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Religious Freedom in the Majority Islamic Countries
1998 Report


Comoros Islands

Population: 514,000
Religion: Islam 99%; Catholicism 1%
Catholics: 3,000
Comoros apostolic administration


Following the restrictions introduced by the constitution of 1987 which considerably enhanced the importance of Islam in the life of society, all religious expression other than Islam is now prohibited and gatherings of members of other religions are not permitted.