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The "African Shia Islamic Movement" is a Nigeria-based organization. Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky is the leader of the movement. [1] It was founded in the 1980s, after Zakzaky traveled to Iran and was inspired by the 1979 Iranian Revolution. [2] In 2014, a procession of Shias celebrating Quds Day attempted to pass a military checkpoint.
Shia Islam (/ ˈʃiːə /) is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (656–661 CE) as his successor (Arabic: خليفة, romanized:khalifa) and the Imam (Arabic: امام, lit. 'spiritual and political leader') after him, most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm, but was ...
Islam in Africa is the continent's second most widely professed faith behind Christianity. Africa was the first continent into which Islam spread from the Middle East, during the early 7th century CE. Almost one-third of the world's Muslim population resides in Africa. Muslims crossed current Djibouti and Somaliland to seek refuge in present ...
Shia Islam is the primary religion of the Lebanese community in Senegal, which has been established in Senegal for over a century. It is also practiced by a growing number of native Senegalese, including the Wolof and Fula peoples. Since the 1970s, and especially with the arrival of the Mozdahir community and their leader Cherif Mohamed Aly ...
Islam by country. South Africa is a Christian majority nation with Islam being a minority religion, practised by roughly 1.6% of the total population. [4] Islam in South Africa has grown in three different phases. The first phase brought the earliest Muslims as part of the involuntary migration of slaves, artisans, political prisoners, and ...
Islam portal. v. t. e. Kenya has a Christian majority, with Islam being the second largest faith representing 11% of the Kenyan population, or approximately 5.2 million people as of the 2019 census. [1] The Kenyan coast is mostly populated by Muslims. Nairobi has several mosques and a notable Muslim population.
I. Shia Islam in India (5 C, 20 P) Shia Islam in Indonesia (1 C, 2 P) Shia Islam in Iraq (4 C, 16 P) Shia Islam in Ireland (1 P)
Shia Islam in Nigeria. Although the majority of the Nigerian Muslim population is Sunni, there is a small Shia minority, particularly in the northern states of Kano and Sokoto. [1][2][3] However, there are no actual statistics that reflect a Shia population in Nigeria, [4] and a figure of even 5% of the total Nigerian Muslim population is ...