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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]
However many people in the country many of whom are Muslim are not native-born and not included in government statistics. [2] According to the CIA World Factbook , in 2007 the people of the Republic of the Congo were largely a mix of Catholics (33.1%), Awakening/Revival churches (22.3%), Protestants (19.9%), and none (11.3%).
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.
Pages in category "Democratic Republic of the Congo Muslims" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Democratic Republic of the Congo Muslims (6 P) Pages in category "Islam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" This category contains only the following page.
Male Power Figure (Nkisi), Kongo artist and nganga, late19th–mid-20th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Supernatural objects that were reduced to the derogatory term, fetishes, by the Portuguese were said to be inhabited by nature spirits or deified people who embodied the extraordinary power of the spiritual world. These objects or ...
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