Editing Somalia (section)

=== Religion ===
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[[File:Mosislsol2.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Mosque of Islamic Solidarity]] in Mogadishu is the largest mosque in the Horn region.]]
According to the [[Pew Research Center]], 99.8% of Somalia's population is [[Muslim]].<ref name="Pew"/> The majority belong to the [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] branch of [[Islam]] and the [[Shafi'i]] school of [[Islamic jurisprudence]].<ref name="Abdullahi 2001 12"/> [[Sufism]], the [[mysticism|mystical]] sect of Islam, is also well established, with many local ''jama'a'' (''[[Zaouia|zawiya]]'') or congregations of the various ''[[Tariqah|tariiqa]]'' or Sufi orders.<ref>I. M. Lewis (1998) ''Saints and Somalis: Popular Islam in a Clan-based Society'', The Red Sea Press, pp. 8–9, {{ISBN|1-56902-103-1}}.</ref> The constitution of Somalia likewise defines Islam as the state religion of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and Islamic [[sharia]] law as the basic source for national legislation. It also stipulates that no law that is inconsistent with the basic tenets of Shari'a can be enacted.<ref name="Frspc"/>

[[Christianity]] is a minority religion in Somalia, with adherents representing less than 0.1% of the population in 2010 according to the Pew Research Center.<ref name="Pew"/> The number of Christians in Somalia is estimated at 1,000 people.<ref name="economist">{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/world/middleeast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14707279 |title=Almost expunged: Somalia's Embattled Christians |date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2009-10-22 |newspaper=The Economist |archive-date=25 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025043912/http://www.economist.com/world/middleeast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14707279 |url-status=live }}</ref> There is one [[Catholicism|Catholic]] diocese for the whole country, the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadiscio|Diocese of Mogadishu]], which estimates that there were only about one hundred Catholic practitioners in 2004.<ref>{{Catholic-hierarchy|diocese|dmgds|Diocese of Mogadiscio|23 January 2015}}</ref>

In 1913, during the early part of the colonial era, there were virtually no Christians in the Somali territories, with only about 100–200 followers coming from the schools and orphanages of the few Catholic missions in the [[British Somaliland]] [[protectorate]].<ref>[[Charles George Herbermann]] (1913) ''The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church'', Vol. 14, Robert Appleton Co., p. 139.</ref> There were also no known Catholic missions in Italian Somaliland during the same period.<ref>Charles Henry Robinson (2007) [1915], ''History of Christian Missions'', Read Books, p. 356.</ref> In the 1970s, during the reign of Somalia's then [[Marxism|Marxist]] government, church-run schools were closed and [[Missionary|missionaries]] sent home. There has been no [[archbishop]] in the country since 1989, and the [[Mogadishu Cathedral|cathedral]] in Mogadishu was severely damaged during the civil war. In December 2013, the Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs also released a directive prohibiting the celebration of Christian festivities in the country.<ref>{{cite news|last=Khalif|first=Abdulkadir|title=Somalia bans Christmas celebrations|url=http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Somalia-bans-Christmas-celebrations/-/1950946/2125192/-/format/xhtml/-/774d8c/-/index.html|access-date=3 January 2014|newspaper=Daily Nation|date=25 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211105011/http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Somalia-bans-Christmas-celebrations/-/1950946/2125192/-/format/xhtml/-/774d8c/-/index.html|archive-date=11 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to the Pew Research Center, less than 0.1% of Somalia's population in 2010 were adherents of [[folk religion]]s.<ref name="Pew"/> These mainly consisted of some non-Somali ethnic minority groups in the southern parts of the country, who practice [[animism]]. In the case of the [[Somali Bantu|Bantu]], these religious traditions were inherited from their ancestors in [[Southeast Africa]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |url=http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/3d9ac1502.pdf |title=Refugees Vol. 3, No. 128, 2002 UNHCR Publication Refugees about the Somali Bantu |date=1 September 2002 |access-date=27 June 2010 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614220126/http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/3d9ac1502.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Additionally, according to the Pew Research Center, less than 0.1% of Somalia's population in 2010 were adherents of [[Judaism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], or [[Irreligion by country|unaffiliated with any religion]].<ref name="Pew"/>