History
Muslim traders and Christian missionaries first arrived in the 1860s, attempting to convert the Ugandan king.
Indigenous beliefs
Only 1% of Uganda's population follow traditional religions. More than 50% of Uganda is christian.
Muslim traders and Christian missionaries first arrived in the 1860s, attempting to convert the Ugandan king.
Indigenous beliefs
Only 1% of Uganda's population follow traditional religions. More than 50% of Uganda is christian.
Secular
Currently small in number.
According to the National Census of October 2002, Christians of all denominations made up 85.1% of Uganda's population. The Catholic Church has the largest number of adherents (41.9% of the total population), followed by the Anglican Church of Uganda, a part of the worldwide Anglican communion (35.9%). Minor Christian groups include Pentecostals (4.6%) and Seventh-Day Adventists (1.5%), while 1.0% were grouped under the category "Other Christians".
According to the National Census 2002 12.1% of Ugandas adhere to Islam. While Muslims today appear to be experiencing some degree of discrimination, they were in the seventies the most favoured group under the rule of President Idi Amin, himself a Muslim, under whose government the number of Muslims had significantly grown.
Currently small in number.
According to the National Census of October 2002, Christians of all denominations made up 85.1% of Uganda's population. The Catholic Church has the largest number of adherents (41.9% of the total population), followed by the Anglican Church of Uganda, a part of the worldwide Anglican communion (35.9%). Minor Christian groups include Pentecostals (4.6%) and Seventh-Day Adventists (1.5%), while 1.0% were grouped under the category "Other Christians".
According to the National Census 2002 12.1% of Ugandas adhere to Islam. While Muslims today appear to be experiencing some degree of discrimination, they were in the seventies the most favoured group under the rule of President Idi Amin, himself a Muslim, under whose government the number of Muslims had significantly grown.
Wikipedia- July 06,2009
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