world (6. U. S. In addition, a December 2.

Republicans than Democrats say Islam is likelier than other religions to encourage violence among its believers (6. Democrats). And while most Americans (6. Muslims in the U. S. 3. 7%) and that there is a natural conflict between Islam and democracy (6. About half of Americans (4.

U. S. Muslims are anti- American, greater than the share who say “just a few” or “none” are anti- American, according to a January 2. Views on this question have become much more partisan in the last 1. But most Americans do not see widespread support for extremism among Muslims living in the U. S., according to a February 2. Overall, 4. 0% say there is not much support for extremism among U.

S. Muslims, while an additional 1. About a quarter say there is a fair amount of support (2. U. S. Muslims; 1. How do Europeans view Muslims? In spring 2. 01. 6, we asked residents of 1.

European counties for their impression of how many Muslims in their country support extremist groups, such as ISIS. In most cases, the prevailing view is that “just some” or “very few” Muslims support ISIS, but in Italy, 4. The same survey asked Europeans whether they viewed Muslims favorably or unfavorably.

Perceptions varied across European nations: Majorities in Hungary, Italy, Poland and Greece say they view Muslims unfavorably, while negative attitudes toward Muslims are much less common in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Northern and Western Europe. People who place themselves on the right side of the ideological scale are much more likely than those on the left to see Muslims negatively. What characteristics do people in the Muslim world and people in the West associate with each other? A 2. 01. 1 survey asked about characteristics Westerners and Muslims may associate with one another. Across the seven Muslim- majority countries and territories surveyed, a median of 6. Muslims said they view Westerners as selfish. Considerable shares also called Westerners other negative adjectives, including violent (median of 6.

Westerners. Westerners’ views of Muslims were more mixed. A median of 5. 0% across four Western European countries, the U. S. A median of just 2.

Westerners said Muslims are respectful of women, but far more said Muslims are honest (median of 5. What do Muslims around the world believe? Like any religious group, the religious beliefs and practices of Muslims vary depending on many factors, including where in the world they live. Tracktown (2017) Video Download more. But Muslims around the world are almost universally united by a belief in one God and the Prophet Muhammad, and the practice of certain religious rituals, such as fasting during Ramadan, is widespread. In other areas, however, there is less unity.

For instance, a Pew Research Center survey of Muslims in 3. Muslims whether they want sharia law, a legal code based on the Quran and other Islamic scripture, to be the official law of the land in their country.

Responses on this question vary widely. Nearly all Muslims in Afghanistan (9. Iraq (9. 1%) and Pakistan (8. But in some other countries, especially in Eastern Europe and Central Asia – including Turkey (1. Kazakhstan (1. 0%) and Azerbaijan (8%) – relatively few favor the implementation of sharia law. How do Muslims feel about groups like ISIS? Recent surveys show that most people in several countries with significant Muslim populations have an unfavorable view of ISIS, including virtually all respondents in Lebanon and 9.

Jordan. Relatively small shares say they see ISIS favorably. In some countries, considerable portions of the population do not offer an opinion about ISIS, including a majority (6. Pakistanis. Favorable views of ISIS are somewhat higher in Nigeria (1. Among Nigerian Muslims, 2. ISIS favorably (compared with 7% of Nigerian Christians).

The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, which has been conducting a terrorist campaign in the country for years, has sworn allegiance to ISIS. More generally, Muslims mostly say that suicide bombings and other forms of violence against civilians in the name of Islam are rarely or never justified, including 9. Indonesia and 9. 1% in Iraq.

In the United States, a 2. Muslims say such tactics are rarely or never justified.

An additional 7% say suicide bombings are sometimes justified and 1% say they are often justified. In a few countries, a quarter or more of Muslims say these acts of violence are at least sometimes justified, including 4.

Palestinian territories, 3. Afghanistan, 2. 9% in Egypt and 2.