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The Bahamas is an overwhelmingly Christian majority country, with adherents of Islam being a minuscule minority. Due to the secular nature of the country's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country. Adherents of Islam represent less than 1% of the Bahamian population.
Some of the early Muslim settlers in the country were brought as slaves from North Africa. [1] In the 1970s, few Bahamian students embraced Islam while studying abroad and returned home to continue practicing. [2]
The country houses the only mosque, which is the Jamaa' Ahlus Sunnah Bahamas Mosque located in Nassau. [1]
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