Secularism and Religious Registration in Guinea

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The Transition Charter that has served in place of a constitution since Guinea's 2021 coup declares the country a secular state, and treats any act undermining that secularism, or an individual's religious freedom, as a high crime punishable by fines and imprisonment. That provision places religious neutrality among the charter's more seriously enforced guarantees, a notable choice for a document installed by a military government rather than an elected constitutional process.

Religious groups must be approved by the State Secretariat for Religious Affairs, submitting a written constitution and application along with their address and a fee of 250,000 Guinean francs, about 29 US dollars. The requirement applies uniformly across faiths rather than singling out any one religious community, and the Secretariat's oversight has continued without interruption through the 2021 transition, administering the same registration framework the elected government it replaced had used.