Islam in Tanzania

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Tanzanian Muslims
Total population
approx. 21 million (34.1%)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Eastern (coastal) part of the country
Religions
predominantly Sunni Islam with Shia Islam and ahmadiyya minorities
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non-religious or adheres to other faiths as of 2020.[5] The ARDA estimates that most Tanzanian Muslims are Sunni, with a small Shia minority, as of 2020.[3]

On the mainland, Muslim communities are concentrated in coastal areas, with some large Muslim majorities also in inland urban areas especially and along the former caravan routes. More than 99% of the population of the

South Asian descent. [9]

History

The Great Mosque of Kilwa is one of the earliest surviving mosques in the African Great Lakes.

The earliest evidence of a

Muslim presence in the African Great Lakes is the foundation of a mosque in Shanga on Pate Island, where gold, silver and copper coins dating from 830 were found during an excavation in the 1980s. The oldest functioning mosque is the Kizimkazi mosque which dates back to the 11th or early 12th century.[3]

The political history of Islam in the country can be traced to the establishment of the

Persian prince of Shiraz.[11] Islam was mainly spread through trade activity along the East African coast and by the 16th century, Islam was firmly established in the region.[3]

Around the 19th century, trading routes between the Tanzanian interior and the Swahili coast intensified the influence of Swahili culture and religion. Despite the importance of trade, the spread of Islam in the interior was mainly facilitated by Sufi missionaries, converted locals returning from the coast, and Muslim chiefs during the colonial period.[12][3]

Sufi orders like the Qadiriyya and Shadhiliyya propagated throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, further consolidating Islam in the interior. During the struggle for Tanzanian independence in the mid-20th century, the Muslims of the nation supported the movement.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Religions in Tanzania | PEW-GRF". www.globalreligiousfutures.org.
  2. ^ "Tanzania". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7007-1124-6
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  5. ^ "National Profiles".
  6. ^ "The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity" (PDF). Pew Forum on Religious & Public life. 9 August 2012. p. 128. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. ^ Wortmann, Kimberly T. Omani Religious Networks in Contemporary Tanzania and Beyond. Diss. 2018.
  8. ^ https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90124.htm
  9. ^ https://fa.wikishia.net/view/تانزانیا#اقوام_و_مذاهب
  10. ^ شاكر مصطفى, موسوعة دوال العالم الأسلامي ورجالها الجزء الثالث, (دار العلم للملايين: 1993), p.1360
  11. ^ James Hastings, Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics Part 24, (Kessinger Publishing: 2003), p.847
  12. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-027773-4
    . Retrieved 2021-12-02.

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