Editing Chad (section)

=== Religion ===
{{main|Religion in Chad}}
Chad is a religiously diverse country. Various estimates, including from [[Pew Research Center|Pew Research]] in 2010, found that 52–58% of the population was Muslim, while 39–44% were Christian,<ref name="auto1"/> with 22% being Catholic and a further 17% being Protestant.<ref name="Pew Christians">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/table-christian-population-as-percentages-of-total-population-by-country/|title=Table: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country|date=19 December 2011|publisher=Pew Research Center|access-date=16 April 2018|archive-date=11 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511124911/http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/table-christian-population-as-percentages-of-total-population-by-country/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Pew Muslims">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/table-muslim-population-by-country/|title=Table: Muslim Population by Country|date=27 January 2011|publisher=Pew Research Center|access-date=16 April 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406100706/http://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/table-muslim-population-by-country/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to a 2012 Pew Research survey, 48% of Muslim Chadians professed to be [[Sunni]], 21% [[Shia]], 4% [[Ahmadiyya|Ahmadi]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} and 23% [[non-denominational Muslim]]. Islam is expressed in diverse ways; for example, 55% of Muslim Chadians belong to [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[tariqa|orders]]. Its most common expression is the [[Tijaniyah]], an order followed by the 35% of Chadian Muslims which incorporates some local African religious elements.<ref name="pew128">{{cite web | title=The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity | url=http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-full-report.pdf  | access-date=2 June 2014 | date=9 August 2012 | publisher=Pew Forum on Religious & Public life | pages=128–129 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024125551/http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-full-report.pdf | archive-date=24 October 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2020, the [[Association of Religion Data Archives|ARDA]] estimated the vast majority of Muslims Chadians to be Sunni belonging to the Sufi brotherhood Tijaniyah.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Religious demographics (Chad) |url=https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=45c |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=[[Association of Religion Data Archives]] |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929005616/https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=45c |url-status=live }}</ref> A small minority of the country's Muslims (5–10%) hold more fundamentalist practices, which, in some cases, may be associated with Saudi-oriented [[Salafi movement]]s.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="US-DoS-IRFR-2006">"[https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71293.htm Chad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223022124/https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71293.htm |date=23 December 2019 }}". ''International Religious Freedom Report 2006''. 15 September 2006. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State.</ref>
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|label3 = [[Atheism|No Religion]]
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[[Roman Catholics]] represent the largest Christian denomination in the country.<ref name=":3" /> Most Protestants, including the Nigeria-based "Winners' Chapel", are affiliated with various evangelical Christian groups. Members of the [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] religious communities also are present in the country. Both faiths were introduced after independence in 1960 and therefore are considered to be "new" religions in the country.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Chad |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/chad/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="US-DoS-IRFR-2006" />

A small proportion of the population continues to practice indigenous religions. [[Animism]] includes a variety of ancestor and place-oriented religions whose expression is highly specific. [[Christianity in Africa|Christianity]] arrived in Chad with the French and American missionaries; as with Chadian Islam, it [[syncretism|syncretises]] aspects of pre-Christian religious beliefs.<ref name="Collelo" />

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|title=[[Religion in Chad]] ([[Pew Research Center|Pew Research]])<ref name=cia/><ref name=pew>[http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/chad/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Chad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216202531/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/chad/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 |date=16 December 2013 }}. [[Pew Research Center]]. 2010.</ref>
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Muslims are largely concentrated in northern and eastern Chad, and animists and Christians live primarily in southern Chad and [[Guéra Region|Guéra]].<ref name="EB" /> Many Muslims also reside in southern Chad but the Christian presence in the north is minimal.<ref name=":4" /> The constitution provides for a secular state and guarantees religious freedom; different religious communities generally co-exist without problems.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="US-DoS-IRFR-2006" />

Chad is home to foreign missionaries representing both [[Christians|Christian]] and Islamic groups. Itinerant [[Muslim]] preachers, primarily from [[Sudan]], [[Saudi Arabia]], and [[Pakistan]], also visit. Saudi Arabian funding generally supports social and educational projects and extensive mosque construction.<ref name="US-DoS-IRFR-2006"/>