Editing Guinea (section)

=== Religion ===
{{Further|Religion in Guinea}}

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[[File:Mosquée fayçal.jpg|thumb|The [[Grand Mosque of Conakry]] was built under [[Ahmed Sékou Touré]] with funding from [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|King Fahd]] of [[Saudi Arabia]].]]

In 2023, the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] (ARDA) reported that the population was 86.8% [[Islam|Muslim]], 3.52% [[Christianity|Christian]] and 9.42% [[animism|animist]].<ref name="thearda.com"/>  In the past Muslims and Christians have incorporated indigenous African beliefs into their outlook.<ref name="state.gov">[https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/208368.pdf "Guinea 2012 International Religious Freedom Report"], US State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.</ref>

The majority of Guinean Muslims are adherent to [[Sunni Islam]], of the [[Maliki]] school of jurisprudence, influenced by [[Sufism]].<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 3818383|title = A Sufi Interpretation of 'Le Regard du Roi'|journal = Research in African Literatures|volume = 14|issue = 2|pages = 135–164|last1 = Harrow|first1 = Kenneth|year = 1983}}</ref> Christian groups include [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]], [[Anglicanism|Anglicans]], [[Baptists]], [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]], and [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] groups. [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] are active in the country and recognized by the Government. There is a [[Baháʼí Faith]] community. There are numbers of [[Hinduism|Hindus]], [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], and traditional Chinese religious groups among the [[expatriate]] community.<ref>[https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/guinea/ US State Dept 2022 report] ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref>

There were three days of ethno-religious fighting in the city of [[Nzerekore]] in July 2013.<ref name="Guinea 2013"/><ref name="bbc.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-23335719|title="Guinean troops deployed after deadly ethnic clashes", BBC Africa, 17 July 2013.|work=BBC News|access-date=15 October 2014|date=17 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017234847/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-23335719|archive-date=17 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Fighting between ethnic [[Kpelle people|Kpelle]] who are Christian or animist, and ethnic Konianke who are Muslims and close to the larger [[Malinke]] ethnic group, left at least 54 dead.<ref name="bbc.com"/> The dead included people who were killed with machetes and burned alive.<ref name="bbc.com"/> The violence ended after the Guinean military imposed a curfew, and President Conde made a televised appeal for calm.<ref name="bbc.com"/> In 2021, violence was limited to Kendoumaya, Lower Guinea, and mainly concerned a land rights dispute between locals and a monastery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/guinea/|title=US State Dept 2022 report}}</ref>