Editing North Rhine-Westphalia (section)

===Religion===
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|title=Religion in North Rhine-Westphalia, 2020<ref name="ekd2020">[https://www.ekd.de/ekd_de/ds_doc/Ber_Kirchenmitglieder_2020.pdf Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchenmitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2020] EKD, November 2021</ref>
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{{As of|2023}}, 32.7% of the population of the state adhered to the [[Roman Catholic Church]], 20.8% to the [[Protestant Church in Germany]], and 46.5% of the population was [[Irreligion in Germany|irreligious]] or adhered to other denominations or religions. North Rhine-Westphalia ranks first in population among German states for both Roman Catholics and Protestants.<ref>https://www.ekd.de/ekd_de/ds_doc/Bericht_KiMi_2023_Bericht.pdf</ref>

In 2016, the interior ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia reported that the number of mosques with a [[Islam in Germany#Salafism|Salafist]] [[International propagation of Salafism and Wahhabism|influence]] had increased from three to nine, which indicated both an actual increase and improved reporting.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Verfassungsschutz: Salafisten agitieren in NRW in 55 Moscheen |url=https://rp-online.de/nrw/panorama/nrw-salafisten-agitieren-in-55-moscheen_aid-18340503 |location=[[Düsseldorf]] |work=[[Rheinische Post]] |language=de |access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref> According to German authorities, [[Salafi movement|Salafism]] is incompatible with the principles codified in the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany]], in particular: [[democracy]], the [[rule of law]], and political order based on [[human rights]].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Salafismus |url=http://www.verfassungsschutz.bayern.de/islamismus/definition/erscheinungsformen/salafismus/index.html |url-status=live |website=www.verfassungsschutz.bayern.de |language=de |location=[[Munich]] |publisher=[[Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution|Bayerisches Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228220414/https://www.verfassungsschutz.bayern.de/islamismus/definition/erscheinungsformen/salafismus/index.html |archive-date=28 December 2021 |access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref>