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Christianity in Morocco. Christians in Morocco constitute less than 1% [1][2] of the country's population of 33,600,000 (2014 census). Most of the Christian adherents are Catholic and Protestants. Christianity in Morocco appeared during the Roman times, when it was practiced by Christian Berbers in Roman Mauretania Tingitana, although it ...
The main religion in Morocco is Sunni Islam, [2] which is also the state religion of the country. [3] Officially, 99% of the population are Muslim, and virtually all of those are Sunni. [4][5][6] The second-largest religion in the country is Christianity, [7] but most Christians in Morocco are foreigners. There is a community of the BaháΚΌí ...
Most Christians reside in the Casablanca, Tangier and Rabat urban areas. [58] The majority of Christians in Morocco are foreigners, although some reports states that there is a growing number of native Moroccans (45,000) converting to Christianity, [59] [60] especially in the rural areas.
Catholic Church by country. The Catholic Church in Morocco is part of the worldwide Catholic Church (particularly the Latin Church), under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholics account less than 1% of the overall population of over 31 million. The country is divided into two archdioceses; Rabat and Tangier.
Christianity, which originated in the Middle East during the 1st century AD, [27] is a significant minority religion within the region, characterized by the diversity of its beliefs and traditions, compared to Christianity in other parts of the Old World. Christians now make up approximately 5% of the Middle Eastern population, down from 13% in ...
t. e. Freedom of religion in Morocco refers to the extent to which people in Morocco are freely able to practice their religious beliefs, taking into account both government policies and societal attitudes toward religious groups. The constitution declares that Islam is the religion of the state, with the state guaranteeing freedom of thought ...
Protestantism in Morocco. Moroccan Protestants from Tangier. Christians in Morocco constitute less than 1% of the country's population of 33,600,000. Approximately one third of Christians in the country are Protestants. [1] It is estimated that there are about 10,000 Protestants in the country, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa. [2]
Converts to Christianity from Islam Total population Between 8.4 million (2014 study) - 10.2 million (2015 study) According to the study 6 million of those converts came from Indonesia; however, the 6 million figure also includes descendants of those converts. Significant numbers of Muslims convert to Christianity in: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, [6] [7] Australia, Austria, [8] Azerbaijan ...