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===Religion=== {{main|Religion in Rwanda}} [[File:RwamaganaChurch.jpg|thumb|Catholic church in [[Rwamagana]]|alt=Photograph depicting the Catholic parish church in Rwamagana, Eastern Province, including the main entrance, façade, the separate bell tower, and dirt forecourt]] The largest faith in Rwanda is [[Catholicism]], but there have been significant changes in the nation's religious demographics since the genocide, with many conversions to [[evangelical]] Christianity, and, to a lesser degree, [[Islam in Rwanda|Islam]].{{sfn|Walker|April 2004}} According to the 2012 census, Catholic Christians represented 43.7% of the population, Protestants (excluding [[Seventh-day Adventists]]) 37.7%, Seventh-day Adventists 11.8%, and Muslims 2.0%; 0.2% claimed no religious beliefs and 1.3% did not state a religion.{{sfn|National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda|2014|p=17}} Traditional religion, despite officially being followed by only 0.1% of the population, retains an influence. Many Rwandans view the [[God in Christianity|Christian God]] as synonymous with the traditional Rwandan God ''[[Imana]]''.{{sfn|Wiredu|Abraham|Irele|Menkiti|2006|pp=236–237}}
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