NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Islam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Islam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is not a recent phenomenon, as it has been present within the area since the 18th century, when Arab traders from East Africa pushed into the interior for slave-trading purposes. Today, Muslims constitute approximately 10% of the Congolese population.^[1]^[2] For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Eastern Africa (UN subregion) East African Community Central African Federation (defunct) geographic, including above East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easternmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. ... Slave redirects here. ...

Categories: Religion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Islam by country | Democratic Republic of the Congo stubs | Islam by country stubs Approximately 40% of all Africans are Muslims, in contrast to another 40% being Christians and 20% being non-religious or adherents to African religions. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Grand Mosque in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Islam in Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) has a long and varied history. ... According to the U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Report 2006, there is a small Muslim community in Cape Verde. ... Islam accounts for approximately 15% of the population of the Central African Republic, making it the 2nd most followed organized religion in the country after Christianity (50%). The vast majority of Central African Muslims live in the north, near the border with predominantly Muslim Chad. ... According to the CIA fact book, Muslims make up about 35-40% of the population of CÃ´te dIvoire. ... According to the U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Report 2006, practicioners of Islam comprised less than 1 percent of the population of Equatorial Guinea. ... The islands of SÃ£o TomÃ© and PrÃncipe, with a total population of about 181,000, has about 5,500 Muslims or 3% of the total population, compared to the estimated 80% of the population professing Roman Catholicism, as per the islands long history as colony of overwhelmingly Catholic... Statistics for Islam in Sierra Leone estimate a Muslim population of 3,610,585, representing around 60 percent of the countrys total population. ... Islam in South Africa probably predates the colonial period, and consisted of isolated contact with Arab and East African traders. ... A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Types of administrative and/or political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ... Islam is the most prominent religion on the island of Zanzibar. ...

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