Islam in São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe, with a total population of about 181,000, has about 5,500 Muslim, about 3 percent of the population. The majority (an estimated 80 percent) are Roman Catholics; São Tomé and Príncipe was for many years a colony of Portugal, which is overwhelmingly Catholic.[1]

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has "hundreds" of members in the country, thereby representing a large proportion of the Muslim population.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2003-12-14. Retrieved 2006-05-28.
  2. ↑ "Igreja Jama'At Islâmica Ahmadiyya realiza 7ªConferência Anual em São Tomé e Príncipe" (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 11, 2016.


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