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Jan 6, 2017 · Agama. Buddhism. Hinduism. Colonialism. Dutch government. Churches. Islam. Contemporary Indonesia is one of the most pluralist societies in the world, with its four hundred or so ethnic and linguistic groups and a corresponding variety of systems of religions and beliefs. The word “Indonesia” emerged as a term at the beginning of the ...
Religion in Turkey. Religion in Turkey consists of various religious beliefs. While it is known that Islam is the most common religion in the country, published data on the proportion of people belonging to this religion are contradictory. The state registering everyone as Muslim by birth misleads the percentage of Muslims in Turkey.
Aug 17, 2016 · JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia celebrates its 71st year of independence on Wednesday, August 17, but in the country with the world’s largest Muslim population in the world, religion is not ...
Dec 16, 2021 · On the other hand, Chinese folk-religion is projected to see the greatest 150-year decline in adherents as a global percentage, falling from 23.5% of the world’s population in 1900 to only 4.7% by 2050. 3 The projected decline of non-religionists’ (agnostics’ and atheists’) share of the global population through 2050 seems equally ...
Hinduism is the third-largest religion in Indonesia, based on civil registration data in 2022 from Ministry of Home Affairs, is practised by about 1.69% of the total population, and almost 87% of the population in Bali. Hinduism was the dominant religion in the country before the arrival of Islam and is one of the six official religions of ...
Dec 1, 2016 · It is home to Indonesia, which has the largest population of Muslims globally, the Philippines, which has the largest population of Roman Catholics outside of Latin America, and Thailand, whose population includes the largest percentage of Buddhists anywhere in the world (Pew Research Center Citation 2012).
Sep 12, 2023 · In some countries, substantial shares express negative feelings about Christianity and Hinduism. In Indonesia, for example, 21% of Muslim adults surveyed say Christianity is not peaceful. These are among the key findings of a Pew Research Center survey conducted among 13,122 adults in six countries in Southeast and South Asia. Interviews were ...
