Most Malaysians believe that religious and ethnic hatred as a growing threat to the world's future, says a study.
A Pew Research Centre study found that almost 32 percent of Malaysians believe that religious and ethnic hatred will be a burgeoning threat to the world, especially with the conflicts happening in the Middle East.
The study conducted between March and June this year found that more Muslims than followers of other religions in Malaysia cite this as their top concern.
"In Malaysia, Muslims (35 percent) are more concerned than Buddhists (22 percent) about religious and ethnic hatred."
Other than Malaysia, countries like France, United Kingdom, Egypt, Lebanon and Indonesia also rank ethnic and religious hatred as a concern.
Nuclear weapons were listed second on the list of concerns for Malaysians with 22 percent of respondents from the country believing that this, too, is a rising danger around the world.
Pew Research surveyed 48,643 respondents from 44 nations around the world for the survey.
The nations were given the option to select between five concerns: nuclear weapons, pollution, AIDS and other diseases, inequality and religious and ethnic hatred.
Other Asian countries were divided between pollution and environmental problems and nuclear weapons as the greatest concern in the list of threats.
On the other side of the world, most Europeans (32 percent) and Americans (27 percent) were more concerned about inequality as a threat with the increasing gap between the rich and poor
Africans listed AIDS and other infectious diseases top of their list of rising issues in the world with 29 percent of them believing so.
A Pew Research Centre study found that almost 32 percent of Malaysians believe that religious and ethnic hatred will be a burgeoning threat to the world, especially with the conflicts happening in the Middle East.
The study conducted between March and June this year found that more Muslims than followers of other religions in Malaysia cite this as their top concern.
"In Malaysia, Muslims (35 percent) are more concerned than Buddhists (22 percent) about religious and ethnic hatred."
Other than Malaysia, countries like France, United Kingdom, Egypt, Lebanon and Indonesia also rank ethnic and religious hatred as a concern.
Nuclear weapons were listed second on the list of concerns for Malaysians with 22 percent of respondents from the country believing that this, too, is a rising danger around the world.
Pew Research surveyed 48,643 respondents from 44 nations around the world for the survey.
The nations were given the option to select between five concerns: nuclear weapons, pollution, AIDS and other diseases, inequality and religious and ethnic hatred.
Other Asian countries were divided between pollution and environmental problems and nuclear weapons as the greatest concern in the list of threats.
On the other side of the world, most Europeans (32 percent) and Americans (27 percent) were more concerned about inequality as a threat with the increasing gap between the rich and poor
Africans listed AIDS and other infectious diseases top of their list of rising issues in the world with 29 percent of them believing so.
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