- Religion in the Gambia
Sunni Muslims constitute more than 90 percent of the population ofThe Gambia . [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90082.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Benin] . United StatesBureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (September 14, 2007). "This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain ."] The vast majority areMalikite Sufis , of which the main orders represented are Tijaniyah, Qadiriyah, Muridiyah, and Ahmadiyya. Except for the Ahmadiyya, Sufi orders pray together at commonmosques . A small percentage of Muslims, predominantly immigrants from South Asia, do not ascribe to any traditional Islamic school of thought.An estimated 9 percent of the population is
Christian , and less than 1 percent practice indigenousanimist religious beliefs. The Christian community, situated mostly in the west and south of the country, is predominantlyRoman Catholic ; there are also severalProtestant groups including Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists, Seventh-day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and various small evangelical denominations. There is a small group of followers of theBaha'i Faith and a small community ofHindus among South Asian immigrants.Intermarriage between Muslims and Christians is common. In some areas, Islam and Christianity are syncretized with animism. There are fewatheists in the country.Foreign missionary groups operate in the country.
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