• Reports and WPs

    The Religious Affiliation of U.S. Immigrants: Majority Christian, Rising Share of Other Faiths

    by  • May 23, 2013 • Featured, Featured Publication, Immigration and Integration, Publications, Reports and WPs, United States

    Overview Over the past 20 years, the United States has granted permanent residency status to an average of about 1 million immigrants each year. These new “green card” recipients qualify for residency in a wide variety of ways – as family members of current U.S. residents, recipients of employment visas, refugees and asylum seekers,...

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    Census figures show Christianity in sharp decline while belief in Islam dramatically increases

    by  • May 23, 2013 • Featured, Featured Europe, Issues in Politics, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, Reports and WPs, United Kingdom

    A fresh analysis of the 2011 census has shown that Christian faith in the UK is declining rapidly amongst the British-born population, whilst belief in Islam has dramatically increased. A report published by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the percentage of people following a Christian faith dropped from 71.7 per cent in...

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    Muslims pose no ‘threat’ to Switzerland

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Elections and Political Discourse, Featured Europe, Featured Publication, Immigration and Integration, Interfaith and Multicultural Engagement, Issues in Politics, Mosques and Community Centers, Publications, Reports and WPs, Switzerland

    Following the controversial debate on integration and assimilation of Islam in Switzerland, which led to the legal passing of a right-wing initiative of the populist SVP party against the construction of minarets in the country in 2009, three postulates requested to urgently obtain further information upon the state of affair of the Muslim community...

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    Report from Switzerland explains Muslims are well-integrated, but more information is needed

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Featured Europe, Immigration and Integration, Issues in Politics, Reports and WPs, Switzerland

    5/8/2013   According to a report published earlier this week, the vast majority of Muslims living in Switzerland are well integrated into society. The report found that Muslim religious affiliation does not pose a problem to Muslims’ everyday lives and rarely generates conflicts. The report focused on the situation of Muslims in Switzerland, and...

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