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Islam in Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe is a Christian majority country, with adherents of Islam being a small minority. Due to the secular nature of Zimbabwe's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country. Islam is the religion of less than 1 percent of the population of Zimbabwe.{{Cite news|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2005/51503.htm|title=Zimbabwe|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=2018-04-05|language=en-US|quote="An estimated 1 percent of the total population is Muslim."}}

Demographics

Estimates on the number of Muslims in Zimbabwe are around 136,000 as of 2020.{{cite web | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/feature/religious-composition-by-country-2010-2050/ | title=Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050 | date=21 December 2022 }} The Muslim community consists primarily of South Asian immigrants (Indian and Pakistani), a small but growing number of indigenous Zimbabweans, and migrants from other African countries such as the Yao tribe of neighbouring Malawi.{{Citation |last=Haron |first=Muhammed |title=Southern Africa's Muslim Communities: Selected Profiles |date=2020 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45759-4_10 |work=The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa |pages=163–202 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-45759-4_10 |isbn=978-3-030-45758-7 |access-date=2023-02-10|url-access=subscription }} There are mosques located in nearly all of the larger towns. As a result of outreach efforts in rural areas, some chiefs and headmen have reportedly converted from Christianity to Islam.{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2005/51503.htm|title=Zimbabwe|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=23 November 2020|language=en-US}}

Remba (Lemba)

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The Lemba or Remba are an ethnic group in Zimbabwe who have cultural traditions similar to Muslims in the Middle East, such as male circumcision.{{Cite news|url=https://www.herald.co.zw/muslims-court-varemba-community/|title=Muslims court Varemba community|last=Hove|first=Musavengana|work=The Herald|access-date=23 November 2020|language=en}}

Famous Zimbabwean Muslims

See also

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Further reading

  • {{Cite news |last=Shaibu |first=Asali |date=8 December 2018 |title=How Islam came to Zimbabwe |work=The Sunday News |url=https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/how-islam-came-to-zimbabwe/ |access-date=26 May 2022}}
  • {{Cite news |last=CHAGONDA |first=ALFRED |date=23 April 1983 |title=Islam takes hold in Zimbabwe |work=Muslim Population|url=http://www.muslimpopulation.com/africa/Zimbabwe/Islam%20takes%20hold%20in%20Zimbabwe.php |access-date=26 May 2022}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Mandivenga |first1=E.C. |title=Islam in Zimbabwe |date=1983 |publisher=Mambo Press |location=Harare, Zimbabwe |isbn=0869222457}}

External links

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  • Reporter Interactive at Archive.org: [https://web.archive.org/web/20010620031720/http://umr.org/Aug26/HTcooprt.htm Zimbabwean Christians and Muslims]
  • New York Times: [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0D7103FF937A25752C1A964958260 the ban of Calls to Prayer in Zimbabwe]
  • US State department: [https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51503.htm religion in Zimbabwe]

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