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class="mw-redirect" title="African Traditional Religion">Traditional faiths</a> (17.9%)</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:Yellow; color:black;"> </span> Other / None (5.3%)</div> </div> </div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cotonoucathedralinterior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Cotonoucathedralinterior.jpg/220px-Cotonoucathedralinterior.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Cotonoucathedralinterior.jpg/330px-Cotonoucathedralinterior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Cotonoucathedralinterior.jpg/440px-Cotonoucathedralinterior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2760" data-file-height="1843" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">Christian worship</a> service inside the <a href="/wiki/Cotonou_Cathedral" title="Cotonou Cathedral">Cotonou Cathedral</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> is the largest <b>religion in Benin</b>, with substantial populations of <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> and adherents of <a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religions" title="Traditional African religions">traditional faiths</a> such as <a href="/wiki/West_African_Vod%C3%BAn" title="West African Vodún">Vodún</a>. </p><p>According to the most recent 2020 estimate, the population of <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a> is 52.2% Christian, 24.6% Muslim, 17.9% traditionalist and 5.3% follows other faiths or has no religion.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Benin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are Christians, Muslims, and adherents of <a href="/wiki/African_traditional_religions" class="mw-redirect" title="African traditional religions">African traditional religions</a> throughout the country.<sup id="cite_ref-report_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, most adherents of the traditional <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_religion" title="Yoruba religion">Yoruba</a> religious group are in the south, while other African Traditional Religion beliefs are followed in the north.<sup id="cite_ref-report_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Muslims are represented most heavily in the north, while Catholics are prevalent in the south,<sup id="cite_ref-report2022_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> particularly in <a href="/wiki/Cotonou" title="Cotonou">Cotonou</a>, the economic capital. It is not unusual for members of the same family to practise Christianity, Islam, African Traditional Religion, or a combination of all of these. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B%C3%A9nin_musulman.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/B%C3%A9nin_musulman.png/220px-B%C3%A9nin_musulman.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="480" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/B%C3%A9nin_musulman.png/330px-B%C3%A9nin_musulman.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/B%C3%A9nin_musulman.png/440px-B%C3%A9nin_musulman.png 2x" data-file-width="5029" data-file-height="10974" /></a><figcaption>Islam in Benin by commune</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B%C3%A9nin_chr%C3%A9tien.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/B%C3%A9nin_chr%C3%A9tien.png/220px-B%C3%A9nin_chr%C3%A9tien.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="480" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/B%C3%A9nin_chr%C3%A9tien.png/330px-B%C3%A9nin_chr%C3%A9tien.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/B%C3%A9nin_chr%C3%A9tien.png/440px-B%C3%A9nin_chr%C3%A9tien.png 2x" data-file-width="5029" data-file-height="10974" /></a><figcaption>Christianity in Benin by commune</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Faiths">Faiths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Benin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Faiths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="African_traditional_religions">African traditional religions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Benin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: African traditional religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among the most practiced African traditional religions in Benin is the <a href="/wiki/Vodun" class="mw-redirect" title="Vodun">Vodun</a> system of belief which originated in this area of Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-report2022_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other African traditional religions are practiced in the <a href="/wiki/Atakora_Department" title="Atakora Department">Atakora</a> (Atakora and Donga provinces) and Vodun and <a href="/wiki/Orisha" title="Orisha">Orisha</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Orisa" class="mw-redirect" title="Orisa">Orisa</a>) veneration among the Yoruba and Tado peoples is prevalent in the centre and south of the country. The town of <a href="/wiki/Ouidah" title="Ouidah">Ouidah</a> on the central coast is the spiritual centre of Beninese Vodun. </p><p>The Tado and the Yoruba <a href="/wiki/Orisha" title="Orisha">Orisha</a> pantheons correspond closely: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">supreme deity</a> <a href="/wiki/Mawu" title="Mawu">Mawu</a> (in the Fon language) or <a href="/wiki/Olodumare" class="mw-redirect" title="Olodumare">Olodumare</a> (also known as <a href="/wiki/Olorun" class="mw-redirect" title="Olorun">Olorun</a>, Eledumare, Olofin-Orun and Eledaa among other names)(in Yoruba)</li> <li>The deity of the earth and smallpox, known as Sakpana (or Sopono, Sakpata), can also be spelt as 'Shakpata, Shopono, Shakpana, and also known as Babalu Aye or Obalu Aye.</li> <li>The deity of thunder and lightning, known as <a href="/wiki/Shango" title="Shango">Shango</a>; can also be spelt as Sango, also known as Jakuta, Chango, Xevioso and Hevioso.</li> <li>The deity of war and iron, known as <a href="/wiki/Ogoun" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogoun">Ogun</a>, also known as Ogoun or Gu.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christianity">Christianity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Benin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Christianity"><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/Catholic_Church_in_Benin" title="Catholic Church in Benin">Catholic Church in Benin</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a> first reached Benin in 1680, gaining more permanent footing in the 19th century. <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> <a href="/wiki/Methodists" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodists">Methodists</a> arrived in 1843, operating amongst the coastal <a href="/wiki/Ogu_people" title="Ogu people">Gun</a> people.