Religion-related social hostilities in Scores on the Social Hostilities
The type of attack carried out against Malala – along with other social hostilities involving religion – is captured in Pew Research Center’s annual coding of global religious restrictions. The Social Hostilities Index (SHI) is a 10-point index that measures acts of religious hostility by private individuals, organizations or groups in society, with a score of 10 indicating the highest level of hostilities.
Religion-related  | social hostilities in  | Pakistan, 2010-2015  | Scores on the Social Hostilities  | Index  | 10  | 9.8: Malala  | Yousafzai shot  | 2010  | 2012  | 2015  | Note: Pew Research Center's 10 point  | Social Hostilities Index measures acts  | of religious hostility by private  | individuals, organizations or groups in  | society.  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis  | of exte rnal data.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 