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  2. Religion in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    Christianity is the largest religion in Tanzania, with a substantial Muslim minority. Smaller populations of Animists, practitioners of other faiths, and religiously unaffiliated people are also present. [2] [3] Tanzania is a secular state and freedom of religion is enshrined in the country's constitution. Both Christian and Islamic feasts are ...

  3. Islam in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] According to the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), 55.3% of the population is Christian, 31.5% is Muslim, 11.3% practices traditional faiths, while 1.9% of the population is non-religious or adheres to other faiths as of 2020. [5] The ARDA estimates that most Tanzanian Muslims are Sunni, with a small Shia minority, as of ...

  4. Category:Religion in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    Tanzania religion-related lists (1 C, 1 P) B. Religious buildings and structures in Tanzania (4 C, 1 P) C. Christianity in Tanzania (7 C, 3 P) D. Religion in Dar Es ...

  5. Christianity in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Protestantism in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    The earliest Protestant denomination in the country is the Moravian Church in Western Tanzania which began when German missionaries arrived in Tanganyika in 1897. 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 ...

  7. Freedom of religion in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    The policies and ideology of Ujamaa espoused by Tanzania's first government following independence from the United Kingdom in the 1960s emphasized national unity over religious or ethnic division, [3] and this is reflected by the strong anti-discrimination rhetoric in Tanzania's constitution, which is still in effect as of 2019.

  8. List of religious populations - Wikipedia

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    The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.

  9. Islam in Zanzibar - Wikipedia

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    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.