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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <ol class="smooth-pie-legend"> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:DodgerBlue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Namibia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia">Lutheran Church</a> (43.7%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:DarkBlue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> (22.8%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Orchid;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Church">Anglican Church</a> (17%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: 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style="width:200px;height:200px;background:#FEFDFD;color:#000;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;" title="Other (0.10%)" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pie25" style="background:DodgerBlue;color:#000" title="Lutheran Church (43.7%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:DodgerBlue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.187turn)" title="Lutheran Church (43.7%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:DarkBlue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.437turn)" title="Catholic Church (22.8%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:DarkBlue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.540turn)" title="Catholic Church (22.8%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:Orchid;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.665turn)" title="Anglican Church (17%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:Orchid;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.710turn)" title="Anglican Church (17%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.835turn); background:Skyblue;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 28.37256594% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Other Christian (4.4%)"></div> <div class="pie7" style="background:Yellow;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.879turn)" title="Traditional faiths (10.1%)"></div> <div class="pie7" style="background:Yellow;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.910turn)" title="Traditional faiths (10.1%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.980turn); background:Grey;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 9.45278312% 0%, 0 100%)" title="No religion (1.5%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.995turn); background:Green;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 2.51380343% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Others (0.4%)"></div> </div> </div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Barbara_Church_-_Tsumeb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/St._Barbara_Church_-_Tsumeb.jpg/220px-St._Barbara_Church_-_Tsumeb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/St._Barbara_Church_-_Tsumeb.jpg/330px-St._Barbara_Church_-_Tsumeb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/St._Barbara_Church_-_Tsumeb.jpg/440px-St._Barbara_Church_-_Tsumeb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1726" data-file-height="2141" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._Barbara_Catholic_Church_(Namibia)" title="St. Barbara Catholic Church (Namibia)">St. Barbara's Cathedral</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tsumeb" title="Tsumeb">Tsumeb</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Religion in Namibia</b> is dominated by various branches of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, with more than 90 percent of <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibian</a> citizens identifying themselves as <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a>. According to the government's survey, in 2013 up to two-thirds of the country was <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a>, including as much as 44% <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Namibia <a href="/wiki/Demographic_and_Health_Surveys" title="Demographic and Health Surveys">Demographic and Health Surveys</a> (2023), the proportions in the age group between 15 and 49 years are:<sup id="cite_ref-MoHSS_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoHSS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>65.1% <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant</a> (43.7% <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a>, 4.4% <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh-day Adventist">Seventh-day Adventist</a>, 17.0% <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a> or other <a href="/wiki/Protestant_denomination" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant denomination">Protestant denomination</a>);</li> <li>22.8% <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>;</li> <li>10.5% a non-Christian religion (primarily <a href="/wiki/African_traditional_religions" class="mw-redirect" title="African traditional religions">African traditional religions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>);</li> <li>1.5% unaffiliated or <a href="/wiki/Irreligious" class="mw-redirect" title="Irreligious">irreligious</a>.</li></ul> <p>The Constitution provides for freedom of religion.<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christianity">Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Namibia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protestantism">Protestantism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Namibia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Protestantism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Church_in_Namibia_(Lutheran)"><span id="Church_in_Namibia_.28Lutheran.29"></span>Church in Namibia (Lutheran)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Namibia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Church in Namibia (Lutheran)"><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/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Namibia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Swakopmund_ev-luth_Kirche_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Swakopmund_ev-luth_Kirche_1.jpg/220px-Swakopmund_ev-luth_Kirche_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Swakopmund_ev-luth_Kirche_1.jpg/330px-Swakopmund_ev-luth_Kirche_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Swakopmund_ev-luth_Kirche_1.jpg/440px-Swakopmund_ev-luth_Kirche_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5526" data-file-height="3684" /></a><figcaption>Lutheran church in <a href="/wiki/Swakopmund" title="Swakopmund">Swakopmund</a>. Owing to German and Finnish missionary efforts, Lutheranism is the religious affiliation of almost half of the Namibian population.</figcaption></figure> <p>The largest Christian group in Namibia is the <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a> church, which consists of 3 church denominations. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Namibia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia">Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia</a> (ELCIN) grew out of the work of the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Evangelical_Lutheran_Mission" title="Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission">Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission</a> (earlier known as the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Missionary_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish Missionary Society">Finnish Missionary Society</a>) which began in 1870 among the <a href="/wiki/Ovambo_people" title="Ovambo people">Ovambo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kavango_people" title="Kavango people">Kavango people</a>. It has <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">episcopal polity</a> and consists of two <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">dioceses</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_the_Republic_of_Namibia" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia">Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia</a> (ELCRN) grew out of the work of the <a href="/wiki/Rhenish_Missionary_Society" title="Rhenish Missionary Society">Rhenish Missionary Society</a> from Germany which began working in the area in 1842. It operates the Evangelical Lutheran Church AIDS program, a business trust operating retreat centres, and a training centre for women which provides training for female leadership roles in society including nursery nurses.<sup id="cite_ref-WCC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/German-speaking_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Namibia" title="German-speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia">German-speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia</a> (ELCIN-GELC) is the smallest of the three churches (approximately 4,500 members). It has episcopal polity, with a single bishop as its leader. </p><p>In 2007 the three Lutheran denominations established the United Church Council of the Lutheran Churches in Namibia, with the ultimate aim of becoming one church.