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'''Islam in [[Guinea-Bissau]]''' is the predominant religion of the country. An estimated 46%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/guinea-bissau/|title=Guinea-Bissau}}</ref> of its roughly 1.8&nbsp;million citizens are followers in 2023. Some estimates put this at a higher figure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/countries/pu|title=Guinea-Bissau people groups, languages and religions &#124; Joshua Project|website=joshuaproject.net}}</ref>
'''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 2&nbsp;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>

The vast majority approximately 99.2% are [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] of [[Maliki]] the school of [[jurisprudence]], with [[Sufi]] tariqas and influences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=100c|title=National Profiles &#124; World Religion|website=www.thearda.com}}</ref>
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.

==Ahmadiyya==
{{Main|Ahmadiyya in Guinea-Bissau}}
'''[[Ahmadiyya]]''' is an [[Islam]]ic community in [[Guinea-Bissau]], under the leadership of the [[Ahmadiyya Caliphate|caliph]] in [[London]].

First established in the country in 1995, during the era of the [[Mirza Tahir Ahmad|Fourth Caliphate]], in 2012, the Community represented an estimated 2% of the country's Muslim population, corresponding to approximately 13,000 people.<ref name="pew">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-full-report.pdf |title=The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity | accessdate=December 31, 2015 |date=August 9, 2012 |publisher=Pew Forum on Religious & Public life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024125551/http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-full-report.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-24 | url-status=dead}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 22:42, 7 October 2024

Islam in Guinea-Bissau is the nation's second largest religion behind Christianity. As of 2019, an estimated 36%[1] of its roughly 2 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/5bfee58e-abcd-5eca-87ef-5b56076382d1/content&ved=2ahUKEwjM48TG_-iCAxXSjqQKHQDECVgQFnoECCgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0fI5yosicBe4P3HctJZgHr [bare URL]
  2. ^ The Joshua Project, retrieved 2023-08-3
  3. ^ World Religions Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-03
  4. ^ "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.