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Republic of the Congo is a predominantly Christian country, with Islam being a minority religion. Due to secular nature of the country's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country. Islam spread to the Republic of the Congo from North Africa in the mid-19th century. [1]
The vast majority of Muslims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo identify themselves as Sunni, following the Maliki school of jurisprudence (fiqh). 10 percent are Shia and six percent are Ahmadi. [7] Congolese Muslims are frequently divided between Sufis and Salafists as well as along local ethnic, geographical, and generational lines. [1]
Islam has been present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the 18th century, when Arab traders from East Africa pushed into the interior for ivory-trading purposes. Today, Muslims constitute approximately 1% of the Congolese population according to Pew research center. The majority are Sunni Muslims.
The Lebanese are primarily Sunni Muslims. There are also 6,0000 followers of the Ahmadiyya school of Islam in the country. [4] A small minority practice Kimbanguism, a syncretistic movement that originated in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In a 2010 publication, there were 50 Muslim-majority countries. [9] [10] Islam is the majority religion in several subregions: ... Congo: 5,399,895 107,997 2.0
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The five major languages in the DRC are French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca, or trade language), Swahili (more specifically Congo Swahili such as the Kingwana dialect), Kikongo ya leta or Kituba (a Kikongo-based creole language), and Tshiluba or Luba-Kasai. In total, there are over 200 languages spoken in the DRC.