Of the 64 countries in this category, about half have Christian symbols (48%) and about a third include Islamic religious symbols (33%), with imagery on flags from the world’s two largest religious ...

But many other countries have flags with religious symbols on them. Indeed, according to the Pew Research Center, nearly a third of the 196 countries in the world, have flags with a religious element.

Some of the most “secular” countries in the world continue to have religious symbols on their flags, according to the Pew Research Center. Canada’s so-called Red Ensign flag, with its ...

National and royal flags fly outside religious sites in Thailand, Turkey, the U.S. and Israel. (Clockwise from top left: Vera Tikhonova, Westend61, Samuel Corum and Paul Souders, all via Getty Images) ...

Christian cases for yes, no, and flying other nations’ flags as congregations balance love of God, neighbor, and country. The Fourth of July falls on a Sunday this year. As American churches ...

The FINANCIAL -- A third of the world’s 196 countries currently have national flags that include religious symbols, according to a new Pew Research analysis. Of the 64 countries in this category ...