Shia Islam in Senegal is practiced small number of Senegalese people, as well as by the Lebanese community in Senegal. According to historian Alioune...

Islam is the predominant religion in Senegal. 97 percent of the country's population is estimated to be Muslim. Islam has had a presence in Senegal since...

Shia Islam in Africa is the continent's second most widely professed sect of Islam behind Sunni Islam. The "African Shia Islamic Movement" is a Nigeria-based...

Shia Islam in Egypt is composed of the highly persecuted low profile Shia Muslim community of Egypt. Shia Islam has a long pedigree in Egypt. The Shia...

(Tariqas) in Senegal (and also the Gambia). They are active Muslim organizations that can also be found in many other parts of Africa and the Islamic world...

pronounced as متوالي metouali or matawali in Lebanese Arabic), are Lebanese people who are adherents of Shia Islam in Lebanon, which plays a major role alongside...

of Zakzaky’s Ikhwani.” Shia faith was "almost unknown" in Nigeria until the 1980s, when Ibraheem Zakzaky introduced Shia Islam. Zakzaky's gained a following...

al-'Islām al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh at-Tijānī al-Kawlakhī —was a Senegalese major leader (wolof) of the Tijānī Sufi order of Islam in West...

Shia Islam in Yemen is practiced by a substantial minority of the population, with the vast majority of Shia Muslims in Yemen being Zaydi, while a minority...

Tijānī Sufi order. He studied under his father Ali and grandfather Ibrahim in Senegal focusing mostly on Arabic literature and poetry. Thereafter, he went to...

occupy an important place in the daily life of the nation of Senegal. The majority of citizens follow Islam (mainly Sunni Islam). In 2013, 6% of the population...

(commune d'arrondissement), part of the city (commune) of Dakar, located in Senegal. It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of Léopold Sédar...

their perceived apostasy (ridda). In addition, there are several differences within Sunnī and Shīʿa Islam: Sunnī Islam is separated into four main schools...

(Sunni, Shia, Druze, Alawi, and Ismaili), even though most Druze do not identify as Muslims, and they do not accept the five pillars of Islam. Under the...

(87–90%, roughly 1.7 billion people) or Shia (10–13%, roughly 180–230 million people). Islam is the majority religion in several subregions: Central Asia, Western...

distinct traditions: Shia Islam (55-60%) and Sunni Islam (35-40%). Iraq is home to many religious cities important for both Shia and Sunni Muslims. Baghdad...

are considered Shia strongholds. In contrast, Sunni Islam is dominant in the northern regions. Islam arrived in Azerbaijan with Arabs in the seventh century...

while around 10% are Shias. Most Shias belong to the Twelver branch and only a smaller number follow Ismailism. After the Islamic conquest of Persia was...

jour de fête ? Principes de la finance islamique Senegal portal Shia Islam portal Shia Islam in Senegal Mozdahir Darou Hidjiratou Leichtman, Mara A. and...

naturalization of Sunni migrants in Bahrain. Most major mosques in the country were Shia, however, the ruling family practices Sunni Islam. According to the Washington...

result of Islamic missionary activities (dawah), as well as through conquests. The two main Islamic branches are Sunni Islam (85–90%) and Shia Islam (10–15%)...

state-fostered rise of an Iran-based Shia clergy, a synthesis was formed between Iranian culture and Shia Islam that marked each indelibly with the tincture...

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered...

faith". Due to decades of Saudi funding, Shia Islam is openly and freely demonised and Shia Muslims are oppressed in the country, their prayers and gatherings...

zone in Bonconto Commune, Bonconto Arrondissement, Vélingara Department of Kolda Region in south Senegal. As a major center of Shia Islam in Senegal, it...

population. Major traditions of Shia Islam found in Pakistan include the Twelver Shias (or Ithna Ashariyyah) and the Ismaili Shias (or Seveners); most notably...

Cécile (1994). La Confrérie layenne et les Lébou du Sénégal: Islam et culture tradtionnelle (in French). Bordeaux: Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux:...

religious leader Islam portal Senegal portal Mouridism Islam in Senegal Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal Qasida "Population of Touba (population.mongabay.com)"...

Senegal new forests in Kolda Region, southern Senegal and Thiès Region, western Senegal Senegal portal Shia Islam portal Agriculture in Senegal Shia Islam...

also the father of Cherif Habib Aidara, mayor of Bonconto Commune. Shia Islam in Senegal Mozdahir Darou Hidjiratou Elhadji Lonka Sabaly. Ziarra Annuelle...