Religion in Mauritania - Freedom of Religion in Mauritania, Islam in Mauritania, Kunta Family, Christianity in Mauritania (Paperback)

Chapters: Freedom of Religion in Mauritania, Islam in Mauritania, Kunta Family, Christianity in Mauritania, Roman Catholicism in Mauritania. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Freedom of religion in Mauritania is limited by the Government. The constitution establishes the country as an Islamic republic and decrees that Islam is the religion of its citizens and the State. Non-Muslim resident expatriates and a few non-Muslim citizens practice their religion openly with certain limitation on proselytization and transmission of religious materials. Relations between the Muslim community and the small non-Muslim community are generally amicable. The country has a total area of 397,840 square miles (1,030,400 km ), and its population is approximately 2.5 million. Almost all of the population are practicing Sunni Muslims. There is a little small number of non-Muslims. Roman Catholic and non-denominational Christian churches have been established in Nouakchott, Atar, Zouerate, Nouadhibou, and Rosso. A number of expatriates practice Judaism but there are no synagogues. There are several foreign faith-based nongovernmental organizations (NGO's) active in humanitarian and developmental work in the country. Islam is generally considered to be the essential cohesive element unifying the country's various ethnic groups and castes. There is a cabinet-level Ministry of Culture and Islamic Orientation and a High Council of Islam, consisting of six imams, which, at the Government's request, advises on the conformance of legislation to Islamic precepts. Mosques and Qur'anic schools are funded privately by their members and other donors. One exception is a small stipend to the imam of the Central Mosque in the capital city of Nouakchott provided by the government. The Gove...http: //booksllc.net/?id=32268