Overview:

• Sunni Islam is the state denomination.

• Procedures for registration of religious groups remain undetermined while the government has limited capacity to register or otherwise monitor religious activity beyond the capital; no other Federal Members States (FMS) have established mechanisms for registration or recognition of religious groups; this widespread non-existence of recognition or registration procedures perpetuates the hegemonic use of Sunni Islam to subjugate minorities.

Positive elements:

• Nil.

Recommendations:

• Complete dismantlement of the present apparatus of terminally restrictive laws on religious activity.

• Establish provisions for recognition and registration and make these available to all belief systems and their derivatives; establish this recognition system in a way that does not place Islam above all other belief systems and groups.