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<div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:DarkOrange"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religion in Mauritius (2022 census)<sup id="cite_ref-2022_Census_Religion_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_Census_Religion-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkOrange; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Mauritius" title="Hinduism in Mauritius">Hinduism</a> (47.87%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Mauritius" title="Christianity in Mauritius">Christianity</a> (32.29%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Mauritius" title="Islam in Mauritius">Islam</a> (18.24%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkRed; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Other (0.97%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:LightGray; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> None (0.63%)</div> </div> </div></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_Durga_Mata.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Statue_Durga_Mata.jpg/250px-Statue_Durga_Mata.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="443" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Statue_Durga_Mata.jpg/375px-Statue_Durga_Mata.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Statue_Durga_Mata.jpg/500px-Statue_Durga_Mata.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="3968" /></a><figcaption>Statue of <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Goddess" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu Goddess">Hindu Goddess</a> <a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ganga_Talao" title="Ganga Talao">Ganga Talao</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> is a religiously diverse nation, with <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> being the most widely professed faith.<sup id="cite_ref-VOL2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOL2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the 2022 census conducted by <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Mauritius" title="Statistics Mauritius">Statistics Mauritius</a>, 47.87% of the Mauritian population follows <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>. Sizeable populations of the adherents of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> and other religions are also present.<sup id="cite_ref-2022_Census_Religion_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_Census_Religion-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2011_Census_Religion_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011_Census_Religion-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>People of Indian descent (<a href="/wiki/Indo-Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Mauritian">Indo-Mauritian</a>) follow mostly <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Franco-Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-Mauritian">Franco-Mauritians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mauritian_Creole_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauritian Creole people">Creoles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sino-Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sino-Mauritian">Sino-Mauritians</a> follow <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>. A minority of <a href="/wiki/Sino-Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sino-Mauritian">Sino-Mauritians</a> also follow <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> and other Chinese-related religions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Census_results">Census results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Census results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Census Data - Religion </caption> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> </th> <th>No Religion </th> <th>Other/NA </th></tr> <tr> <th>2011<sup id="cite_ref-VOL2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOL2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238854847">.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar{position:relative;border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#fff;width:100px;max-width:100%;height:1.5em}.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar-fill{position:absolute;background-color:#dbdbdb;height:1.5em;width:50%}.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar-text{position:absolute;width:100%;height:1.5em;text-align:center;color:#000}</style><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 75px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 48%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">48.5%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 75px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 32%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">32.7%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 75px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 17%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">17.3%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 75px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.7%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 75px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.8%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2022<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 75px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 47%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">47.9%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 75px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 32%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">32.3%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 75px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 18%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">18.2%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 75px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.6%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 75px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 1%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">1.00%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Change </th> <td>-0.6% </td> <td>-0.4% </td> <td>+0.9% </td> <td>-0.1% </td> <td>+0.2% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_status">Legal status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legal status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constitution prohibits discrimination on religious grounds and provides for freedom to practice or change one's religion. The government provides money to the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Mauritius" title="Catholic Church in Mauritius">Roman Catholic Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Province_of_the_Indian_Ocean" title="Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean">Church of England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Mauritius" title="Presbyterian Church of Mauritius">Presbyterian Church of Mauritius</a>, Seventh-day Adventists, Hindus, and Muslims according to their numbers in the census in addition to tax-exempt status. Other religious groups can register and be tax-exempt but receive no subsidy.