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40,000 |
33% |
47% |
Iraqi Christians who fled the country in the 10 days following the August 1 church bombings, according to Iraq's minister for displacement and migration. | White evangelicals who back embryonic stem-cell research. | White evangelical Protestants who say it's improper for Catholic leaders to deny Communion to politicians who defy church teachings on abortion and related issues (35% say it's okay). |
800,000 |
26% |
72% |
Number of Iraqi Christians who stayed behind. | White evangelicals who said this in 2002. | Catholics who say it's improper. |
52% |
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Americans overall who say this (up from 43% in 2002). |
Sources: Asharq Al-Awsat, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
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