Prayer times in Lesotho

Lesotho has a very small Muslim community estimated at approximately 0.2 to 0.5 percent of the population, numbering perhaps 5,000 to 10,000 adherents. The community is composed primarily of South Asian (Gujarati and Pakistani) traders who settled during the colonial and post-colonial periods, alongside a smaller East African component and a growing native Basotho convert population. The community is concentrated in Maseru, Maputsoe, Leribe, and the larger commercial towns. The community is predominantly Sunni of the Hanafi and Shafi'i schools, with the Gujarati component including some Bohra and Khoja Ismaili presence. The Jamia Masjid in Maseru serves as the principal congregational mosque of the capital. The Islamic Council of Lesotho is the principal national umbrella body. There is no state Islamic authority, and the community is too small to support an Islamic university or major madrasah within Lesotho. eSalah uses the Muslim World League default for Lesotho. The community maintains ongoing ties with the larger South African Muslim networks (especially the Jamiatul Ulama of South Africa) for religious resources.