Editing Mauritius (section)

=== Religion ===
{{Main|Religion in Mauritius}}
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|caption = Religion in Mauritius (2022)<ref name="2011 Census Religion">{{cite web|url=https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Documents/Census_and_Surveys/HPC/2011/HPC_TR_Vol2_Demography_Yr11.pdf|website=Statistics Mauritius|page=68|title=Resident population by religion and sex|access-date=19 November 2023| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20221006195313/https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Documents/Census_and_Surveys/HPC/2011/HPC_TR_Vol2_Demography_Yr11.pdf| archive-date = 6 October 2022}}</ref>	
|label1 = [[Hinduism]]	
|value1 = 47.87	
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|label2 = Christianity	
|value2 = 32.29	
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|label3 = [[Islam]]	
|value3 = 18.24	
|color3 = Green	
|label4 = [[Atheism|No Religion]]	
|value4 = 0.63	
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|label5 = Other/Not stated	
|value5 = 0.97	
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[[File:Maurice religions 2011.png|thumb|upright=.745|Geographical distribution by religion (2011)]]

According to the 2022 census conducted by [[Statistics Mauritius]], 47.87% of the Mauritian population follows [[Hinduism]]; 32.29% follows Christianity, with more than three-fourths of that number practicing [[Catholic Church in Mauritius|Catholicism]]; [[Islam]] (18.24%)<ref name="2022 Census Religion" />{{rp|138}} and other religions (0.86%) (including [[Chinese ethnic religion]]s). 0.63% reported themselves as [[irreligiosity|non-religious]] and 0.11% did not answer.<ref name="2011 Census Religion"/>

The constitution prohibits discrimination on religious grounds and provides for freedom to practice, change one's religion or not have any. The [[Catholic Church]], [[Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean|Church of England]], [[Presbyterian Church of Mauritius]], Seventh-day Adventists, Hindu Temples Associations and Muslim Mosques Organisations enjoy tax-exemptions and are allocated financial support based on their respective share of the population. Other religious groups can register and be tax-exempt but receive no financial support.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Religious Freedom Report for 2015|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=256049|access-date=25 November 2016|website=United States State Department}}</ref> Public holidays of religious origins are the Hindu festivals of [[Maha Shivaratri]], [[Ugadi|Ougadi]], [[Thaipusam|Thaipoosam Cavadee]], [[Ganesh Chaturthi]], and [[Diwali]]; the Christian festivals of [[All Saints Day]] and [[Christmas]]; and the Muslim festival of [[Eid al-Fitr]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 February 2016|title=Public Holidays|language=en-ind|work=Mauritius|url=http://www.tourism-mauritius.mu/en-ind/plan/public-holidays|access-date=25 November 2016|archive-date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125174843/http://www.tourism-mauritius.mu/en-ind/plan/public-holidays}}</ref> The state actively participates in their organisation with special committees presiding over the pilgrimage to [[Ganga Talao]] for [[Maha Shivaratri]] and the annual Catholic Procession to [[Jacques-Désiré Laval]]'s resting place at [[Sainte-Croix, Mauritius|Sainte-Croix]].<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Mauritius: Maha Shivratree 2022 – the Prime Minister Chairs the National Task Force|date=25 November 2021|publisher=[[Government of Mauritius]]|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202111260112.html|via=AllAfrica.com|place=Port Louis}}</ref>