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According to the official statistics, in 2014, the estimated number of Caodaists is 4.4 million, it was a dramatic increase of 1.2 million followers or an increase of 37.5%. Country Information and Guidance — Vietnam: Religious minority groups. December 2014.
At least 50% of the current Protestant population is composed of members of tribal groups; the Vietnamese government's treatments towards them is varied. [1] The tribal Protestants in Northern Vietnam do not face government persecution, but Protestant southern tribe members, notably the Hmong and H're, suffer from some religious persecution.
The government registered several new religious denominations during the reporting period, including the Vietnam Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the Grace Baptist Church, the United World Mission Church, one faction of the Mennonite church, the Baháʼí Faith, and two smaller Buddhist groups—the Tu An Hieu Nghia group and the Pure Land ...
Although the 2005 World Christian Database estimated the Baháʼí population of Vietnam well above 300,000, [66] [67] the U.S. State Department estimated the Baháʼí population at around 8,000 in 2012. [4] Regardless, the 2015 estimate from the World Religion Database, the direct successor to the World Christian Database, was of 413,000 ...
There are two main groups of Chams practicing the Islamic faith in Vietnam: one in Central Vietnam, specifically in the Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces, corresponding to the territories of the ancient Champa kingdom. This group is commonly referred to as the Cham Bani.
But as Uddin writes today, groups that disagree on such ultimate questions can still work toward common goals, even as the landscape around them continues to change. Asma T. Uddin: Now Is the Time ...
The two groups listed on Wednesday had recruited ethnic minority people in Vietnam, trained them and instructed them to "carry out terrorist activities, incite protests, kill officials and ...
An interreligious organization or interfaith organization is an organization that encourages dialogue and cooperation between the world's different religions.In 1893, the Parliament of the Worlds Religions held, in conjunction with the World Colombian Exposition, a conference held in Chicago that is believed to be the first interfaith gathering of notable significance.