<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> The two English-speaking denominations (ELCIN and ELCRN) train their clergy together at a single united seminary, and operate a number of common social programmes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catholicism">Catholicism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Namibia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Catholicism"><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:Windhoek_Catholic_Church.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Windhoek_Catholic_Church.JPG/220px-Windhoek_Catholic_Church.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Windhoek_Catholic_Church.JPG/330px-Windhoek_Catholic_Church.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Windhoek_Catholic_Church.JPG/440px-Windhoek_Catholic_Church.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1596" data-file-height="1063" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Catholic_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic church">Catholic</a> cathedral in Windhoek.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Namibia" title="Catholic Church in Namibia">Catholic Church in Namibia</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_in_Namibia" title="List of Catholic dioceses in Namibia">List of Catholic dioceses in Namibia</a></div> <p>The second-largest Christian denomination is Roman Catholicism, and accounts for more than 20% of the population. It consists of three jurisdictions - the two dioceses of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Windhoek" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek">Windhoek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Keetmanshoop" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop">Keetmanshoop</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Rundu" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu">Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu</a> which is in the process of becoming a third diocese. </p><p>An apostolic prefecture was established as early as 1892, but the current metropolitan province and ecclesiastical structure was erected more recently, in 1994. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> maintains diplomatic relations with Namibia through a titular <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Nunciature" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Nunciature">Apostolic Nunciature</a>, but it is unstaffed, and in practice is vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pretoria" title="Pretoria">Pretoria</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Christian_denomination">Other Christian denomination</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Namibia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other Christian denomination"><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:St_Matthews_Church_Walvis_Bay,_Namibia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/St_Matthews_Church_Walvis_Bay%2C_Namibia.jpg/220px-St_Matthews_Church_Walvis_Bay%2C_Namibia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/St_Matthews_Church_Walvis_Bay%2C_Namibia.jpg/330px-St_Matthews_Church_Walvis_Bay%2C_Namibia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/St_Matthews_Church_Walvis_Bay%2C_Namibia.jpg/440px-St_Matthews_Church_Walvis_Bay%2C_Namibia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>St Matthew's Anglican Church at Walvis Bay.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Anglican Church consists of a single diocese (<a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Namibia" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Namibia">Anglican Diocese of Namibia</a>), forming part of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan province">Metropolitan province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Southern_Africa" title="Anglican Church of Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a>. It is strongest in the north of the country. The Namibian Anglican church gave strong opposition to the imposition of <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> policies during South African occupation, as a result of which a succession of Anglican diocesan bishops, suffragan bishops, and vicars-general were deported. The Anglican church worships principally in the English and Kwanyama languages. </p><p>Smaller numbers are affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> Church, the <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> Church, <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (Mormons), the <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a>, a number of <a href="/wiki/Zionist_Churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Zionist Churches">Zionist Churches</a> (practicing a mixture of <a href="/wiki/African_traditional_religions" class="mw-redirect" title="African traditional religions">traditional African beliefs</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Pentecostal_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal Christianity">Pentecostal Christianity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minor_religions">Minor religions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Namibia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Minor religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Practitioners of other religions are predominantly immigrants, descendants of immigrants, or recent converts. They reside primarily in urban areas. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> is practised by a minority, with Muslims in Namibia being mainly <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other religions practised in the country include <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> (with about 100 members<sup id="cite_ref-jewishvirtuallibrary1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jewishvirtuallibrary1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Indigenous religions are practiced by the small <a href="/wiki/Himba_people" title="Himba people">Himba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bushmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Bushmen">San</a> ethnic groups, which comprised less than 1% and 3% respectively of the population in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-report_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Atheists" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheists">Atheists</a> make up 0.02% of the country in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Namibia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Government schools include classes on “religious and moral education” which includes moral principles and human rights.<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clerical_misconduct_in_Namibian_churches">Clerical misconduct in Namibian churches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Namibia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Clerical misconduct in Namibian churches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 2000s it was reported that senior church officials and pastors in Namibia are involved in mismanagement of the churches' funds of millions of Namibian dollars. Many pastors were involved in scams and other serious criminal activities such as rape or handling of counterfeit currency of millions of U. S. dollars.<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><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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><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><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> The Namibian government is to investigate and combat such illegal practices so as to maintain the integrity, dignity, esteemed purpose, and high standards of such religious institutions in Namibia.<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><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Namibia police shut down what they called “fake churches” - this was based on allegations that they promoted civil unrest, engaged in unsafe practices, and committed fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<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 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Canary_Islands" title="Religion in the Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a> (Spain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Ceuta" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Ceuta">Ceuta</a> (Spain)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Madeira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Religion in Madeira (page does not exist)">Madeira</a> (Portugal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Mayotte" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Mayotte">Mayotte</a> (France)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Melilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Religion in Melilla (page does not exist)">Melilla</a> (Spain)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Puntland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Religion in Puntland (page does not exist)">Puntland</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_R%C3%A9union" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Réunion">Réunion</a> (France)</li> <li><i><a 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