Religion in Morocco
The main religion in Morocco is Islam, which is the state religion, however freedom of religious belief isn't always guaranteed to all. Officially, 99% of the population are Muslim, and virtually all of those are Sunni. Polls and surveys have found that 80–95% of its population is at least somewhat religious.<ref name="WIN/Gallup Int. 2015"></ref> The second-largest religion in the country is Christianity, but most Christians in Morocco are foreigners. There is a community of the Baháʼí Faith. Only a fraction of the former number of Jews have remained in the country, many having  moved to Israel. Islam. According to The World Factbook maintained by the American Central Intelligence Agency, and a 2009 report by the Pew Research Center, about 99% of Moroccans are Muslims. Almost all of those are Sunni, although Pew reported in 2012 that when asked which sect they belong to, 67% of those surveyed answered Sunni, while 30% volunteered only that they were Muslim; none replied Shia. 50% of them did not believe that Shias were Muslims and considered them non Muslims. Islam reached Morocco in 680 CE, taken to the country by the Arab Umayyad dynasty of Damascus. The  first Islamic dynasty to rule Morocco were the Idrissids, who were of the Zaydi Shia school. Article 6 of the Moroccan constitution states that Islam is official religion of the state. The King of Morocco claims his legitimacy as a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The Maliki Sunnite branch of Islam is dominant, while a small minority belong to Zahirism or the Shiite branch. Relations between Sunni and Shiite have been strained in recent years, with a Moroccan crackdown on material and organisations originating from Shia-majority Iran and the group Hezbollah. The Justice and Development Party is an  Islamist party. Christianity. Morocco first experienced Christianity while under Roman rule, as the Empire converted to the faith in its later years. Many of the pre-Christian religions were then reduced in number as Christianity spread. However, after the arrival of Islam, Christianity ceased to have a significant population in the country until finally being reduced to near extinction under the almohad's forced conversion policy. <ref>