Editing Islam in Uganda

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[[File:Laika ac Gaddafi National Mosque, Kampala (6693328097).jpg|thumb|The [[Uganda National Mosque]] is one of the largest mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa.]]
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'''Islam in Uganda''' is the second largest religion in the country behind Christianity. Islam is practised by 14 percent of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uganda |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/uganda/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Pew Research Center]] in 2014, however, estimated that 11.5 percent of Ugandans were Muslim.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2014/04/Religious-Diversity-appendix-2.pdf | title=Global Religious Diversity: Appendix 2, Religious Diversity Index Scores and Religious Adherents by Region and Country  | publisher=Pew Research Center | date=4 April 2014 | access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref> The vast majority of [[Muslim]]s in [[Uganda]] are [[Sunni]]. Small [[Shia]] and [[Ahmadi]] minorities are also present.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-full-report.pdf | title=The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity | access-date=14 August 2012 | date=9 August 2012 | publisher=Pew Forum on Religious & Public life | archive-date=24 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024125551/http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-full-report.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Iganga District]] in the east of Uganda had the highest percentage of Muslims according to a 2009 published report.<ref name="state2009">{{Cite web | last=United States Department of State | title=Uganda | work=International Religious Freedom Report 2009 | date=26 October 2009 | url=https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127261.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130031900/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127261.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 November 2009 | access-date = 2010-06-05}}</ref>

==History==
The presence of Islam in Uganda was first recorded in 1844 when an [[Arabs|Arab]] trader preached to [[Suuna II of Buganda|Suuna II]], the ruler of the [[Kingdom of Buganda]] in [[central Uganda]].  Islam was also spread throughout Uganda by Muslim colonial administrators who originally worked in [[northern Uganda]] when it was controlled by the [[Khedivate of Egypt]] but were later employed by British colonial administrator [[Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard|Frederick Lugard]] when Egyptian control collapsed in the south.{{Sfn|Kasozi|1985|p=36}} Despite persecution by the British, Islam flourished in the colonial period and was said to be fastest growing religion in Uganda by a colonial officer in the 1950s. Mosques were built in almost every established city in Uganda and the [[Uganda Muslim Education Association]], founded by prince [[Badru Kakungulu]] with help by Asian Muslims, built hundreds of primary schools through introducing western educational curriculum into madrasah schools across the country.{{Sfn|Kasozi|1985|p=36-37}}

==2002 census==
[[File:Rural Mosque, Uganda (15403634009).jpg|thumb|A rural mosque in Uganda]]

The 2002 national census recorded that Muslims represented 12.1 percent of the population.<ref name="Census 2002">{{cite web |title=2002 Uganda Population and Housing Census - Main Report |url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/2002%20Census%20Final%20Reportdoc.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012091154/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/2002%20Census%20Final%20Reportdoc.pdf |archive-date=12 October 2017 |access-date=19 January 2017 |publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF}}</ref>{{rp|11}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
!Region
!% Muslim
|-
|[[Central Region, Uganda|Central]]
|align=center|18.4%<ref name="Census 2002 Vol II">{{cite web | url=https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/03_20182002_CensusPopnCompostionAnalyticalReport_(1).pdf | title=2002 Uganda Population and Housing Census - Population Composition (Household Composition, Religious and Ethnic Composition and Marriage) | publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | access-date=8 September 2018 | format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
|[[Eastern Region, Uganda|Eastern]]
|align=center|17.0%<ref name="Census 2002 Vol II"/>
|-
|[[Northern Region, Uganda|Northern]]
|align=center|8.5%<ref name="Census 2002 Vol II"/>
|-
|[[Western Region, Uganda|Western]]
|align=center|4.5%<ref name="Census 2002 Vol II"/>
|-
|'''Total'''
|align=center|12.1%
|-
|}

