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Buddhism is the largest religion in Thailand, practised by roughly 94% of the population. The Thai Constitution does not indicate any state religion, but promotes Buddhism, while guaranteeing religious freedom for all Thai citizens. Many other people, especially among the Isan ethnic group, practise Tai folk religions.
e. Religion in the United States is widespread and diverse, with the country being far more religious than other wealthy Western nations. [2] An overwhelming majority of Americans believe in a higher power, [3] engage in spiritual practices, [4] and consider themselves religious or spiritual. [5] [6] Christianity is the most widely professed ...
This figure dropped to 7.2% in 2021. The 2021 Australian census data showed that 43.9% of Australians classify themselves Christian, 8.2% less in real terms than five years prior, [23] The second-largest classification was the 38.9% who identified as "no religion".
British society is primarily irreligious. The nation is one of the most secularised in the world; surveys determining religious beliefs of the population find that agnosticism, nontheism, atheism, secular humanism, and non-affiliation are views shared by a majority of Britons. [1] Historically, it was dominated for over 1,400 years by various ...
Worldwide percentage of adherents by religion as of 2020 [1] Christianity. Islam. Irreligion. Hinduism. Buddhism. Folk religions. The world 's principal religions and spiritual traditions may be classified into a small number of major groups, though this is not a uniform practice.
Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part of the country's culture and the Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of four of the world's major religions, namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native Indian religions or Dharmic religions and ...
Adolf Hitler forbade four Germans, Richard Kuhn (Chemistry, 1938), Adolf Butenandt (Chemistry, 1939), Gerhard Domagk (Physiology or Medicine, 1939) and Carl von Ossietzky (Peace, 1936) from accepting their Nobel Prizes. The Chinese government forbade Liu Xiaobo from accepting his Nobel Prize (Peace, 2010) [9] and the government of the Soviet ...
