The Somali merchants who dealt with their Arab neighbors were the first people who embraced Islam because of the Arab generosity and honesty they saw from them and they further spread them in Somalia. Also some Muslims migrated to Somalia. At those times the city of Mogadishu known as the City of Islam.
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islam
Islam Extreme and Islam Moderate
If You Consider Somalia In Central Africa Then Yes.
If You Consider Somalia In Central Africa Then Yes.
Islam 100% - No other religion allowed :-(
Most of the people in Mogadishu are Muslims. Of these the majority are Sunni with some Shia and Sufi . The Shaf'i school of Islamic jurisprudence is well represented.
Specifically, in North Africa, Islam arrived in the year 711 AD when Muslim soldiers led a conquest all the way to Spain. In areas such as Somalia and Comoros, Islam came at different times (Somalia was part of the Egyptian empire) and should be studied on a country by country basis.
Somalia's religious history is varied but the predominant religion in the country is Islam with the majority of Muslims being Sunni. Other Islamic groups also exist in the country. Less than one percent are Christian.
Maritta Marke was born on June 30, 1905, in sperd, Skne ln, Sweden.
Islam reached Ethiopia very soon after Muhammad died and there are several letters between the early Caliphates and the Abyssinian monarchy. However, Islam did not become established in Somalia or eastern parts of Ethiopia until the mid 1200s with the creation of the Ifat Sultanate.
Somalia has a predominantly Muslim population, with estimates suggesting that over 99% of its approximately 16 million people identify as Muslim. The majority of Somalis are Sunni Muslims, adhering to the Shafi'i school of thought. Islam plays a central role in Somali culture and daily life.
based on the history of the Islam, today the Islamic calendar is 3 Rajab, 1431, so i can before 1431.