Chart of the day: Social hostility related to religion on the rise in Australia

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Australia has seen a continued rise in social hostilities involving religion, according to an annual study by the Pew Research Center.

Only one other Asia-Pacific country, Malaysia, has seen a more drastic increase in social hostility around religion over the nine years the study has been running.

Australia is not alone among western nations. The study found the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Italy and Sweden all saw an increase in religious social hostility.

It also found an increasing level of government restriction on religious practices and beliefs in the Asia-Pacific region, while Australia's level decreased.

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Topics: religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, australia