Zimbabwe is an African country, with adherents of

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

being a small minority. Due to the secular nature of Zimbabwe's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country. Islam is the religion of less than 1 percent of the population of Zimbabwe.

Demographics

Estimates on the number of Muslims in Zimbabwe are around 120,000. The Muslim community consists primarily of South Asian immigrants (Indian and Pakistani), a small but growing number of indigenous Zimbabweans, and migrants from other African countries such as the Yao tribe of neighbouring Malawi. There are mosques located in nearly all of the larger towns. As a result of outreach efforts in rural areas, some chiefs and headmen have reportedly converted from Christianity to Islam.

Remba (Lemba)

The Lemba or Remba are an ethnic group in Zimbabwe who have cultural traditions similar to Jews and Muslims in the Middle East, such as male circumcision.

Famous Zimbabwean Muslims

Mufti Menk Ismail ibn Musa Menk ( ar, إسماعيل بن موسى منك, translit=ʾismāʿīl ibn mūsā mink) (born 27 June 1975) is a Zimbabwean Islamic scholar, best known as Mufti Menk. He is the Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe's Muslim community, which ...

is the Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe, and was born on June 27, 1975. Mufti Menk has many social media websites and such, including YouTube.

References

External links

* Reporter Interactive at Archive.org
Zimbabwean Christians and Muslims
* New York Times

* US State department

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Demographics

Remba (Lemba)

Famous Zimbabwean Muslims

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