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- ↑ "Religions in Bahamas - PEW-GRF". www.globalreligiousfutures.org. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- 1 2 3 United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Bahamas: International Religious Freedom Report 2008.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 US State Dept, 2022 report on Bahamas
