Confidence in the Iraqi government dropped substantially in predominantly Sunni areas in the months prior to the ISIS insurgency, even as it held steady in other parts of Iraq.

John L. Esposito, a renowned expert on the Islamic world, dismisses the notion that there's an unbridgeable divide between the West and the Muslim world -- even if the current situation inspires little but frustration, anger, and despair. In ...

Egyptians want their government -- which narrowly avoided a clash among the country's new president, the judiciary, and the military -- to focus on unemployment and job creation.

Malaysia's non-Muslims tend to hold less favorable perceptions of the government than Muslim residents do. About three in four non-Muslims perceive corruption to be widespread in the government, compared with about half of Muslims. Two-thirds of ...

Fulfilling the requirements of an Islamic customer base and complying with Islamic banking principles isn’t easy, and few banks do it well. But for any bank serving a large Muslim population, the effort can be worth it.

Across Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen, no more than 3% of residents say they currently use a Sharia-compliant banking service.

U.S. college students widely oppose campus policies restricting the expression of political views that upset or offend certain groups. However, students favor restricting the use of slurs and other language that is intentionally offensive.

A median of more than six in 10 residents across 14 European countries say terrorism is a serious problem; 55% say the same about immigration levels.

The Obama administration faces an immense task in rebuilding the United States' brand in the Middle East/North Africa, where the regional median approval of U.S. leadership is 15%. Gallup Polls suggest Obama's plan to expedite withdrawal from ...

The U.S. remains a highly religious -- and largely Christian -- nation, according to Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport's new book, God Is Alive and Well. But major changes are taking place in the landscape of American religion.