A Muslim teenage girl wearing a headscarf draws in Central Park, last month, in New York. Muslims in the United States have views on religion that are different, in many ways, from the views of Muslims in other nations. (Melanie Stetson Freeman/TCSM)
1:08 pm ET -A smaller share of Muslims in the US as compared with those worldwide say all their friends are Muslims, according to a new Pew poll. Survey questions about violence produce some variations.
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