Islam in São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe, with a total population of about 181,000, has about 5,500 Muslim inhabitants, 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]

There are also no known mosques operating in the country.[2] The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has "hundreds" of members in the country, thereby representing a large proportion of the Muslim population.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://atheism.about.com/library/irf/irf02/blirf_saotome.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.islamicfinder.org/cityPrayer.php?country=sao_tome_and_principe
  3. ↑ "Igreja Jama'At Islâmica Ahmadiyya realiza 7ªConferência Anual em São Tomé e Príncipe" (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 11, 2016.


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