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Religion Overview in the Philippines

The majority (92%) of the population in the Philippines practices Christianity, with 81% identifying as Roman Catholic. About 11% belong to Protestant denominations. While officially secular, the constitution requires equal respect of all religions. Islam is the second largest religion, though estimates of its adherents vary from 5.6% nationally to 11% according to the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos. Most Muslims live in the southern regions of Mindanao, Palawan and the Sulu Archipelago, though some have migrated elsewhere. They generally practice Sunni Islam following the Shafi'i school.

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Religion Overview in the Philippines

The majority (92%) of the population in the Philippines practices Christianity, with 81% identifying as Roman Catholic. About 11% belong to Protestant denominations. While officially secular, the constitution requires equal respect of all religions. Islam is the second largest religion, though estimates of its adherents vary from 5.6% nationally to 11% according to the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos. Most Muslims live in the southern regions of Mindanao, Palawan and the Sulu Archipelago, though some have migrated elsewhere. They generally practice Sunni Islam following the Shafi'i school.

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Religion in the Philippines is marked by a majority of people being adherents of the Christian

faith.[1] At least 92% of the population is Christian: about 81% belong to the Roman Catholic
Church while about 11% belong to Protestant Christian denominations, such as Seventh-day
Adventist Church, United Church of Christ in the Philippines and Evangelicals.[1] Officially, the
Philippines is a secular nation, with the Constitution guaranteeing separation of church and state,
and requiring government to respect all religious beliefs equally.
According to national religious surveys, about 5.6% of the population of the Philippines is
Muslim, making Islam the second largest religion in the country. However, the National
Commission of Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) disputes this and claims the adherence of about 11%
of the total population.[2][3] Most Muslims live in parts of Mindanao, Palawan, and the Sulu
Archipelago an area known as Bangsamoro or the Moro region.[4] Some have migrated into
urban and rural areas in different parts of the country. Most Muslim Filipinos practice Sunni
Islam according to the Shafi'i school.[5] There are some Ahmadiyya Muslims in the country.[6]

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