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==Religion== {{main|Religion in Guatemala}} [[Catholicism]] was the official religion during the colonial era, and today is the most professed church in the population, but since the 1960s, with the armed conflict, [[Protestantism]] has increased progressively, today around two fifths of Guatemalans are Protestant, specially [[Evangelicalism|Evangelicals]] (with [[Pentecostal]]s as the biggest branch).<ref name="dary"/> [[Eastern Orthodox|Eastern]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]] claim rapid growth, especially among the Indigenous Maya. Other churches include [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], and other Christian minorities. Indigenous beliefs are sometimes combined with Christianity.<ref name="dary"/> [[Maya religion]] believers only account for less than 0.1% of the population and since the mid-1990s the Constitution recognizes the rights of Maya Religion. The Islamic community in Guatemala is growing, and is projected to include at least 2,000 believers by 2030.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/table-muslim-population-by-country/ |title=Table: Muslim Population by Country |publisher=Pew Research Center |date=27 January 2011 |website=pewforum.org |access-date=2021-10-21}}</ref> There is a mosque in Guatemala City called the Islamic Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala (Spanish: Mezquita de Aldawaa Islámica). The president of the Islamic Community of the country is Jamal Mubarak. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; background:white; width:40%; margin:1em auto;" !colspan=7 | Religious evolution in Guatemala<ref name="dary">Pdf. Crecimiento y Situación Actual de la Iglesia Evangélica de Guatemala. Public Religious Affiliation Surveys (CBN Poll´s compilation). Claudia Dary. 2019</ref> |- style="color:white;" !style="background:#659ec7;"|Year !style="background:#659ec7;"|% Catholic !style="background:#659ec7;"|% Protestants !style="background:#659ec7;"|% Others !style="background:#659ec7;"|% No religion |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"| March 1986 | 62.1% | 25.0% | 3.5% | 10.4% |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"| March 1991 | 63.0% | 19.4% | 4.0% | 13.6% |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"| October 2001-January 2002 | 55.8% | 23.1% | 3.8% | 17.3% |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"| June 2011 | 50.0% | 35.0% | 3.0% | 12.0% |- !style="background:lemonchiffon;"| June 2017 | 44.5% | 39.0% | 3.3% | 13.2% |- |}
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