Prayer times in Gabon

Gabon has a Muslim community of approximately 11 to 14 percent of the population, with estimates varying between Pew and government figures. The community is concentrated in Libreville and Port-Gentil and is composed primarily of West African migrants (Senegalese, Malian, Guinean, Hausa Nigerian) and a smaller Lebanese Levantine commercial component, with a growing Gabonese convert population. The community is predominantly Sunni of the Maliki school with a strong Tijaniyya Sufi presence reflecting West African origins. Gabon is unusual in francophone Central Africa for the relatively high social standing of its Muslim community, in part due to the conversion of President Omar Bongo Ondimba to Islam in 1973, after which he took the name El Hadj Omar Bongo and made the Hajj. The Mosquée Hassan II in Libreville, named for the late Moroccan king, is a principal congregational mosque. The Conseil Supérieur des Affaires Islamiques du Gabon is the recognized national body. eSalah uses the MWL default for Gabon; the Algerian method is offered as a regionally-tested Sahel alternate.