Islam in Solomon Islands

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Solomon Islands is an overwhelmingly Christian majority country, with adherents of Islam being a minuscule minority. Because of the secular nature of the country's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country.

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The arrival and establishment of the Islamic Religion in the country can be traced back to the early 1980s. [1] Islam Ahmadiyya, however, first reached Solomon Islands probably in 1987, when a Ghanaian missionary by the name of Al-Hajj Hafiz Ahmad Jibreel Saeed visited Guadalcanal. [2]

Today, there are two major Islamic branches (denomination) in the country, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Sunni Islam. [3] According to a 2007 report by the United States Department of State's International Religious Freedom Report, there are approximately 350 Muslims in the country. [4] However, in 2008, an article in the Australian Journal of International Affairs suggested that there may be as many as 1,000 Ahmadis in the country alone, or 0.14% of the population. [3] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Abdulrahim, Ali; Der, Thiam, Iba; A, Talib, Yusof (2016-10-17). The Different aspects of Islamic culture: Islam in the World today; Islam and the Muslim world today. UNESCO Publishing. pp. 443–4. ISBN   978-92-3-100133-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Flower, Scott (2016-08-12). Islam and Cultural Change in Papua New Guinea. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-317-68084-0.
  3. 1 2 Flower, Scott (September 2008). "Muslims in Melanesia: putting security issues in perspective". Australian Journal of International Affairs . 62 (3). Taylor & Francis: 408–429. doi:10.1080/10357710802286841. S2CID   153502801.
  4. ↑ "International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Solomon Islands". U.S. Department of State. 14 September 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ McDougall, Debra (2009). "Becoming Sinless: Converting to Islam in the Christian Solomon Islands". American Anthropologist. 111 (4): 480–491. doi:10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01157.x. ISSN   0002-7294. JSTOR   20638720.

Further reading

• Islam in Solomon Islands_Brief History_by Sultan Hakim Apani'ai_2023

• Hakimids Dynasty

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