Editing Religious persecution (section)

== Statistics ==
Statistics from [[Pew Research Center]] show that Christianity and Islam are persecuted in more countries around the world than other religions,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Travis |title=Harassment of religious groups continues to be reported in more than 90% of countries |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2020/11/10/harassment-of-religious-groups-continues-to-be-reported-in-more-than-90-of-countries/ |access-date=10 December 2022 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|date=10 November 2020 }}</ref> and that Jews and Muslims are "most likely to live in countries where their groups experience harassment".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewforum.org/2017/04/11/nearly-all-muslims-jews-hindus-live-in-countries-where-their-group-was-harassed-in-2015/pf-04-11-2017_-restrictions-02-00/|title=Jews, Hindus, Muslims most likely to live in countries where their groups experience harassment|website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref> As of 2018, Christians face harassment in 145 countries, Muslims face harassment in 139 countries, and Jews face harassment in 88 countries.<ref name=":1"/> Respectively: Christians account for 31% of the world's population, Muslims account for 24%, and Jews account for 0.2%.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Conrad Hackett |author2=David McClendon |title=Christians remain world's largest religious group, but they are declining in Europe |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/05/christians-remain-worlds-largest-religious-group-but-they-are-declining-in-europe/ |website=Pew Research Group |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref> According to a 2019 report, government restrictions and social hostilities toward religion have risen in 187 countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Closer Look at How Religious Restrictions Have Risen Around the World |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2019/07/15/a-closer-look-at-how-religious-restrictions-have-risen-around-the-world/ |website=Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life |date=15 July 2019 |publisher=PEW}}</ref>