Editing Munich (section)

===Religion===
About 45% of Munich's residents are not affiliated with any religious group; this ratio represents the fastest growing segment of the population. As in the rest of Germany, the Catholic and Protestant churches have experienced a continuous decline in membership. As of 31 December 2017, 31.8% of the city's inhabitants were [[Catholic]], 11.4% [[Protestant]], 0.3% Jewish (see: [[History of the Jews in Munich]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dam/jcr:0f95bf6f-3c4d-46e6-bad2-b435c8ccf7be/jt180120.pdf |title=Landeshauptstadt München: Bevölkerungsbestand – Aktuelle Jahreszahlen: Die Bevölkerung in den Stadtbezirken nach ausgewählten Konfessionen am 31.12.2017 |publisher=muenchen.de |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324101812/https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dam/jcr:0f95bf6f-3c4d-46e6-bad2-b435c8ccf7be/jt180120.pdf |archive-date=24 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and 3.6% were members of an Orthodox Church ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] or [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ergebnisse.zensus2011.de/#StaticContent:091620000000,BEG_4_2_6,m,table |title=Bevölkerung im regionalen Vergleich nach Religion (ausführlich) in % |publisher=Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder |date=2014 |access-date=7 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621101339/https://ergebnisse.zensus2011.de/#StaticContent:091620000000,BEG_4_2_6,m,table |archive-date=21 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> About 1% adhere to other Christian denominations. There is also a small [[Old Catholic]] parish and an English-speaking parish of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] in the city. According to Munich Statistical Office, in 2013 about 6.9% of Munich's population was [[Muslim]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muslime-in-muenchen-extremisten-sind-eine-kleine-minderheit-1.2156016 |title=Extremisten sind eine kleine Minderheit |publisher=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] |date=2014 |access-date=28 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828094728/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muslime-in-muenchen-extremisten-sind-eine-kleine-minderheit-1.2156016 |archive-date=28 August 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Munich has the largest [[Uyghurs|Uyghur]] population with about 800 (whole Germany about 1,600) people with Uyghur diaspora. Many of them fled to Munich due to the Chinese government and are exiled in Munich. Munich is also home to [[World Uyghur Congress]], which is an [[international organisation]] of exiled Uyghurs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weltkongress der Uiguren – München |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-uiguren-weltkongress-china-cables-1.4696618 |website=www.sueddeutsche.de |date=25 November 2019 |access-date=24 July 2023 |language=de |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724081340/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-uiguren-weltkongress-china-cables-1.4696618 |url-status=live }}</ref>