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The earliest presence of Islam in the region dates back to when Muslim merchants from the Mali Empire migrated to the northern areas of modern Sierra Leone. [2] Islam began rapidly spreading around the 18th and 19th centuries as merchants formed social and economic relationships with locals (like the Temne) along with creating religious ...
Mosque and church in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is officially a secular state, although Islam and Christianity are the two main and dominant religions in the country. The Sierra Leone Government is constitutionally forbidden to establish a state religion, though Muslim and Christian prayers are usually held in the country at the beginning of major political occasions, including presidential ...
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the second-largest sect of Islam in Sierra Leone, behind only Sunni Islam. The earliest history of the Community in Sierra Leone dates back to the early period of the Second Caliphate, when at least six people are said to have conveyed their adherence to the faith. The sect attained rapid growth in the country ...
The Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone estimated that 77% of Sierra Leone's population are Muslims, 21% are Christians, and 2% are followers of traditional African religions. [179] Most of Sierra Leone's ethnic groups are Muslim majority, including the country's two largest ethnic groups: the Mende and Temne.
Sierra Leone's presidents have traditionally made occasional visit to the mosque and attend Muslim prayers, regardless of their religion. The immediate former Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma , who is a Christian , has visited and prayed at the central mosque on several occasions [5] .
The Temne, who refused to convert to Islam, were massively conquered from their region, which resulted in forced migration to northwest Sierra Leone. [ 12 ] According to Bankole Taylor, the migration of the Temne to present-day Sierra Leone goes far back as the 11th and 12th century, Mainly due to the fall of Jallonkadu Empire in what ...
Mandingo people of Sierra Leone (commonly referred to as the Mandinka, Mandingo or Malinke) is a major ethnic group in Sierra Leone and a branch of the Mandinka people of West Africa. The Mandingo first settled in what is now Sierra Leone from Guinea over 650 years ago as farmers , traders and Islamic clerics in the time of the Mali Empire , an ...
Shia Islam in Sierra Leone (1 C) Pages in category "Islam in Sierra Leone" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.