Islam in Africa
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Islam in Africa is the second most professed faith behind Christianity, practiced by about 33% of the population, according to multiple survey waves by Afrobarometer between 2016 and 2023. Although other estimates may place the population of Muslims as a share of the continent closer to 45%. Africa was the first continent into which Islam spread from the Middle East, during the early 7th century CE. It is likely the earliest Muslims in Africa were disciples of Muhammad who sought refugee in the Christian Kingdom of Aksum, present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia, as a result of local dissatisfaction with Muhammad in Mecca.
Sources: Wikipedia — Islam in Africa · CC BY-SA 4.0
Earlier and later events nearby
- 149–146 BCThird Punic War
- AD 439Vandal conquest of Carthage
- AD 647–709Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
- AD 670Islam in AfricaThis page
- 1565Great Siege of Malta
- 1911–1912Italo-Turkish War
- 2010–2011Tunisian revolution
Who ruled this land
States that held this place in the historical borders data (Cliopatria). Years are approximate, as fine as the data's snapshots (every few years to a century). Tap to open the map for that year.