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Religious public holidays are the Hindu festivals of <a href="/wiki/Maha_Shivaratri" title="Maha Shivaratri">Maha Shivaratree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Ougadi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thaipusam" title="Thaipusam">Thaipoosam Cavadee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi" title="Ganesh Chaturthi">Ganesh Chaturthi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a>; the Christian festivals of <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>; and the Muslim festival of <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dharmic_religions">Dharmic religions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Dharmic religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hinduism">Hinduism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hinduism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Mauritius" title="Hinduism in Mauritius">Hinduism in Mauritius</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sagar_Shiv_Mandir_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sagar_Shiv_Mandir_1.jpg/220px-Sagar_Shiv_Mandir_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sagar_Shiv_Mandir_1.jpg/330px-Sagar_Shiv_Mandir_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sagar_Shiv_Mandir_1.jpg/440px-Sagar_Shiv_Mandir_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="573" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sagar_Shiv_Mandir" title="Sagar Shiv Mandir">Sagar Shiv Mandir</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Hinduism</b> originally came to Mauritius mainly through <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indians</a> who worked as indentured labourers on the island following the abolition of slavery.<sup id="cite_ref-ht_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ht-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, Hinduism is a major religion in <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>, representing 48.54% of the total population of the country according to the 2011 census carried out by <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Mauritius" title="Statistics Mauritius">Statistics Mauritius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VOL2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOL2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This makes Mauritius the country having the highest percentage of <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and third highest percentage of <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindus</a> in the world after <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> and <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, respectively. </p><p>One of the biggest festivals on the island is Maha Shivaratri, or the 'Great Night of Siva'. During this annual Hindu celebration, which takes place in the months of February and March, four to nine days of ceremony and fasting lead up to an all-night vigil of Siva worship and Ganesha worship.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gran_bassin.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Hanuman, Ganga and Shiva statue under construction in the background at Ganga Talao."><img alt="Hanuman, Ganga and Shiva statue under construction in the background at Ganga Talao." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Gran_bassin.JPG/200px-Gran_bassin.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Gran_bassin.JPG/300px-Gran_bassin.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Gran_bassin.JPG/400px-Gran_bassin.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1656" data-file-height="1242" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ganga" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganga">Ganga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> statue under construction in the background at <a href="/wiki/Ganga_Talao" title="Ganga Talao">Ganga Talao</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GangaTalaoLake.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Temple at Ganga Talao's Grand Bassin"><img alt="Temple at Ganga Talao's Grand Bassin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/GangaTalaoLake.jpg/200px-GangaTalaoLake.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/GangaTalaoLake.jpg/300px-GangaTalaoLake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/GangaTalaoLake.jpg/400px-GangaTalaoLake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Temple at <a href="/wiki/Ganga_Talao" title="Ganga Talao">Ganga Talao</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Grand_Bassin" title="Grand Bassin">Grand Bassin</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buddhism">Buddhism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Buddhism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>About 0.4% of the population of <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> adheres to <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VOL2_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOL2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is practiced by a significant minority of <a href="/wiki/Sino-Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sino-Mauritian">Sino-Mauritians</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abrahamic_religions">Abrahamic religions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Abrahamic religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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title="Christianity in Mauritius">Christianity in Mauritius</a></div> <p>Christianity came to Mauritius with the first inhabitants, the Dutch. However, the Dutch abandoned the island in 1710.<sup id="cite_ref-ChangingDefinitions_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChangingDefinitions-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The French brought Christianity again when they arrived in 1715. From 1723, there was a law whereby all slaves coming to the island must be <a href="/wiki/Baptised" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptised">baptised</a> Catholic.<sup id="cite_ref-systemsofslavery_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-systemsofslavery-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This law does not seem to have been strictly adhered to.<sup id="cite_ref-systemsofslavery_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-systemsofslavery-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After they had taken Mauritius from the French during the Napoleonic Wars, the British tried to turn Mauritius <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> during the 1840s and 1850s.<sup id="cite_ref-systemsofslavery_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-systemsofslavery-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Franco-Mauritians, usually having the same religion and denomination as the Creoles, have sometimes emphasised their differences from the Creoles by practising more traditionally, for instance celebrating <a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Mass in Latin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2011 <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> was practiced by 31.7% of the total population.<sup id="cite_ref-VOL2_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOL2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2011_census_results_for_Christianity">2011 census results for Christianity</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2011 census results for Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Catholics made up 83% of Mauritius's Christians (26% of the total population or 324,811 people) in 2011. The other recognized and subsidized religions included the Church of England which on the island is the Diocese of Mauritius in the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Province_of_the_Indian_Ocean" title="Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean">Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean</a> which has 2,788 members according to the census; the Presbyterian Church of Mauritius with 501 members, and the Seventh-day Adventists with 4,428 members. Other Christian denominations included three <a href="/wiki/Pentecostalism" title="Pentecostalism">Pentecostal</a> groups <a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Assembly of God">Assembly of God</a> with 8,692, Mission Salut et Guérison with 3,731, and Pentecotiste Church with 6,817. <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> had 2,173 members. About 47,774 people simply listed 'Christian' on the census. The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> reports 576 members in 3 <a href="/wiki/Branch_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Branch (LDS Church)">branches</a> in 2025;<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 2022 census reported 10.