Prayer times in Rwanda

Rwanda has a Muslim community of approximately 1.8 to 5 percent of the population, with figures contested between Pew and government sources. The community is concentrated predominantly in Kigali and along the western lakeshore region, with origins in the late nineteenth-century Swahili and Arab trader networks that linked the Great Lakes region to Zanzibar and the East African coast. The community is overwhelmingly Sunni of the Shafi'i school, reflecting East African coastal heritage. The Rwandan Muslim community has been notable for its conduct during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi: numerous mosques and Muslim leaders provided sanctuary to Tutsi targeted in the violence, and the Rwandan government and human rights observers have documented this protective role; rates of Tutsi survival within the Muslim community were notably higher than in the general population. The Kigali Grand Mosque (the Régis Mosque) and the Centre Islamique du Rwanda are the principal congregational and administrative centers. The Muslim Association of Rwanda is the recognized national body. eSalah uses the Muslim World League default for Rwanda, consistent with East African Shafi'i practice.