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Religion is a huge part of Cambodians' lives and it's apparent in the way they conduct
themselves, since the acts they do in this life reflect on the next life they are preparing for.
Many a time we have been surprised and taken aback when a tuktuk driver has returned
money from a fare we overpaid, or a market owner has run after us with a bag we left be-
hind in his shop. Once, we left behind a packet of items from a pharmacy in a food stall at
the always-busy Russian Market and returned 24 hours later to have the owner of the stall
run over to us, clutching our packet, happy to see we had returned for it.
Under the Khmer Rouge, religion was one of the casualties, since the oppressive regime
forbidanypractice-andparticularlytargetedBuddhism,Islam,andChristianity.Intoday's
much freer society, there are a number of other religions represented in Cambodia in ad-
dition to Buddhism. There are a couple of small Muslim communities (primarily in towns
and rural fishing villages on the banks of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers), a small but
growing Christian community, as well as Jewish centres and an emerging Mormon com-
munity.
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