Religlious Armlock

70% OF WORLD POPULATION LIVES UNDER RELIGIOUS ARMLOCK - PEW CENTER STUDY


28 December 2009

Nearly 70% of the world’s 6.8 billion people live in countries with high restrictions on religion, the brunt of which often falls on religious minorities, according to a new study of prestigious Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, expressing shock at the findings, urged the nations of the world to guarantee religious freedom as it was a basic human right.

It was the moral duty of the majority everywhere to take care of its minorities. Infringing on religious beliefs/practices of others was not okay, Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, argued.

This study, “Global Restrictions on Religion”, found that 64 nations have high or very high restrictions on religion. Some restrictions result from government actions, policies and laws./.../