“The Rev. Billy Graham, who recently died at age 99, was one of the most influential and important evangelical Christian leaders of the 20th century. From humble beginnings in rural North Carolina, Graham went on to become a world famous evangelist who drew huge crowds while, at the same time, developing close relationships with several U.S. presidents.” [Da www.pewresearch.org del 01/03/2018] EVANGELICAL PROTESTANTS

Like Americans in many other religious groups, a substantial share of adults who were raised Muslim no longer identify as members of the faith. But, unlike some other faiths, Islam gains about as many converts as it loses. [Da www.pewresearch.org del 26/01/2018] ISLAM

Recent political debates over Muslim immigration and related issues have prompted many people to ask how many Muslims actually live in the United States. But coming up with an answer is not easy, in part because the U.S. Census Bureau does not ask questions about religion, meaning there is no official government count of the U.S. Muslim population. [Da www.pewresearch.org del 03/01/2018] MUSLIM POPULATION

Muslims are projected to increase as a share of Europe’s population – even with no future migration. [Da wwwpewforum.org del 29/11/2017] MUSLIMS

Orthodoxy is the third-largest branch of Christianity, after Catholicism and Protestantism. Today, there are approximately 260 million Orthodox Christians in the world, according to a new Pew Research Center report. [Da www.pewresearch.org del 8/11/2017] ORTODOXY

Concentrated in Europe, Orthodox Christians have declined as a percentage of the global population, but Ethiopian community is highly observant and growing. [Da http://www.pewforum.org del 8/11/2017] ORTODOX CHRISTIANITY

The Muslim population in the United States is younger than the U.S. population at large. In fact, while Millennials make up 32% of all U.S. adults, they account for roughly half of American Muslim adults (52%). [Da www.pewresearch.org del 26/10/2017] MUSLIM MILLENNIALS

Five centuries later, global Protestant Christianity looks very different than it did at its inception. Here is a look at some key facts about Protestants around the world through data collected over time by Pew Research Center. [Da www.pewresearch.org del 27/10/2017] PROTESTANTS

More than 80 countries favor a specific religion, either as an official, government-endorsed religion or by affording one religion preferential treatment over other faiths, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data covering 199 countries and territories around the world. [Da www.pewforum.org del 3/10/2017] RELIGIONS