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A Retrospective Look at How Americans View Torture

The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a consequential report Tuesday detailing the brutal nature of CIA anti-terrorism programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The 6,000-page report, authored by the outgoing ...

What Makes a Radical?

The authors of the book Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think examine what separates the "politically radicalized" from the moderate majority.

All Boats Must Rise: Female Economic Empowerment in the Middle East

The World Economic Forum published a new essay today, written by the Executive Director for The Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, Dalia Mogahed. Mogahed explores the factors shaping women's economic empowerment in the Middle East and recommends ...

Muslims in Europe: Basis for Greater Understanding Already Exists

Recent surveys of Muslims in London, Paris, and Berlin offer optimism about greater understanding between Europe's Muslims and the broader societies. Majorities of these groups, as well as the general public in each of the countries, express a ...

2017 Update on Americans and Religion

About half of Americans identify as Protestants, while 23% are Catholics and 21% have no religious identity. Thirty-seven percent are highly religious, 33% not religious at all.

Looking for Business in the Muslim World

Western executives have gotten many things wrong when they've attempted to expand their businesses into the Islamic world, says John L. Esposito, a longtime expert on the region. But there are abundant opportunities to succeed there, even amid ...

Four in 10 Americans Embrace Some Form of Socialism

While half of Americans view socialism as a bad thing for the country, 43% say it would be a good thing, a much smaller gap than when last measured in 1942.

Many African Muslims Give High Marks to U.S. Leadership

Approval of U.S. leadership among Muslims living in sub-Saharan Africa is higher than approval among residents living in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region.

Palestinians Doubt U.S. Abilities as Peace Broker

Most Palestinians (74%) remain skeptical of whether President Barack Obama's and Secretary of State John Kerry's recent efforts show the U.S. is serious about mediating a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

U.S. Muslims Most Approving of Obama, Mormons Least

President Barack Obama received majority job approval during the first half of 2014 from U.S. Muslims (72%), Jews (55%), and those with no religion (54%), and lower approval from Catholics (44%), Protestants (37%), and Mormons (18%).