Vast majority of the world faces restrictions on religion, study finds

CNN: “The study charted publicly reported incidents of religious violence, intolerance, intimidation and discrimination in 198 countries and territories from mid-2006 to mid-2008, its authors said. Brian Grim, the lead researcher on the project, said he worked on the study for more than three years. The report looks not only at legal restrictions, but also at how laws are implemented and how social tensions restrict freedom of religion, even where there is no official or legal bar against the practice.”

Executive Summary and PDF of “Global Restrictions on Religion” is available via the Pew Research Center.