The most common religion in Albania is Islam, with the second-most-common religion being Christianity. There are also a number of irreligious Albanians. There are no official statistics regarding the number of practicing religious people per each religious group.[1][2]
Albania has been a secular state since 1912, and as such, is "neutral in questions of belief and conscience":[3] The former socialist government declared Albania the world's first "atheist state", even though the Soviet Union had already done so.[4][5][6][7] Believers faced harsh punishments, and many clergymen were killed. Religious observance and practice is generally lax today, and polls have shown that, compared to the populations of other countries, few Albanians consider religion to be a dominant factor in their lives. When asked about religion, people generally refer to their family's historical religious legacy and not to their own choice of faith.
The 2011 census on religion and ethnicity has been deemed unreliable by the Council of Europe, as well as other internal and external organisations and groups.
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