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'''Islam in [[Guinea-Bissau]]''' is the nation's second largest religion behind [[Christianity]]. As of 2019, an estimated 36%<ref>https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/5bfee58e-abcd-5eca-87ef-5b56076382d1/content&ved=2ahUKEwjM48TG_-iCAxXSjqQKHQDECVgQFnoECCgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0fI5yosicBe4P3HctJZgHr {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> of its roughly 1.8 million citizens are Muslims. Some estimates put this at a higher figure.<ref>[https://joshuaproject.net/countries/pu The Joshua Project, retrieved 2023-08-3]</ref> |
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The vast majority of [[Muslims]] in the country are [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] of [[Maliki]] school of [[jurisprudence]], with [[Sufi]] influences.<ref>[https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=100c World Religions Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-03]</ref> Sizeable communities of [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslims also exist in some urban centers. |
The vast majority of [[Muslims]] in the country are [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] of [[Maliki]] school of [[jurisprudence]], with [[Sufi]] influences.<ref>[https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=100c World Religions Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-03]</ref> Sizeable communities of [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslims also exist in some urban centers. |
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Islam in Guinea-Bissau is the nation's second largest religion behind Christianity. As of 2019, an estimated 36%[1] of its roughly 1.8 million citizens are Muslims. Some estimates put this at a higher figure.[2]
The vast majority of Muslims in the country are Sunni of Maliki school of jurisprudence, with Sufi influences.[3] Sizeable communities of Ahmadiyya Muslims also exist in some urban centers.
Ahmadiyya
Ahmadiyya is an Islamic community in Guinea-Bissau, under the leadership of the caliph in London.
First established in the country in 1995, during the era of the Fourth Caliphate, in 2012, the Community represented an estimated 2% of the country's Muslim population, corresponding to approximately 13,000 people.[4]
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References
- ^ https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/5bfee58e-abcd-5eca-87ef-5b56076382d1/content&ved=2ahUKEwjM48TG_-iCAxXSjqQKHQDECVgQFnoECCgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0fI5yosicBe4P3HctJZgHr [bare URL]
- ^ The Joshua Project, retrieved 2023-08-3
- ^ World Religions Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-03
- ^ "The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity" (PDF). Pew Forum on Religious & Public life. August 9, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-24. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
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