<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> French missionaries spread Catholicism in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than half of all Christians in Benin are <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a>.<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> The Catholic hierarchy in Benin consists of the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Cotonou" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Cotonou">Archdiocese of Cotonou</a> (including the Dioceses of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Abomey" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Abomey">Abomey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Dassa-Zoum%C3%A9" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Dassa-Zoumé">Dassa-Zoumé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Lokossa" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Lokossa">Lokossa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Porto_Novo" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto Novo">Porto Novo</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Parakou" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Parakou">Parakou</a> (including the Dioceses of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Djougou" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Djougou">Djougou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Kandi" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandi">Kandi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Natitingou" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Natitingou">Natitingou</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_N%27Dali" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of N'Dali">N'Dali</a>). In 2020, there were 1349 <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priests</a> and 1482 women in religious orders.<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> </p><p>Other Christian groups include <a href="/wiki/Celestial_Church_of_Christ" title="Celestial Church of Christ">Celestial Christians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodists" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodists">Methodists</a>, <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), <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pentecostals" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostals">Pentecostals</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Unification_Church" title="Unification Church">Unification Church</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Very_Holy_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Baname&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Very Holy Church of Jesus Christ of Baname (page does not exist)">Very Holy Church of Jesus Christ of Baname</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-report2022_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cotonoucathedral.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The cathedral of Notre Dame des Apotres in Cotonou"><img alt="The cathedral of Notre Dame des Apotres in Cotonou" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Cotonoucathedral.jpg/120px-Cotonoucathedral.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Cotonoucathedral.jpg/180px-Cotonoucathedral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Cotonoucathedral.jpg/240px-Cotonoucathedral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2698" data-file-height="1855" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Cotonou_Cathedral" title="Cotonou Cathedral">cathedral of Notre Dame des Apotres</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cotonou" title="Cotonou">Cotonou</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Benin_-_batism_ceremony_in_Cotonou.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baptism ceremony of the Celestial Church of Christ in Cotonou, Benin."><img alt="Baptism ceremony of the Celestial Church of Christ in Cotonou, Benin." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Benin_-_batism_ceremony_in_Cotonou.jpg/120px-Benin_-_batism_ceremony_in_Cotonou.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Benin_-_batism_ceremony_in_Cotonou.jpg/180px-Benin_-_batism_ceremony_in_Cotonou.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Benin_-_batism_ceremony_in_Cotonou.jpg/240px-Benin_-_batism_ceremony_in_Cotonou.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3135" data-file-height="1344" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Baptism ceremony of the <a href="/wiki/Celestial_Church_of_Christ" title="Celestial Church of Christ">Celestial Church of Christ</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cotonou" title="Cotonou">Cotonou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <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_Benin&action=edit&section=5" 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:Muslim_Demographics_of_Benin.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Muslim_Demographics_of_Benin.png/220px-Muslim_Demographics_of_Benin.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Muslim_Demographics_of_Benin.png/330px-Muslim_Demographics_of_Benin.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Muslim_Demographics_of_Benin.png/440px-Muslim_Demographics_of_Benin.png 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="679" /></a><figcaption>Distribution of Muslims in Benin (2013)<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></figcaption></figure> <p>Islam, which accounts for more than 27% of the country's population, was brought to Benin from the north by <a href="/wiki/Hausa_people" title="Hausa people">Hausa</a>, and Songhai-<a href="/wiki/Dendi_people" title="Dendi people">Dendi</a> traders.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearly all Muslims adhere to the <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> branch of Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-report2022_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The few <a href="/wiki/Shi%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi'a">Shi'a</a> Muslims are primarily Middle Eastern expatriates.