A small population of Shia Muslims also live in the country. Almost 100 percent of the Somali population is Sunni Muslim (branch of Islam). Sunni Muslims constitute a majority of Somalia’s Muslim population. The country has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean, the longest in African mainland. "The Christian topography and the Kingdom of Axum." There were virtually no Christians in the nation at about 1913. Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities 8.1 (2012): 87-111.Kirwan, Laurence Patrick. (2015).Rodríguez, Jorge de Torres. Somali; Arabic Official religion Islam Monetary unit Somali shilling (Shilin Soomaali; So.Sh.) Geographical Journal (1972): 166-177.Cohen, David, Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, and Martine Vanhove. Some of the earliest mosques in the country date back to the 7th century. Islam arrived in Somalia at a very early time, soon after the hijra which refers to Prophet Muhammad journey from Mecca to Medina. Ethnic Somalis account for about 85% of the country’s population.
"Wagar, fertility and phallic stelae: Cushitic sky-god belief and the site of Saint Aw-Barkhadle, Somaliland." A very small population of about 1,000 individuals, representing only about 0.01% of the entire population of Somalia, practice Christianity. "Religious beliefs among the Oromo: Waaqeffannaa, Christianity and Islam in the context of ethnic identity, citizenship and integration."
"MOGADISCIO: TANTI SECOLI FA." "Against All Odds: The History of Archaeological Research in Somaliland and Somalia." Benjamins: Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 2002.Said, M., and Shidad Hussein. As the Horn was located to the east of sun-worshipping Egypt, the Horn being associated with the The native standard derivation suffixes to signify adherence to the Waaqist religion would produce Islam entered the region very early on, shortly after the There are two theories about when Somalis began adopting Islam.Ahmadiyah and its sub-sect Salihiyyah preached a puritanical form of Islam,The Ahmadiya has the smallest number of adherents of the three orders.Somali community has produced important Muslim figures over the centuries, many of whom have significantly shaped the course of Islamic learning and practice in the In 1913, during the early part of the colonial era, there were virtually no According to the Pew Research Center, less than 0.01% of Somalia's population in 2010 were adherents of Filesi, Teobaldo. They pray five times a day and do not eat pork products or drink alcohol. Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology 22.2 (2003): 3-28.Said, M., and Shidad Hussein, Previously-noted Archeo-cultural Connections. Any law that goes against the basic tenets of Shari’a will not be enacted in the country.Sunni Muslims constitute a majority of Somalia’s Muslim population. Somalia Religion, Economy and Politics Most of the people are Muslims, with the majority being Sunni. Most of these believers are non-Somali in origin and are mainly settled in the southern parts of the country where they practice animism. The official state religion of Somalia is Islam. Islam is the state religion in the country and Islamic sharia governs the country’s legal system. Only a very small percentage (0.1%) of Somalians adhere to their traditional religions and beliefs.
Most residents of Somalia are Muslims, of which some sources state that Sunnism is the strand practised by 90% of the population, whereof in particular the Salafi creed and the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence are practised. No. African Archaeological Review 32.1 (2015): 93-109.Elfversson, Emma. Civil strife in the early 1990s greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora, as many of the best educated Somalis left the country. "The grammaticalization of ‘say’and ‘do’: An areal phenomenon in East Africa." Men may have up to four wives at one time. Capital Mogadishu Population (2010) 9,330,000 Annual population growth rate (2000-2010) 2.3% Population gain (2000-2010) 1,932,000 GDP per capita The demographics of Somalia (Somali: tirakoobka dadka Soomaaliyeed, Arabic: التركيبة السكانية في الصومال ) encompass the demographic features of Somalia's inhabitants, including ethnicity, languages, population density, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Members of other religious groups combined constitute less than 1 percent of the population, and include a small Christian community, a small Sufi community, and an unknown number of Shia Muslims. Northeast African Studies 18.1-2 (2018): 271-310.Behr, Agnes Wanjiru. "The political conditions for local peacemaking: A comparative study of communal conflict resolution in Kenya." The Somali follow the practices associated with Islam. On the advice of the Prophet, a small group of Muslims entered the Horn of Africa to seek refuge from persecution in their home country. Islam is the religion of the vast majority in Somalia. Such religions preach belief in the Supreme being, ancestral worship, magic, and curses. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in Eastern Africa: Kampala, Uganda, 15–17 December 2003. "1) Previously-noted Archeo-cultural Connections." About 85% of local residents are ethnic Somalis, who have historically inhabited the northern part of the country.