Gambian Muslims

E79607

Muslim population group religious community

Gambian Muslims are adherents of Islam from The Gambia, where they form the overwhelming majority of the population and shape much of the country’s religious and cultural life.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jola Muslims	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Muslim population group ⓘ religious community ⓘ
associatedWith	Muridiya Sufi order ⓘ Qadiriyya Sufi tradition ⓘ surface form: Qadiriyya Sufi order Sufism ⓘ Tijaniyya Sufi order ⓘ
country	The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicFeature	includes multiple ethnic groups ⓘ present in both urban and rural areas of The Gambia ⓘ
dominantDenomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Gambian Muslims self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jola Muslims Mandinka majority among Muslims ⓘ Serahule Muslims ⓘ significant Fula Muslim population ⓘ significant Wolof Muslim population ⓘ
holyBook	Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur’an
influenceOn	Gambian culture ⓘ Gambian education ⓘ Gambian festivals ⓘ Gambian funeral rites ⓘ Gambian legal norms ⓘ Gambian marriage customs ⓘ Gambian naming practices ⓘ Gambian politics ⓘ Gambian social life ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Fula language ⓘ surface form: Fula Jola ⓘ Mandinka ⓘ Serahule ⓘ Serer ⓘ Wolof ⓘ
mainSchoolOfLaw	Maliki ⓘ
majorityStatus	overwhelming majority of the Gambian population ⓘ
observes	Eid al-Adha ⓘ Eid al-Fitr ⓘ Friday congregational prayer ⓘ Ramadan fasting ⓘ five daily prayers ⓘ
pilgrimage	Hajj to Mecca ⓘ
placeOfWorship	mosque ⓘ
practices	Islamic funeral rites ⓘ Islamic marriage rites ⓘ charitable giving ⓘ zakat ⓘ
prophet	Muhammad ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
roleInEducation	support Islamic education ⓘ support Quranic schools ⓘ
roleInSociety	influences customary law in The Gambia ⓘ shapes national identity of The Gambia ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gambian Muslims → ethnicComposition → Gambian Muslims self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jola Muslims

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Gambian Muslims ⓘ