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70 Percent of Humanity Lives in Countries with High Religious Restrictions – 70 Percent of the Worst Countries are OIC Nations

Communist and OIC nations are majority of those nations denying human religious freedom in the world

Pew Global Poll: “nearly 70 percent 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.”

— To see how each country scored on each question, see the Results by Country.

Download the full Results by Country (48-page PDF)

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Pew Global Poll Results – Worst Nations for Religious Freedom

Pew Poll  – Very High
Top 5% of scores
Saudi Arabia – OIC Nation
Iran – OIC Nation
Uzbekistan – OIC Nation
China – Communist
Egypt – OIC Nation
Burma (Myanmar)
Maldives – OIC Nation
Eritrea
Malaysia – OIC Nation
Brunei – OIC Nation

Pew Poll – High
Next 15% of scores
Indonesia – OIC Nation
Mauritania – OIC Nation
Pakistan – OIC Nation
Turkey – OIC Nation
Vietnam – Communist Nation
Algeria – OIC Nation
Belarus
Russia
Turkmenistan – OIC Nation
Libya – OIC Nation
Sudan – OIC Nation
Tajikistan – OIC Nation
Jordan – OIC Nation
Afghanistan – OIC Nation
Morocco – OIC Nation
Laos – Communist
Syria – OIC Nation
India
Tunisia – OIC Nation
Azerbaijan – OIC Nation
Kuwait – OIC Nation
Kazakhstan – OIC Nation
Yemen – OIC Nation
Iraq – OIC Nation
Western Sahara
Bulgaria
Singapore
Moldova
Greece
Israel
Cuba – Communist Nation
Oman – OIC Nation
Somalia* – OIC Nation

Out of 43 Nations Ranked “Very High” and “High” in Terms of Deny Religious Freedom – 30 were OIC nations — 70 percent of the Very High and High Nations Ranked is denying religious freedom – being OIC nations

Saudi Arabia – OIC Nation
Iran – OIC Nation
Uzbekistan – OIC Nation
Egypt – OIC Nation
Maldives – OIC Nation
Malaysia – OIC Nation
Brunei – OIC Nation
Indonesia – OIC Nation
Mauritania – OIC Nation
Pakistan – OIC Nation
Turkey – OIC Nation
Algeria – OIC Nation
Turkmenistan – OIC Nation
Libya – OIC Nation
Sudan – OIC Nation
Tajikistan – OIC Nation
Jordan – OIC Nation
Afghanistan – OIC Nation
Morocco – OIC Nation
Laos – Communist
Syria – OIC Nation
Tunisia – OIC Nation
Azerbaijan – OIC Nation
Kuwait – OIC Nation
Kazakhstan – OIC Nation
Yemen – OIC Nation
Iraq – OIC Nation
Oman – OIC Nation
Somalia* – OIC Nation

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See also:

World Gender Gap Worst in Islamic Nations — Survey Shows Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Egypt, Turkey at Bottom of List
U.S. State Dept Religious Freedom Report Critical of OIC Efforts to Restrict Freedom