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|label1 = [[Christianity]] |
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{{Culture of Cameroon}} |
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[[Christianity]] is the main '''religion in [[Cameroon]]''' with significant minorities of the adherents of [[Islam]] and [[African traditional religion|traditional beliefs]]. Christian churches and Muslim centers of various denominations operate freely throughout [[Cameroon]] while the traditionalists operate in their shrines and temples which are also becoming popular today. A social analysis of the Religious situation in Cameroon by United States [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor]] (2010) and Wayi E. Mico (2016) revealed that the Christian population is divided between [[Roman Catholic]]s and [[Protestant]]s.<ref>name=report>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111019054005/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2010_5/168393.htm July-December, 2010 International Religious Freedom Report : Cameroon]. United States [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor]] (2010) and Wayi E. Mico (2016)</ref> The vast majority of the [[Muslim]]s are [[Sunni]] belonging to [[Maliki]] school of [[jurisprudence]], with approximately 12% [[Ahmadiyya]] and 3% [[Shia]].<ref name="pew">{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-full-report.pdf | title=The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity | accessdate=April 6, 2014 | date=August 9, 2012 | publisher=Pew Forum on Religious & Public life}}</ref> Christians and Muslims are found in every region, although Muslims are concentrated in the northern provinces. |
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The two [[English-speaking world|Anglophone]] provinces of the western region are largely Protestant, and the [[Francophone]] provinces of the southern and western regions are largely Catholic and Evangelicals.<ref name=report>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111019054005/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2010_5/168393.htm July-December, 2010 International Religious Freedom Report : Cameroon]. United States [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor]] (2010) and Wayi E. Mico (2016),A social analysis of the Religious situation in Cameroon. ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref> In the northern provinces, the locally dominant [[Fulani]] ({{lang-ff|Fulɓe}}; {{lang-fr|Peul}} or {{lang|fr|Peuhl}}) and other ethnic groups such as [[Kanuri]], [[Hausa]], and [[Baggara]] (or Shuwa Arabs) are Muslims. The rest of the ethnic demography scholarly defined as [[Kirdi]], are mixed between a Muslim majority and a Christian minority. The [[Bamum people|Bamoun]] ethnic group is largely Muslim.<ref name=report/> Traditional indigenous religious beliefs are practiced in rural areas throughout the country but rarely are practiced publicly in cities, in part because many indigenous religious groups are intrinsically local in character.<ref name=report/> |
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There are about 4,000 adherents of the [[Bahá'í Faith]] in the country.<ref name="bud">{{Citation |author=Bahá'í International Community| title = Cameroon celebrates golden time | newspaper = Bahá'í World News Service| date = 2003-09-23 | url = http://news.bahai.org/story/249 }}</ref> By 2001 the Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly was registered with the [[Government of Cameroon]] as one of the few non-Christian foreign religions.<ref>{{Citation |author=Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | title = Cameroon - International Religious Freedom Report | date = 2001-10-26 | publisher = U.S. State Department| url = https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2001/5587.htm}}</ref> There is a tiny population of Jews in Cameroon who have established ties with the wider global Jewish community. A community of approximately 50 people practice some form of Judaism in the country today [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/keeping_the_faith_in_cameroon.html].[[Hinduism]] is the faith practiced by some [[South Asian]] migrants. The Constitution provides for [[freedom of religion in Cameroon]], and the government generally respects this right in practice.<ref name=report/> The country is generally characterized by a high degree of religious tolerance.<ref name=report/> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Freedom of religion in Cameroon]] |
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*[[Islam in Cameroon]] |
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*[[Roman Catholicism in Cameroon]] |
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*[[Bahá'í Faith in Cameroon]] |
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*[[African Jews#Cameroon|Judaism in Cameroon]] |
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*[[Zamba (god)]] |
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==References== |
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