Prayer times in Malta

Malta has a small Muslim community estimated at approximately 3 to 4 percent of the population, numbering roughly 14,000 to 17,000 adherents. The community has a distinctive historical layer: Malta was under Arab Muslim rule from 870 to 1091 CE under the Aghlabids and the Fatimids, and the Maltese language is among the few surviving Arabic-derived European languages, classified by linguists as a North African Arabic dialect that evolved in isolation. The contemporary Muslim community is composed predominantly of recent migrants and naturalized citizens from Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, and Sub-Saharan Africa (especially Somalia, Sudan, and Nigeria), with a small native Maltese convert population. The Mariam Al-Batool Mosque in Paola, opened in 1984 with Libyan funding under the Gaddafi government, is the only purpose-built mosque in Malta and serves the entire Sunni community. The Muslim World League Malta is the principal national umbrella body. eSalah uses the Muslim World League default for Malta; the Algerian and Tunisian methods are offered as regionally-tested North African alternates.