Islam in Zambia

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Islam came to Zambia since the fourth Hijri century when muslims established emirates on the coast of East Africa, during that period muslim merchants extended their business to the interior regions reaching Zambia and they built mosques on the roads from the coast to the interior regions. The Islamic Dawa spread in Zambia by muslim scholars and merchants in the period of the Omani dynasty Al Bu Said. Islam entered Zambia from Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. Beside that thousands of muslims from Somalia and Kenya setteled in Zambia.

Alot of muslims entered Zambia during the colonial period, primarily from people from the Indian subcontinent establishing themselves along the railways in the central part of the country from Livingstone to Lusaka.

Today, there is a growing trend of conversion to Islam by indigenous Zambians. Muslims account for about 5% of the total population of 11.26 million. Although the government officially calls Zambia a "Christian Nation", Muslims generally are accepted in the society.

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