Religion in Saudi Arabia

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The majority religion in Saudi Arabia is Islam. Freedom of religion in Saudi Arabia is very limited.

Religious groups

Islam

The official form of Islam is Sunni of the Hanbali school, in its Salafi or Wahhabi version. Nearly 10-15% of the population are Shia Muslims. Two holiest cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina, are in Saudi Arabia.

Christianity

There are significant populations of Roman Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox Christians, primarily non-citizens from a variety of countries.

Hinduism

There's a significant population of Hindus, primarily non-citizens from India. Hindus are not permitted to worship in Saudi Arabia.

Freedom of religion

Saudi Arabia is an Islamic theocracy, without protections on the rights of minorities to practice freedom of religion. Non-muslim propogation is banned, and conversion from Islam to another religion is punishable by death as apostasy. ^[1]

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