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%

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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Sources: Asharq Al-Awsat (Arabic) another report in English, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

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