Religious Extremism

Pew Research Center’s political typology sorts Americans into cohesive, like-minded groups based on their values, beliefs, and views about politics and the political system. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics.

Some Americans clearly long for a more avowedly religious and explicitly Christian country, a March survey finds. However, a clear majority of Americans do not accept these views.

Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years.

Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say prosecuting those who broke in on Jan. 6 is very important and that penalties for them will likely be less severe than they should be.

The U.S. has more foreign students enrolled in its colleges and universities than any other country in the world. Explore data about foreign students in the U.S. higher education system.

Malala Yousafzai's shooting came at a time when social hostilities involving religion were at a high point, both globally and in Pakistan.

About eight-in-ten U.S. Muslims (82%) say they are either very (66%) or somewhat concerned (16%) about extremism committed in the name of Islam around the world.

People across Europe and in the U.S. and Canada have pervasive concerns about the threat of Islamic extremism in their countries.

While most Americans disapprove of Donald Trump’s recent refugee policy, there is a sizable divide on the issue among major religious groups.

In 2014, the median level of religious hostilities in the Middle East and North Africa reached a level four times that of the global median.