Islam in Mayotte

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Islam is the faith of the majority of the residents of the island of Mayotte with 98% as Muslims and 2% Christians according to a 2012 estimate.{{Cite book |last=Kettani |first=Houssain |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_World_Muslim_Population/JDu9DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mayotte+muslim&pg=PT261&printsec=frontcover |title=The World Muslim Population: Spatial and Temporal Analyses |date=2019 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-429-74925-4 |language=en}} 85,000 of the total 90,000 inhabitants of the island are Mahorais.{{cite web |title=CIA - the World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mf.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921084632/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mf.html |archive-date=2012-09-21 |access-date=2011-05-15}} The Mahorais are a blend of settlers from many areas: mainland Africans, Arabs and Malagasy. The presence of Islam in Mayotte can traced back to at least the 15th century.{{cite book|author=David J. Parkin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RJmqGFX-2MAC&pg=PA64|title=Islamic Prayer Across the Indian Ocean: Inside and Outside the Mosque|publisher=Routledge|year=2000|isbn=978-0-7007-1234-2|pages=64}}

The Muslims of Mayotte are Sunni Muslims.{{Cite web |last=Ministry of the Overseas (France) |date=2016-11-25 |title=Mayotte - Culture |url=http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/mayotte-culture |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815020804/http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr:80/mayotte-culture |archive-date=2017-08-15 |access-date=2020-10-05 |website=Service d'Information du Gouvernement |language=fr}} Despite the strong presence of Islam, Mahorese culture is imbued with animism and mystical rituals are still widely practiced, especially among the community of Malagasy origin.