Editing The Bahamas (section)

===Religion===
{{Further|Religion in the Bahamas}}
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The islands' population is predominantly [[Christians|Christian]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="Britannica, Bahamas"/> [[Protestant]] denominations collectively account for more than 70 per cent of the population, with [[Baptists]] representing 35 per cent of the population, [[Anglicans]] 15 per cent, [[Pentecostals]] 8 per cent, [[Church of God (Holiness)|Church of God]] 5 per cent, [[Seventh-day Adventists]] 5 per cent and [[Methodists]] 4 per cent. There is also a significant [[Roman Catholic]] community, which accounts for about 14 per cent.<ref name=us>{{citation-attribution|1=United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. [http://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108512.htm Bahamas: International Religious Freedom Report 2008] }}</ref>

[[Jews]] in the Bahamas have a history dating back to the Columbus expeditions, where [[Luis de Torres]], an interpreter and member of Columbus' party, is believed to have been [[secretly Jewish]]. Today, there is a small community with about 200 members, according to census data, although higher estimates place this figure at 300.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bahamas Virtual Jewish History Tour|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/bahamas-virtual-jewish-history-tour|website=Jewish Virtual Library|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102150957/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/bahamas-virtual-jewish-history-tour|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bahamas' Jewish community has a small but steady presence|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/florida-jewish-journal/opinion/fl-jj-opinion-gurinsky-bahamas-jewish-community-20190918-20190909-aww2u23jija7bet32nlpd764ji-story.html|website=Sun Sentinel|date=9 September 2019|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202034129/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/florida-jewish-journal/opinion/fl-jj-opinion-gurinsky-bahamas-jewish-community-20190918-20190909-aww2u23jija7bet32nlpd764ji-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Census">{{cite web|title=Population & Census|url=https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/Key%20Statistics/Social%20Statistics/Population%20and%20Census/!ut/p/b1/vZDJkqJAEIafpR_ApliE8kghIsqOsl0IBATZN4Gup5-e5TCXHi8TnXnKiC_jy_yJgPCIoInmRxZNj7aJqp9zwIYmAqat7Gge7kUG8CzDc2hr0RLDEi7hOT6z7hl5OciX0M4T6ToKgmeSEqJU4PvKoTIipN33EZDTU7hjpSJtnvMw56kac0V66XAylk8Mn8OuzXnnbFNRppiN1UCpz3VHqdEUmXI-y2yHSidMtZpubvRGoNm1b4ago1i9gfrotaVQgoH31QiasJlRj3gDFUNW3UxytkkdcXL8OJpboWNlWu7cqjqX8KPvvXbMsRxmo8HGIUw_jHp5e_t83P98HHxRPHiVy-_9LwBwoF7nGvxCaCCpPM9AVbo4AMgk4C2bNIFOU3-Af534Lwk4kK8AivA_Ae7LMyFLXAgPMKFdfHQyLrFVYEtTr0_SFlsMSoC1snG1a3VWE4lUFXcBynWZMFLGgl_VwlLV5GgkjnVF_L4uVS16JeS-Wagz3y0kv1v43ZEy_z_SExE8bvX7Etfv4J2BDENBkgY7iuO2EBJO4bM7IZNXUbbu26C_0n1EieCqHEz3Fgn61tNNwb74ZYo3m9mf3HwNXBWP3B7B9nkMxMiuy1JXGbJnTlMsZltkQUU818WZMgc70DBlHzRUnKxWuVFgEe2xKCJvut9pOT-6T72aaOnUgS4-DHnLDUv2mMu9HD5jHempcad3RcN5Cc9w7t2SHGPexJbPJrkbrZOC8RGumIu6_qIHbWDUYsWRA7fiQkj2mfO0HZ2ODQm1ur-0yjYzDUrkLzB2HjBSR-NBaMe2Tomuns8Ka4l37e9m3n4Am6UKZw!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|website=bahamas.gov|year=2011|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202034130/https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/Key%20Statistics/Social%20Statistics/Population%20and%20Census/!ut/p/b1/vZDJkqJAEIafpR_ApliE8kghIsqOsl0IBATZN4Gup5-e5TCXHi8TnXnKiC_jy_yJgPCIoInmRxZNj7aJqp9zwIYmAqat7Gge7kUG8CzDc2hr0RLDEi7hOT6z7hl5OciX0M4T6ToKgmeSEqJU4PvKoTIipN33EZDTU7hjpSJtnvMw56kac0V66XAylk8Mn8OuzXnnbFNRppiN1UCpz3VHqdEUmXI-y2yHSidMtZpubvRGoNm1b4ago1i9gfrotaVQgoH31QiasJlRj3gDFUNW3UxytkkdcXL8OJpboWNlWu7cqjqX8KPvvXbMsRxmo8HGIUw_jHp5e_t83P98HHxRPHiVy-_9LwBwoF7nGvxCaCCpPM9AVbo4AMgk4C2bNIFOU3-Af534Lwk4kK8AivA_Ae7LMyFLXAgPMKFdfHQyLrFVYEtTr0_SFlsMSoC1snG1a3VWE4lUFXcBynWZMFLGgl_VwlLV5GgkjnVF_L4uVS16JeS-Wagz3y0kv1v43ZEy_z_SExE8bvX7Etfv4J2BDENBkgY7iuO2EBJO4bM7IZNXUbbu26C_0n1EieCqHEz3Fgn61tNNwb74ZYo3m9mf3HwNXBWP3B7B9nkMxMiuy1JXGbJnTlMsZltkQUU818WZMgc70DBlHzRUnKxWuVFgEe2xKCJvut9pOT-6T72aaOnUgS4-DHnLDUv2mMu9HD5jHempcad3RcN5Cc9w7t2SHGPexJbPJrkbrZOC8RGumIu6_qIHbWDUYsWRA7fiQkj2mfO0HZ2ODQm1ur-0yjYzDUrkLzB2HjBSR-NBaMe2Tomuns8Ka4l37e9m3n4Am6UKZw!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Muslims]] also have a minority presence. While some slaves and free Africans in the colonial era were Muslim, the religion was absent until around the 1970s, when it experienced a revival. Today, there are about 300 Muslims.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamaa' Ahlus Sunnah Bahamas (Jamaat-ul-Islaam Bahamas)|url=http://jamaa-ahlussunnah-bahamas.com/history.html|website=Jamaa' Ahlus Sunnah Bahamas|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202034134/http://jamaa-ahlussunnah-bahamas.com/history.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Census" />

There are also smaller communities of [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼís]], [[Hindus]], [[Rastafari]] and practitioners of traditional African religions, such as [[Obeah]].<ref name="Census" />