By 1945 Tito had consolidated Communist control of Yugoslavia; during the Communist years the state promoted an atheistic ideology, which was intolerant toward religion.
After Tito's death (1980) political and cultural movements for democratization in Yugoslavia arose and caused the fall of Communism and the dissolution of the state. Slovenia seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991, and the following year the independent state of Slovenia was recognized internationally. An era of political democratization and religious freedom began.
The majority of Slovenes are Catholic. A small number of Slovenes adhere to Protestantism, which has been in Slovenia since the sixteenth century. Most Muslims and Orthodox Christians in Slovenia migratedthere from Bosnia and Serbia when Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia. The number of new religious groups has been growing since the 1980s.
Religious Tolerance
The Communist government (1945–90) implemented a constitutional separation of church and state. Religious believers were excluded from higher political and leadership positions until 1990. The constitution of Slovenia (1991) preserves the separation of state and religious entities, and the state has guaranteed the equal rights of religious communities and the free profession of faith. Nevertheless, there have been reports of intolerance toward Orthodox and Muslims.
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