Muslim population in nigeria

Islam is the major religion in many African countries, especially in the north of the continent. In Mauritania, Tunisia, Somalia, Western Sahara, Algeria, and Morocco, at least 99 percent of the population was Muslim as of 2023. These were the highest percentages on the continent. However, also in many other African nations, the majority of the population was Muslim. In Egypt, for instance, Islam was the religion of 92 percent of the people. Islam and other religions in Africa Africa accounts for an important share of the Number of Muslims worldwide Islam is one of the most widespread religions in the world. There are approximately 1.9 billion Muslims globally, with the largest Muslim communities living in the Asia-Pacific region. Specifically, Indonesia hosts the Characteristic Share of population Mauritania 100 % Tunisia 99.8 % Somalia 99.8 % Western Sahara 99.4 % Algeria 99 % Morocco 99 % Niger 98.3 % Comoros 98.3 % Sudan 97 % Libya 97 % Djibouti 97 % Mayotte 97 % Senegal 96.1 % Gambia 95.7 % Mali 95 % Egypt 92.35 % Guinea 89.1 % Sierra Leone 78.6 % Burkina Faso 61.5 % Chad 58 % Nigeria 49.6 % Guinea-Bissau 45.1 % Eritrea 43.8 % Ivory Coast 42.9 % Tanzania 35.2 % Ethiopia 33.9 % Cameroon 30 % Benin 27.7 % South Sudan 20 % Malawi 20 % Togo 20 % Liberia 20 % Ghana 18 % Mozambique 17.9 % Mauritius 17.3 % Central African Republic 15 % Uganda 14 % Kenya 11.2 % Dem. Rep. Congo 10 % Madagascar 10 % Burundi 10 % Gabon 10 % Eswatini 10 % Equatorial Guinea 10 % Rwanda 4.8 % Reuni...

The month of Ramadan for the Muslims is a month of fasting, prayer, devotion and giving of alms and many other indications of higher piety. In northern Nigeria, the population of Muslims is larger than that of Christians. Below is a list of states with the largest population of Muslims: 1. Lagos Lagos state is easily the most populated state in Nigeria. It has a population of 20,384,299, with 13,249,749 being Muslims. 2. Kano Kano state comes in second place. Out of a population of 9,383,682 , about 9,196,008 are Muslims. 3. Katsina Katsina state with a population of 5,792,578, has 5,502,949 Muslims, which is up to 99% of the population. The capital of Katsina is Katsina. 4. Kaduna Kaduna state has a population of 6,066,562, 4,853,249 of this, that is 80% are Muslims. 5. Jigawa Jigawa state with a population of 4,348,649 has 4,261,676 Muslims. 6. Borno Borno state with a population of 4,151,193 has a Muslim population of 4,068,169. Which state do you fall under? mak inde don get brain touch,……. i can say Kaduna has 70 above % of Christian that’s why Muslim are struggling to hi jack it from them with riot, even borno is also full of xtians, if u wan talk of Muslim state in Nigeria, that will be sokoto (99%) Muslims, kano (80 or above) zamfara, katsina kwara (64 or above)………..so pls stop the criticism. biko Why are u (christains) always against islam u should return back to ur normal senses, do u have in ur aria a muslim who convert to ur religion am sure u dont bt u am sure...

Figures in the most recent edition of The World Christian Encyclopedia (Johnson and Zurlo 2020) draw on figures assembled and updated as part of the World Christian Database (WCD); these put those who identify as Christians at 46.3%, and Muslims at 46.2 and ‘ethnic religions’ at 7.2%. WCD figures predict that both Muslims and Christians will continue to grow as a proportion of the population through to 2050. Their projections predict Christians at that point will make up on 48% of the population and Muslims at 48.7%, both growing at the expense of ethnic religions, down to 2.9% of the population. Hsu et al. (2008) found that the WCD appears to overestimate Christian identification and cautioned against what seems to be uncritical acceptance of figures given by religious groups of their membership. The criticisms offered by Hsu et Al (2008) have been supported by evidence found by Nigeria Mckinnon (2020), which demonstrated that the WCD had substantially overestimated the Anglican proportion of the population. According to a 2018 estimate in Islam [ ] Nigeria has one of the largest Jama‘atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa’ikhamatul Sunnah (or Izala) movement, and members of Boko Haram might all identify as Sunni, but the Izala and Boko Haram movements have had strong anti-Sufi components. The vast majority of Shia [ ] The Shia Muslims of Nigeria are primarily located in Sufi [ ] Some Nigerian Muslims emphasize asceticism and mysticism and form Sufi groups called tariqas, orders, or bro...

