Muslims In Africa

Muslims In Africa

Muslims In Africa : Facts And Figures

The carth’s population is 75 million people , a mong them there are 2.04 billions are spread throughout all the populated continents. They form 28.26 % of the total world population. Compared to other dominant religions , Muslims percentage in continents ranges from 53.7% in Africa, 32% in Asia , 5% in Europe and 1% in worth and south America.

Africa is considered to be the second continent in term of Muslim population it’s only preceded by Asia with 32% from total population, where as the Muslims in Africa are 581.58millions representing 53.7% of the total population .

The Dominant Recitation Methods In Africa

By carrying out it’s pioneering role in the study of the actual situation of the needs of the African continent of the holy Koran , the house of the Qur’an of Africa has worked on the preparation , realization and licensing of the prevailing recitation methods in Africa according to its geographical spread .

North and east Africa: recitation method of Hafs in the authority of Asim .

West and North West Africa: recitation methods of Warsh , Aldoori and Hafs .

Centeral Africa : recitation methods of Aldoori and Hafs .

The rest of Africa :is devided between Hafs and Qaloun

Table of the proportion of Muslims and their numbers in the African continent – Information of the African population of the continent 2016

The situation of muslims in the continent is subject to many considerations prevailing there .

In the East they are aminority in Kenya , Ethiopia and Tanzania , and sometimes they form a majority or simple majority as in the case of south Sudan campared to Christians

In the middle of the continent wich include a large number of states such as : Burundi , Rawand , people’s republic of Congo ,Demogratic Republic of Congo ,Gabon, centeral Africa ,Equatorial Guinea and Sao tome and principemuslim are mostly classified as minority .

In Cameroon , the proportion of muslim does not exceed 24% and the proportion of muslim in the Republic of Chad exceed the 85% , mostly in the north and gradually decrease as we move south .

In western Africa , the majority is Muslim and the Muslim minority is limited to Benin , Ghana ,Cape verde , Guinea- Bissau, Sierraleon Liberia and in Ghana in some statistics , the proportion of Muslims exceeds 33%. South Africa and the Indian Ocean are Muslims minority areas, with the exception of Malawi ,where 25% are Muslims ,94% in Senegal and 70% in Nigeria .

Tribes and Islamic peoples in Africa are divided in to four large groups by geographical location as follows :

(A) Egypt ,Sudan ,Libia, Tunisia , Algeria ,Morocco , Muritania ,Somalia ,and Djibouti.

These people are dominated by the Arabic Language , which explains the holy Quran and some of them are illiterate. Other languages, such as Barbarian , Nubian and Somali , are spread in some languages . In term of the ethnic

(B) Composition of these peoples , the most prominent are :

The Arabs ,Berbers ,Nilons the Dinka ,the Nuer the Chaluk and the Anuak in the south .

The peoples of East Africa are : Tanzania – Ethiopia  – Eritrea – Comoros – Somalia and Djibouti can be replicated in terms of location and ethnic composition . These is African people are composed of the following ethnic groups :  Somalis – Afar or Danqul  -Tigri and Tigrinhg – Batu – Aramu – Nyamweizi – Yao and  Beja .

(C)The Islamic people in central Africa as follows:

Chad and Niger , central Africa and Gabon  where major ethnic groups consist of Bato in chad , ( Hausa , sengai and Guerma in Niger and Bantu

(D) The Islamic people in west Africa As Follows :

Senigal  – Gambia – Guinea – Bissau – Mali – Benin –Sirraleon – togo – Dahomi –Nigria – Cameroon . The ethnic groups are : Wolof , the tukolur  , the Manandaj , the Housa  , the Gaul , The Masai , The Moravian , The Sphinx , The Yoruba – The Canary , The Sarar , The Sinofu – The sanika –The Bariba – The Faye – The A can and lastly The Tyman .

Indicators Of The gap in The holy Quran according to the Quantities Distributed In to years to some African Countries .

Countries most in need of the Quran and it’s parts through monitoring the distribution in the last ten years