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The main body of law in Tanzania and Zanzibar is secular, but Muslims have the option to use religious courts for family-related cases. Individual cases of religiously motivated violence have occurred against both Christians and Muslims, as well as those accused of witchcraft. [15] The freedom to practice religion is a human right in Tanzania.
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The Eastern Orthodox Church claims an estimated 200,000 adherents in Tanzania. [8] The United Methodist Church claims 8,371 members in Tanzania. [9] In 2020, the Vatican noted that 30.41% of the population are Catholic. [10] A 2015 study estimates some 180,000 believers in Christ from a Muslim background living in the country, most of them ...
Islam is the most prominent religion on the semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago and could be considered the Islamic center in the United Republic of Tanzania. Around 99% of the population in the islands are Muslim , with two-thirds being Sunni Muslim and a minority Ibadi , Ismaili and Twelver Shia .
Hinduism is a minority religion in Tanzania, practiced by some 30,000 people (1996) in the mainland and Zanzibar combined. Most practitioners are of Indo-Tanzanian (particularly Gujarati) ancestry. There were about 50,000 Hindus in Tanzania in 2010, according to Pew Research Center estimates. [2]
The political history of Islam in the country can be traced to the establishment of the Kilwa Sultanate in the 10th century by Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi, [10] a Persian prince of Shiraz. [11] Islam was mainly spread through trade activity along the East African coast and by the 16th century, Islam was firmly established in the region. [3]
Followers of traditional African religions are also found around the world. In recent times, religions, such as the Yoruba religion and the Odinala religion (a traditional Igbo religion), are on the rise. The religions of the Igbo and Yoruba are popular in the Caribbean and portions of Central and South America.
In 2023, there are 120,000 Moravians in West Tanzania alone [4] and almost half a million throughout the country, meaning that more than half of all Moravians in the world live in Tanzania. [5] [6] The main Protestant denominations are the Lutheran Church, the Anglican Church of Tanzania and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. [7]