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Prayer times in Nigeria
Muslim World League · Capital: Abuja · 38 regions indexed
Nigeria has the largest Muslim population in Sub-Saharan Africa and one of the largest in the world, estimated at approximately 49.6 percent of the population per Pew (community estimates suggest closer to 53 percent), or roughly 110 million people. The community is concentrated in the northern states (the 12 states implementing Sharia in personal status law since 1999–2001) and is composed of multiple ethnic groups including the Hausa-Fulani (the largest), Kanuri, Yoruba (whose Muslim component is substantial in southwestern Nigeria), and Nupe. The community is overwhelmingly Sunni of the Maliki school in the north and Maliki/Shafi'i among Yoruba Muslims in the southwest, with a strong Tijaniyya and Qadiriyya Sufi presence. The Sokoto Caliphate (1804–1903), founded by the Fulani scholar and reformer Usman dan Fodio, established Islamic governance across what is now northern Nigeria; the Sultan of Sokoto remains the highest spiritual authority for Nigerian Sunnis. The Abuja National Mosque is the principal federal congregational center. The Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs are the national bodies. eSalah uses MWL default.
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