<sup id="cite_ref-report_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shia population in Benin is estimated between one and twelve percent of the total Muslim population of Benin, according to Pew Forum it is less than one percent<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> while as per Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly the population of Shia in Benin is around twelve percent of the total Muslim population of Benin.<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> <a href="/wiki/Ahmadiyya_Muslim_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmadiyya Muslim Community">Ahmadiyya Muslim Community</a> is also present, who recently inaugurated a <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> in Benin, the Al Mahdi Mosque in 2006. Many nominal Muslims also practise traditional local religious beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-report_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grande_mosquee_porto-novo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mosque in Porto-Novo"><img alt="Mosque in Porto-Novo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Grande_mosquee_porto-novo.jpg/120px-Grande_mosquee_porto-novo.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Grande_mosquee_porto-novo.jpg/180px-Grande_mosquee_porto-novo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Grande_mosquee_porto-novo.jpg/240px-Grande_mosquee_porto-novo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3228" data-file-height="2189" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Porto-Novo" title="Great Mosque of Porto-Novo">Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Porto-Novo" title="Porto-Novo">Porto-Novo</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Houten_deurpaneel_TMnr_4416-6.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Islamic art in Benin"><img alt="Islamic art in Benin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Houten_deurpaneel_TMnr_4416-6.jpg/120px-COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Houten_deurpaneel_TMnr_4416-6.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Houten_deurpaneel_TMnr_4416-6.jpg/180px-COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Houten_deurpaneel_TMnr_4416-6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Houten_deurpaneel_TMnr_4416-6.jpg/240px-COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Houten_deurpaneel_TMnr_4416-6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="489" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Islamic art in Benin</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ET-AMF_Boeing_767-300ER_of_Ethiopian_Airlines_(travel_for_the_mecca).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pilgrims leaving for Mecca"><img alt="Pilgrims leaving for Mecca" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/ET-AMF_Boeing_767-300ER_of_Ethiopian_Airlines_%28travel_for_the_mecca%29.jpg/120px-ET-AMF_Boeing_767-300ER_of_Ethiopian_Airlines_%28travel_for_the_mecca%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/ET-AMF_Boeing_767-300ER_of_Ethiopian_Airlines_%28travel_for_the_mecca%29.jpg/180px-ET-AMF_Boeing_767-300ER_of_Ethiopian_Airlines_%28travel_for_the_mecca%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/ET-AMF_Boeing_767-300ER_of_Ethiopian_Airlines_%28travel_for_the_mecca%29.jpg/240px-ET-AMF_Boeing_767-300ER_of_Ethiopian_Airlines_%28travel_for_the_mecca%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10000" data-file-height="6641" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pilgrims leaving for <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a></div> </li> </ul> <p>Three out of twelve <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Benin" title="Departments of Benin">departments</a> have a Muslim majority: <a href="/wiki/Alibori_Department" title="Alibori Department">Alibori</a> (81.3%), <a href="/wiki/Donga_Department" title="Donga Department">Donga</a> (77.9%) and <a href="/wiki/Borgou_Department" title="Borgou Department">Borgou</a> (69.8%).<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> <a href="/wiki/Couffo_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Couffo Department">Couffo</a> has the lowest share of Muslims in Benin as Muslims comprise less than 1% of the total population. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_groups">Other groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Benin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other religious groups in Benin include <a href="/wiki/Eckankar" title="Eckankar">Eckankar</a> and followers of the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-report2022_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<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_Benin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Freedom of religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Benin" title="Freedom of religion in Benin">Freedom of religion in Benin</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Benin" title="Constitution of Benin">Constitution of Benin</a> provides for <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">freedom of religion</a>, and the government generally respects this right in practice.<sup id="cite_ref-report2022_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United States government recorded no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious belief or practice during 2007, and prominent societal leaders have taken positive steps to promote religious freedom.<sup id="cite_ref-report_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, Benin was scored 4 out of 4 for religious freedom.<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> </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_Benin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Religion in the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Rwanda" title="Religion in Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Religion in São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Senegal" title="Religion in Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Seychelles" title="Religion in Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Sierra_Leone" title="Religion in Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Somalia" title="Religion in Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_South_Africa" title="Religion in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_South_Sudan" title="Religion in South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Sudan" title="Religion in Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a 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