The expectation was that a country long denied freedom of religious practice would undergo a very rapid increase in the expression of its dominant faith.

Then, almost overnight, their religion rose to become the dominant faith in the empire.

Despite a long history in what is today Niger, Islam did not become the dominant faith of many rural areas until the 20th century.

Christianity remains the dominant faith among native Hawaiians, but far older traditions have hung on, passed down through stories and songs.

The migrants' dominant faith was called Dahna by its adherents.

Roman Catholicism has been the dominant faith in Rwanda for more than a century.

Religion is quite diverse with Christianity being the dominant faith in Fiji.

With Christianity the dominant faith in some urban centers.

In the 5th and 6th centuries, there was another change, as Christianity became the dominant faith in the Celtic area.

Critics have charged that the law is an effort to shield the Russian Orthodox Church, by far the nation's dominant faith, from competition.