The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria, on Sunday, rose in defence of immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over his six-minute viral video, in which he justified his preference for Muslims in appointments during his administration. The viral video had captured El-Rufai as telling some Islamic clerics on the eve of his final day in office, in Hausa language that “Why did I pick Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe to be my deputy in 2019? First, I did a thorough calculation that most of those that are not Muslims don’t vote for our party (the All Progressives Congress). Most of them. So, why should I give them the deputy (governor) position? “I did my calculation and I knew we could win the election without giving them (position of deputy governor). That’s first. That’s a purely political issue. It’s politics. You want to win an election, you’re looking for people that will vote for you. We have observed that since we started practising democracy, we know places we used to win elections and those places we don’t. We’ve done that calculation politically. That’s the political point of it.” But the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, in Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, during an interview on Arise TV, flayed El-Rufai over the comment. Related News • • • The council said, “For the past one week, the Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State Chapter has been wagging tongues, accusing the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru Ahmad El...

An More on: The appropriateness of a comparison between Sri Lanka and Nigeria is not clear. Their ethnic make-up, social statistics, and post-colonial experiences are vastly different. Not least, Christians and Muslims are a tiny minority in Sri Lanka, a predominately Buddhist country, while in Nigeria, Christians and Muslims each constitute about half of the population. Identifying the perpetrators of atrocities in both countries is difficult. Although the Islamic State has claimed responsibility, it is not clear what its role was in the Sri Lanka bombings or, for that matter, what its role is in northern Nigeria. > With respect to Nigeria, Fox cites the recent killing of eleven and the wounding of thirty in Gombe. A police officer got into an argument with a procession of children during Easter activities, which Boko Haram appears to be largely an indigenous movement, and there is little evidence of strategic or tactical cooperation between the Islamic State or al-Qaeda affiliates and Boko Haram, though they share a common belief system, are murderously hostile to Christians, and have exchanged various forms of communication, the significance of which remains unclear. The article also notes the killing of seventeen Christians and the wounding of eight in Nassarawa state early in April. No link is provided, but the Council on Foreign Relations’ Christians are certainly murdered in Nigeria, and in some cases, they are murdered because they are Christian. But, despite Boko ...

IINA - 07 Abuja, Muharram 7/Apr 1 ,2001(IINA) - Islam found its way to Nigeria about two centuries ago, starting from the north of the country, and was brought by Arab and Muslim merchants who came not only for business purposes, but also for spreading the word of Allah. Islam was the first religion to penetrate Nigeria, in that when Christianity was brought to the country by the British colonizers, Islam was already being practiced in the country. From the north, Islam then spread to the south of the country, and now it is spreading to all the other parts. It was from the south that Christianity found its way into Nigeria. Nigeria’s population is now in the region of 120 million, as per the 1996 census, with Muslims accounting for 80,000,000 (70 percent of the population), with Christianity and animism followers making up the rest of the population. There are 333 tribes in Nigeria, the most prominent being the Hausa, said to be the largest tribe in Africa, and they are mainly concentrated in the northern part of the country and some of the neighboring countries of the north. The Hausa are followed by the Yorubas, who are mainly concentrated in the south of the country, and the Ibos in the east. Each of the tribes has its own customs and traditions, just like tribes in the rest of the world. Christian missionaries have intensified their efforts in trying to Christianize the Muslims, taking advantage of the economic weakness of the Muslims and helping them improve their con...