Religion in Guinea-Bissau
- Religion in Guinea-Bissau
An estimated 38 to 45 percent of the population of Guinea-Bissau is Muslim, and 5 to 13 percent is Christian.[ [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90102.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Guinea-Bissau] . United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (September 14, 2007). "This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain."] The remainder of the population follows traditional indigenous or animist religious practices.][ There are few atheists.]Islam is practiced most widely by the Fula and Mandinka ethnic groups, and Muslims generally live in the north and northeast.[ Virtually all Muslims are Sunni.][ The number of Ahmadi is extremely small and not confined to any particular geographic region.][ When the Government in 2005 attempted to ban Ahmadi activities, many adherents returned to practicing the same form of Sunni Islam that other Muslims in the country practice.][ Practitioners of traditional indigenous religious beliefs generally live in all but the northern parts of the country.][ Christians belong to a number of groups, including the Roman Catholic Church and various Protestant denominations.][ Christians are concentrated in Bissau and other large towns.]Foreign missionaries operate in the country without restriction.The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice.[ In 2007, the US government received no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious belief or practice.]ee also
*Islam in Guinea-Bissau
*Roman Catholicism in Guinea-Bissau
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