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Since the advent of the conquests of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] a majority of Rusana's population has followed Islam, in the modern age approximately 84% of the population has answered in the affirmative if they practiced the religion in the last census. Of said percentage approximately 62% belong to the Shia school and 38% belong to the Sunni school. Shia Islam first arrived in Rusana during the reign of caliph Mansur III as unrest was growing with his over taxation of the provinces, a situation that [[Zaclaria]]n preacher Enayat Mostofi took advantage of to spread his message among the masses. The dissolution of Oduniyyad power allowed Shi'ism to spread as some of the local rulers adopted it to differentiate even further from the Oduniyyad caliph. Since the end of the [[Rusani Civil War|civil war]], Islam has been recognized as the official state religion and gets important financial endowments thanks to this official status. After Islam, Christianity is the second largest religious group, amounting to roughly 13% of the population. Christianity was first spread by the Qian dynasty during the viceroyalty period, as a way to balance the Muslim majority and create discord in the population. The [[Democratic Christian Church of Daxia and the East|Church of the East]] established as many as five dioceses on the area they were allowed to proselityze in, much to the chagrin of Islamic authorities. Christianity is predominantly practiced by people belonging to ethnic minority groups such as the Kassar people(who are exclusively Christian), the Tauqi and Yue. Christianity is a recognized minority religion and has protected status in Rusana.

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