Islam is the main religion of North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Sahel, the Swahili Coast, and West Africa, with minority immigrant populations in South Africa.

According to Arab oral tradition, Islam first came to Africa with Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in the Arab peninsula. This was followed by a military ...

The American Security Project (ASP) presents four maps that explain Islam in Africa, emphasizing where African Muslims live and Islamic law.

Islam had already spread into northern Africa by the mid-seventh century A.D., only a few decades after the prophet Muhammad moved with his followers from Mecca ...

The history of Islam in West Africa can be explained in three stages, containment, mixing, and reform. In the first stage, African kings contained Muslim ...

Islam spread through Africa via trade routes, intellectual debate, and military conquest. First and foremost, Muhammad took his new religion to Medina after ...

30 мая 2024 г. · In 2024, Nigeria had the largest Muslim population in Africa, with around 105 million people who belonged to an Islamic denomination.

Today, the continent's various populations and individuals are mostly adherents of Christianity, Islam, and to a lesser extent several traditional African ... Abrahamic religions · Hinduism · Syncretism

Africa is the only continent with a Muslim majority, with more than a quarter of the world?s Muslims living there. Americans tend to associate Islam with ...

30 мая 2024 г. · African countries with the highest share of Muslims as of 2024 · 108.34% · 102.96% · 101.94% · 92.93% · 91.05% · 89.38% · 86.3% · 85.2% 85.2 ...