Religious views

The United States is a very diverse country. There are all types of races and religions the live together under one nation. In Sudan, the religion of Islam dominates the north. There has recently been a split between north and south Sudan mainly due to the uncertainty on, "how to demarcate the border and share oil profits." When this county split, the north became 90% of Muslims. the other 10% is made up of minorities that include Christians. The south, is mainly made up of Christians with a small percent of Muslims. When Sudan was first colonized by the British, The people of Sudan were Christian until, "the nineteenth century, when most were forced to convert to Islam."

As you can see, there isn't a wide range of religion in north or south Sudan. In America you have, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Atheists. 


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