Islam in North Ossetia–Alania
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Islam is the third most widely professed religion in North Ossetia–Alania.
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While the majority of Ossetians are Christian (predominantly Eastern Orthodox) and professing their ancestral faith Uatsdin, according to official estimates, 30 percent of the population of North Ossetia–Alania is Muslim (predominantly Sunni) (most of them are not ethnic Ossetians but Ingush and other).[1]