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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.
The share of countries with "high" or "very high" levels of government restrictions – i.e., laws, policies and actions that restrict religious beliefs and practices – ticked up from 24% in 2014 to 25% in 2015. Meanwhile, the percentage of countries with high or very high levels of social hostilities – i.e., acts of religious hostility by private individuals, organizations or groups in society – increased in 2015, from 23% to 27%. Both of these increases follow two years of declines in the percentage of countries with high levels of restrictions on religion by these measures.
Among the world's 25 most populous countries, Russia, Egypt, India, Pakistan and Nigeria had the highest overall levels of government restrictions and social hostilities involving religion. Egypt had the highest levels of government restrictions in 2015, while Nigeria had the highest levels of social hostilities.
Global Restrictions on Religion Rise Modestly
Does this reflect your personal experience ?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday April 20 2017, @04:12PM (10 children)
There is a lot wrong in the United States, but I am glad that I could take my family to celebrate Easter at our church and not worry about being killed for it. I'm glad that a mosque and a synagogue can exist peacefully a couple short blocks away from each other in my neighborhood. As the article points out, things are so much different elsewhere.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 20 2017, @05:16PM (2 children)
Celebrating a milestone in the year? Celebrating an end to your little giving-up-chocolate shtick?
Certainly, you don't mean "Paying reverence to an ancient fairy tale that was itself based on even-more-ancient fairy tales"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 20 2017, @08:04PM
I'll pray for you
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @04:10AM
Actually it is a celebration of spring, the return of life to the earth. Babies are born, plants bloom, etc. etc.
The bunny business supposedly came about through the conversion of pagans. So, actually not quite the fairy tale you think.
On to a more salient point, do you know what is worse than evangelical religious people? The arrogant atheists who have to shit on everything they look down on. I am non-religious and also do not like crazy religious crap, but that doesn't give me or you a right to crap on someone just cause they're there. Phoenix666 was just happy that he could celebrate a religious event without fear of violent retribution, but maybe he was too quick on that judgment?
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 20 2017, @05:30PM (6 children)
Please don't be foolish. US Muslims are only being good because we are well armed and they are not in enough numbers to further radicalize themselves (the internal community pressure to become more "pure" will eventually outweigh the pressure from US society to become more secular) yet and start their goat humping jihad. They are already starting to get out of control in towns where their numbers have been allowed to fester like the infection they are. Yes, the jews and muslims are working together in the US, but why and against who? Oh, that's right. Whitey must be defeated/eradicated(depending on who you talk to)! Technically, it's just more Caucasoid infighting.
(Score: 2, Touché) by khallow on Thursday April 20 2017, @08:48PM (5 children)
the internal community pressure to become more "pure" will eventually outweigh the pressure from US society to become more secular
Unless, of course, that doesn't happen. Islamic cooties aren't any more durable than any other religion's cooties when it comes to exposure to the modern world.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 20 2017, @09:18PM (4 children)
So you and jmorris are sliding back over the side of reason. What gives?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday April 20 2017, @11:56PM (2 children)
It's a lapse into temporary sanity. I've seen them do it before. Trust me, they're still crazier than a shithouse rat each on mescaline.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @04:34AM
Oh yes, but I like to encourage the brief bursts of sanity, let them know there could be a semblance of acceptance and appreciation for the things they can contribute.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @03:44PM
Highly likely, posts made half an hour after taking their medication.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday April 21 2017, @07:04AM
So you and jmorris are sliding back over the side of reason. What gives?
Can't speak for jmorris, but it's probably just perception.