Which country declared itself the first atheist state when all religion was banned in 1967?
Religion in Albania to Albania. Although they presently live in Albania, a lot of them continue to be Orthodox. According to the 2007–2008 Gallup polls, 63% of Albanians state that religion does not play an important role in their lives. In a census performed before World War II, a rough distribution of the population was 70% Muslim, 20% Eastern Orthodox, and 10% Roman Catholic. 65% of Albanian Muslims did not associate with particular sect of Islam in a Pew survey. In 1967, religious practices were officially banned in Albania, making the country the first and only constitutionally atheist state to ever exist. After
Freedom of religion in Saudi Arabia violating the law are handed harsh punishments. Drug trafficking is always punished by death. Under Saudi law conversion by a Muslim to another religion is considered apostasy, a crime punishable by death. In March 2014, the Saudi interior ministry issued a royal decree branding all atheists as terrorists, which defines terrorism as "calling for atheist thought in any form, or calling into question the fundamentals of the Islamic religion on which this country is based." Non-Muslims are also strictly banned from the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. On highways, religious police officers may divert them or hand out a