=== Geographical distribution ===
[[Yumbe District]] is the only district with a Muslim-majority (76%). Muslims form a significant minority in the districts of [[Mayuge District|Mayuge]] (36%) and [[Iganga District|Iganga]] (34%).
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Region/District  
! {{longitem |Population<br />{{nobold|{{smaller|(2014 census)<br /><ref>http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/centableB7.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>}}}} }}
! Number of Muslims
! Share of Muslims
|-
| [[Kampala District]] || 1,187,795 || 268,787 || 22.6% 
|-
| [[Iganga District]] || 708,630 || 239,582 || 33.8%
|-
| [[Yumbe District]] || 251,758 || 191,913 || '''76.2%'''
|-
| [[Mukono District]] || 795,114 || 165,817 || 20.9% 
|-
| [[Masaka District]] || 770,379 || 164,950 || 21.4% 
|-
| [[Wakiso District]] || 907,736 || 164,256 ||  18.1% 
|-
| [[Mbale District]] || 717,534 || 132,247 || 18.4% 
|-
| [[Arua District]] || 833,538 || 123,229 || 14.8% 
|-
| [[Mayuge District]] || 324,668 || 117,526 || 36.2%
|-
| [[Kamuli District]] || 707,242 || 112,177 || 15.9% 
|-
| [[Bugiri District]] || 412,365 || 101,571 || 24.6% 
|-
| [[Jinja District]] || 387,249 || 100,257 || 25.9% 
|-
| [[Pallisa District]] || 520,532 || 94,231 || 18.1% 
|-
| [[Luwero District]] || 478,492 || 89,232 || 18.6% 
|-
| [[Mpigi District]] || 407,739 || 87,314 || 21.4% 
|-
| [[Kayunga District]] || 294,568 || 76,127 || 25.8% 
|-
| [[Mubende District]] || 689,305 || 74,781 || 10.8% 
|-
| [[Tororo District]] || 536,732 || 63,381 || 11.8% 
|-
| [[Mbarara District]] || 1,088,012 || 61,273 || 5.6% 
|-
| [[Rakai District]] || 470,144 || 51,348 || 10.9% 
|-
| [[Moyo District]] || 194,734 || 35,569 || 18.3% 
|-
| [[Kasese District]] || 522,726 || 33,790 || 6.5% 
|-
| [[Masindi District]] || 459,244 || 31,753 || 6.9% 
|- 
| [[Bushenyi District]] || 731,217 || 31,293 || 4.3% 
|-
| [[Sironko District]] || 283,056 || 28,961 || 10.2%
|-
| [[Kiboga District]] || 229,297 || 27,839 || 12.1% 
|-
| [[Sembabule District]] || 180,028 || 27,408 || 15.2% 
|-
| [[Busia District]] || 224,887 || 22,322 || 9.9% 
|-
| [[Ntungamo District]] || 379,829 || 20,688 || 5.1% 
|-
| [[Bundibugyo District]] || 209,820 || 18,601 || 8.9% 
|-
| [[Nebbi District]] || 435,252 || 17,829 || 4.1% 
|-
| [[Kabarole District]] || 356,704 || 17,696 || 5.0% 
|-
| [[Hoima District]] || 343,480 || 17,438 || 5.1% 
|- 
| [[Kapchorwa District]] || 190,282 || 16,324 || 8.6% 
|- 
| [[Kibaale District]] || 405,761 || 13,044 || 3.2%
|-
| [[Kyenjojo District]] || 377,109 || 11,754 || 3.1% 
|-
| [[Kumi District]] || 389,599 || 11,632 || 3.0% 
|-
| [[Adjumani District]] || 202,223 || 11,273 || 5.6% 
|-
| [[Kamwenge District]] || 263,595 || 10,865 || 4.1% 
|-
| [[Lira District]] || 740,893 || 9,566 || 1.3% 
|-
| [[Nakasongola District]] || 127,048 || 9,428 || 7.4% 
|-
| [[Soroti District]] || 369,621 || 8,541 || 2.3% 
|-
| [[Kanungu District]] || 204,640 || 5,564 || 2.7% 
|-
| [[Rukungiri District]] || 275,101 || 5,339 || 1.9% 
|-
| [[Kalangala District]] || 34,699 || 4,986 || 14.4% 
|-
| [[Gulu District]] || 475,071 || 4,597 || 1.0% 
|-
| [[Apac District]] || 683,987 || 3,999 || 0.6% 
|-
| [[Kabale District]] || 458,107 || 3,753 || 0.8% 
|-
| [[Katakwi District]] || 298,900 || 3,131 || 1.0% 
|-
| [[Kotido District]] || 591,870 || 2,313 || 0.4% 
|-
| [[Moroto District]] || 189,907 || 1,707 || 0.9%
|-
| [[Kisoro District]] || 220,202 || 1,693 || 0.8%
|-
| [[Kitgum District]] || 282,270 || 1,617 || 0.6% 
|-
| [[Pader District]] || 326,320 || 1,463 || 0.4% 
|-
| [[Nakapiripirit District]] || 154,494 || 1,390 || 0.9% 
|-
| [[Kaberamaido District]] || 131,627 || 956 || 0.7% 
|-
! Uganda (total) || 24,433,132 || 2,956,121 || 12.1% 
|}

==See also==
* [[Religion in Uganda]]
* [[Islam in Africa]]
* [[Islam by country]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{Country study}}

== Bibliography ==

* {{cite journal |last1=Kasozi |first1=Abdu B.K. |title=The Uganda Muslim supreme council: an experiment in Muslim administrative centralisation and institutionalisation, 1972–82 |journal=Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs Journal |date=January 1985 |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=34–52 |doi=10.1080/13602008508715923}}

== Further reading ==

* {{Cite book |last=Kasule |first=Joseph |title=Islam in Uganda: The Muslim Minority, Nationalism & Political Power |publisher=[[Boydell & Brewer]] |year=2022 |isbn=9781847012432}}

==External links==
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* [http://islamicweb.com/begin/population.htm Muslim population estimates on islamicweb.com]
* [http://www.islamicpopulation.com/africa_islam.html Muslim population estimates on Islamicpopulation.com]

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