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Christianity is the most widely professed religion in Malawi, with significant populations of the adherents of Islam and traditional faiths. [2] Religious pluralism is both a prominent social value and enshrined in the country's constitution.
Islam is the second largest religion in Malawi behind Christianity. Nearly all of Malawi's Muslims adhere to Sunni Islam. [1] Though difficult to assess, [2] according to the CIA Factbook, in 2018 about 13.8% of the country's population was Muslim. [3] Muslim organisations in the country claim a figure of 15-20%. [4]
Religion in Malawi This page was last edited on 11 March 2024, at 22:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Malawi has a low life expectancy and high infant mortality. HIV/AIDS is highly prevalent, which both reduces the labour force and requires increased government expenditures. The country has a diverse population that includes native peoples, Asians, and Europeans. Several languages are spoken, and there is an array of religious beliefs.
Africa Continent Mission (ACM) Africa Light Church; African Abraham Church; African Assemblies of God, now Cross Life Church.; African Baptist Assembly of Malawi, Inc. Africa Evangelical Church
David Livingstone reached the lake he named Lake Nyasa, now Lake Malawi in 1859. Livingstone's famous appeal, made at a great meeting in the Senate House at Cambridge on December 4, 1857 led to the founding of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (), and the first missionary expedition of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa arrived in Malawi in 1861.
According to the 1994 constitution of Malawi, many seats in its Senate are reserved for "major religious faiths of Malawi", and only Christianity and Islam are recognized as "major faiths". Malawi thus constitutionally bars people with faiths such as Hinduism from political representation in its Senate, and allows only Christians and Muslims to ...
Malawi portal; Religion portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. C. Malawian Christians (4 C, 5 P) M. Malawian Muslims ...