August 2017: Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world

Pew Research Center

AUGUST 9, 2017
Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world
BY MICHAEL LIPKA

Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world. 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.

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