An ethnic group is a group of people who share a common belief system, but are not necessarily composed of a single religious group.

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An ethnic group is a category of people that identify with each other based on similarities such as: common ancestry, language, history, society or culture.

Some ethnic groups can be ethno-religious, meaning that its members are also united by a common religion. Some examples of an ethno-religious groups are: the Jews, the Yazidis or the Amish.

An ethnic group can be composed of many religious groups. Some examples of such ethnic groups are the Kurds (both Shias and Sunni) or the Mapuche people in Chile (catholic Mapuche as well as Animist Mapuche groups).