Islam in Tunisia
religion in Tunisia
Islam is the most dominant religion in Tunisia. According to the United States CIA, 99.1% of its adherents are Sunni Muslims. The constitution of Tunisia states that the country's “religion is Islam”, the government is the “guardian of religion”, and requires that the president must officially be a Muslim when taking office. However, since 2022 The constitution of Tunisia does not state that the country's "religion is Islam". Instead, it says that the country is part of the Islamic world and that the government protects the interests of Islam and requires that the president be Muslim. The predominant madhhab in the country is the Maliki. The Tunisian island of Djerba is home to a population of Ibadi Muslims.
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The majority of Muslims in Tunisia are Sunni, following the Maliki madhhab. However, there are no reliable statistics on relative religiosity. Various Sufi orders are influential to Islamic practice in Tunisia - particularly the Shadhili Order, which is significant across North Africa.
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