The word “refugee” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
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Islam in Guinea-Bissau is the predominant religion of the country, numbering an estimated 50% of its roughly 1.4 million citizens as followers.1The vast majority are Sunni of Maliki school of jurisprudence , with Sufi influences.2Approximately 6% Shia and 2% Ahmadiyya are also present.3 United States Department of State . Pew Forum on Religious & Public life.4
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Islam is the predominant religion of Guinea-Bissau , numbering an estimated 50% of the roughly 1.4 million nationals as followers making it the largest religion of the country. v t e v t e
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Islam in Guinea-Bissau is the predominant religion of the country, numbering an estimated 50% of its roughly 1.4 million citizens are followers. The vast majority are Sunni of Maliki school of jurisprudence , with Sufi influences. Approximately 6% Shia and 2% Ahmadiyya are also present. United States Department of State . Pew Forum on Religious & Public life.
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Religion in Guinea-Bissau Islam in Guinea-Bissau is the predominant religion of the country.An estimated 46% of its roughly 1.8 million citizens are followers in 2023.Some estimates put this at a higher figure.The vast majority approximately 99.2% are Sunni of Maliki school of jurisprudence , with Sufi influences.
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The CIA World Factbook (2020 estimate) states that around 46.1% of the population are Muslims , 30.6% adhere to traditional faiths, 18.9% are Christians, and 4.4% are non-religious or practice other religions.Meanwhile, the US State Department mentions that estimates vary greatly and cites the Pew Forum data (2020) of 46% Muslim, 31% indigenous religious practices, and 19% Christian.Christians are mostly found along the coastal regions, and belong to the Roman Catholic Church (including Portuguese Bissau-Guineans) and various Protestant denominations.In 2017, Sunni Islam, including that of Sufi -oriented, were most concentrated in the northern and northeastern parts of the country, while practitioners of traditional indigenous religious beliefs generally live in all but the northern parts of the country.The vast majority of Muslims in the country are Sunni of Maliki school of jurisprudence , with Sufi influences.Sizeable communities of Ahmadiyya Muslims also exist in some urban centers.United States Department of State .
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predominant religion of guinea-bissau
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predominant religion of the country
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