<sup id="cite_ref-2022_Census_Religion_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_Census_Religion-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islam">Islam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mosqu%C3%A9e_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mosqu%C3%A9e_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Mosqu%C3%A9e_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mosqu%C3%A9e_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Mosqu%C3%A9e_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mosqu%C3%A9e_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Mosqu%C3%A9e_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jummah_Mosque_(Mauritius)" title="Jummah Mosque (Mauritius)">Jummah Mosque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Louis" title="Port Louis">Port Louis</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Mauritius" title="Islam in Mauritius">Islam in Mauritius</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> is practiced by 17.3% of the Mauritian population.<sup id="cite_ref-VOL2_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOL2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately 95 percent of these are <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> Muslims,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having an understanding of the <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu language</a>. Within the Muslim community, there are three distinct ethnicities that exist, notably the Memons and the Surtees (who are rich merchants who came from <a href="/wiki/Kutch" class="mw-redirect" title="Kutch">Kutch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a> province of <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>), then the "Hindi Calcattias" who came to Mauritius as indentured labourers from <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>. </p><p>Other languages include <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>. Among the <a href="/wiki/Shi%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi'a">Shi'a</a> minority, some have their origins in different parts of <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>, while others are adherents of the <a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shia</a> <a href="/wiki/Ismailism" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismailism">Ismaili</a> sect from <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East Africa</a>. The majority of <a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shias</a> are <a href="/wiki/Twelver" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelver">Ithnā‘ashariyyah</a> with small <a href="/wiki/Ismailism" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismailism">Ismaili</a> sect. </p><p>The first purpose-built mosque in Mauritius is the Camp des Lascars Mosque in around 1805. It is now officially known as the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The <a href="/wiki/Jummah_Masjid_(Mauritius)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jummah Masjid (Mauritius)">Jummah Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Port_Louis" title="Port Louis">Port Louis</a> was built in the 1850s and is often described as one of the most beautiful religious building in Mauritius by the Ministry of Tourism's guide. There are many smaller <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosques</a> in the towns and villages. The highest concentration of <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslims</a> is found in the capital <a href="/wiki/Port_Louis" title="Port Louis">Port Louis</a>, predominantly in the Plaine Verte, Ward IV, Valle Pitot and Camp Yoloff neighborhood. </p><p>Most people of the Muslim community follows the Sunni belief. However, there are also the Shia and Tablighi Jamaat. According to the 2011 census, there were 1265 <a href="/wiki/Ahmadis" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmadis">Ahmadis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VOL2_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOL2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Islamic Authority recognized by the Government is Jummah Mosque Port Louis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baháʼí_Faith"><span id="Bah.C3.A1.CA.BC.C3.AD_Faith"></span>Baháʼí Faith</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Baháʼí Faith"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a> was introduced to the Mauritius by Ottilie Rhein in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For opening a new territory to the Faith during the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Year_Crusade" class="mw-redirect" title="Ten Year Crusade">Ten Year Crusade</a>, Ottilie Rhein was designated a <a href="/wiki/Knight_of_Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of Bahá'u'lláh">Knight of Bahá'u'lláh</a> by <a href="/wiki/Shoghi_Effendi" title="Shoghi Effendi">Shoghi Effendi</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Guardian_(Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guardian (Baháʼí Faith)">Guardian</a> of the Baháʼí Faith. According to the 2011 government census, there were 639 Baháʼís in Mauritius,<sup id="cite_ref-VOL2_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOL2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Religion_Data_Archives" title="Association of Religion Data Archives">Association of Religion Data Archives</a> (relying on <a href="/wiki/World_Christian_Encyclopedia" title="World Christian Encyclopedia">World Christian Database</a>) states there were 23,748 Baháʼís in Mauritius in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-ARDA2010_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARDA2010-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Others">Others</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucianism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a> are also practiced by small number of Mauritian population. In 2011, there were only 43 <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VOL2_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOL2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2022, it was reported that there were 100 Jews in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freedom_of_religion">Freedom of religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Freedom of religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023 the country was scored 4 out of 4 for religious freedom.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Mauritius&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Mauritius" title="Christianity in Mauritius">Christianity in Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Mauritius" title="Islam in Mauritius">Islam in Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Mauritius" title="Hinduism in Mauritius">Hinduism in Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Mauritius" title="History of the Jews in Mauritius">History of the Jews in Mauritius</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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