Hindus, Muslims and the unaffiliated each make up about a quarter or more of the Asia-Pacific population. These groups all grew there from 2010-2020, according to Pew Research Center.

Not all the important religions of South Asia were born in the region. Adherents of Zoroastrianism (now known as Parsis) came to India in the early eighth century C.E. from Persia, to the west. Islam ...

Even those who claim to have no creed engage in some form of ancestor worship, burning incense and leaving offerings at temples, this according to a report just released by the Pew Research Center ...

Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to explore religious diversity and tolerance in South and Southeast Asia. The findings from Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand ...

Richard C. Foltz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Florida. He is the author of several books and articles including Religions of the Silk Road, Mughal India ...

According to the latest data from the Pew Research Center, Buddhism is the only religion to have fewer believers in 2020 than in 2010, a drop of 18.6 million, largely due to a low birth rate in predom ...

Most of the world's 1.2 billion Hindus are in Asia, and at least 80 percent of them live in India — 966 million. Buddhists fill up South East Asia. Christians are a negligible group except in the ...

Caste doesn’t just exist in India or in Hinduism – it is pervasive across many religions in South Asia and the diaspora Published: April 27, 2022 8:19am EDT ...

The universality of Mary helps us to revisit the ways we understand religion, interreligious relations and religious regulations, especially in Asia. People pray at Novena Church, a shrine under ...

Caste in South Asia. While the caste system originated in Hindu scriptures, it crystallized during British colonial rule and has stratified society in every South Asian religious community. In ...

SINGAPORE: Singaporeans have come out tops in Southeast Asia for being most likely to see different faiths as compatible with their country’s culture and values, as a measure of religious tolerance.