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The Muslim share of Nigeria's population is growing, due to a higher fertility rate. Merchants from North Africa and the Senegalese basin introduced Islam to what is now Nigeria during the 11th century, and it was the first monotheistic Abrahamic religion to arrive in Nigeria.
Many Sunni Muslims are members of Sufi brotherhoods. Most Sufis follow the Kadiriyya, Tijaniyya or Mouride movements. Nigerian Islam has become heterogenous with the springing up of many Islamic sects. Notable examples are the Izala movement, [43] [44] the Shia movement, and many local Islamic sects that have limited expansion.
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 thought to be too high “because of the routine conflation of Shi’a with ...
Nigerian Sunni Muslims (4 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Nigerian Muslims" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 400 total.
During the Muslim movement in the United States during the 20th century, the African American community was also introduced to Shia Islam. The majority of African American in that time were not aware of the Sunni-Shia divide, although most became Sunni due to how it was more widespread, a lack of access to Shia learning materials, as well as ...
In Nigeria—the most populous country in Africa—until recently almost all Muslims were Sunni. [255] As of 2017, estimates of the number of Nigeria's 90–95 million Muslims who are Shia vary from between 20 million (Shia estimate), to less than five million (Sunni estimate) [ 256 ] but according to Pew research center , less than 5% of the ...
Nigerian Sunni religious leaders (5 P) S. Nigerian Salafis (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Nigerian Sunni Muslims" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of ...
The sultan of Sokoto is the hereditary leader of the Sokoto Caliphate, a Sunni Muslim community in West Africa. The position may also be referred to as the 'Sokoto Caliph' or the "Commander of the Faithful" (Amir-ul-Momineen in Arabic or Lamido Julbe in Fulani). The current holder of this title, since 2006, is Sa'adu Abubakar.