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.
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
- ^ 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) - ^ Flower, Scott (2016-08-12). Islam and Cultural Change in Papua New Guinea. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-68084-0.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Solomon Islands". U.S. Department of State. 14 September 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ McDougall, Debra (2009). "Becoming Sinless: Converting to Islam in the Christian Solomon Islands". American Anthropologist. 111 (4): 480–491. ISSN 0002-7294.
Further reading
- Tomlinson, Matt; McDougall, Debra (2012-11-01). Christian Politics in Oceania. Berghahn Books. pp. 136–41. ISBN 978-0-85745-745-5.
External links
• Islam in Solomon Islands_Brief History_by Sultan Hakim Apani'ai_2023