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    Religion in the Netherlands was dominated by Christianity between the 10th and 20th centuries. In the late 19th century, roughly 60% of the population...
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    The history of religion in the Netherlands has been characterized by considerable diversity of religious thought and practice. From 1600 until the second...
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  • Islam the second largest religion in the Netherlands – a new development through immigration, mostly since ca. 1970. Until World War II, the Netherlands had...
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    is the second largest religion in the Netherlands, after Christianity, and is practised by 5% of the population according to 2018 estimates. The majority...
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    Catholic Christianity was the only mainstream religion in the Netherlands. The rebellious Netherlands that had united in the Union of Utrecht (1579) declared...
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    The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the...
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    Christianity is the largest religion in Belgium, with the Catholic Church representing the largest community, though it has experienced a significant decline...
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    The history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For...
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  • discrimination. In 2023, the country was scored 3 out of 4 for religious freedom. In the Netherlands, freedom of religion found its roots in the religious wars...
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    largest religion of the Netherlands, forming some 23% of the Dutch people, based on in-depth interviewing, down from 40% in the 1960s. Although the number...
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