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  2. Religion in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. 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 ...

  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. 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 ...

  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. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Bungu people - Wikipedia

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    Tanzania is the only country where this group of people exists. Roman Catholicism , the largest division of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world, is the major religion practiced by the Wungu (Bungu).