page_title: Religion in South America
section_title: Other religions
hierarchical_section_title: Religion in South America / Other religions
caption_attribution_description: English: Bogotá
context_page_description: Religion in South America has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law. Christianity is the main religion, with Roman Catholics having the most adherents. Sizeable minorities of non-religious people and adherents of other religions are also present.
context_section_description: Argentina has the largest communities of both Jews and Muslims in Latin America.Practitioners of the Judaism, Buddhist, Islamic, Hinduism, Bahá'í Faith, and Shinto denominations and religions also exercised in Latin America.
  Hinduism is the second-largest religion in Suriname. According to the 2012 census of Suriname, Hindus constitute 22.3% of the population. Suriname has the second largest percentage of Hindus in the Western Hemisphere, after Guyana (24.8%).
  Indigenous creeds and rituals are still practised in countries with large percentages of Amerindians, such as Bolivia and Peru.
caption: The Mosque of Abou Bakr Alsiddq in Bogotá.
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