Religion in Bangladesh
Sunni Islam is the largest religion in Bangladesh and in all of its districts, except Rangamati which is majority Buddhist. Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity are the other major religions in the country. Other religions and denominations have small populations, such as Shia Islam, Ahmadiyya, Sikhism, Bahai Faith, Jainism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism (Parsis), Ravidassia (Ad-Dharmi), as well as animism and folk religions. The United Nations categorizes Bangladesh as a moderate democratic Muslim country. The Constitution of Bangladesh refers to Islam twice: the document begins with the Islamic phrase Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem (Arabic: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ, lit. 'In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful') and article (2A), added later, declares that: "Islam is the state religion of the republic". However, secularism is also one of the four fundamental principles of the Constitution of Bangladesh since 2011, and the country is mostly governed by secular laws dating from...
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