Irreligion AND Islam is globally on the rise

11/06/2025 8 min
Irreligion AND Islam is globally on the rise

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It’s boom time for Islam. According to the most comprehensive study of global religious affiliation in a decade, there are now two billion Muslims in the world. The study, conducted by Pew Research, also finds there’s an interesting twist in the data about the growth of those with no religion. CONRAD HACKETT was the senior researcher on the project.

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