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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.
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 ...
[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 ...
Academics have attributed this decline in religious harmony to the collapse of Ujamaa in the sense of both its national-unity ideals and its social-welfare policies, the influence of worldwide increases in religious militancy toward the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, religious revival movements inside Tanzania, and the ...
Christianity is the largest religion in Tanzania, professed by around 63.1% of the total population as of 2020. [1] Protestantism and Catholicism are the main denominations in the country. Historical information
Tanzania's religious field is dominated by Christianity, Islam and African traditional religions connected to ethnic customs. The word for religion in Swahili, dini, generally apply to the world religions of Christianity and Islam meaning that followers of traditional African religions are considered to be of "no religion". Religious belonging ...
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]
A 2020 Pew Forum survey estimates that approximately 63% of the population of Tanzania identifies as Christian, 34% as Muslim, and 5% practitioners of other religions. [1] Most Christians are Catholics and Lutherans , although there are also Anglicans, Pentecostals and other groups.