Prayer times in Zambia

Zambia has a small Muslim community estimated at approximately 0.5 to 1 percent of the population, numbering roughly 100,000 to 200,000 adherents (figures vary substantially between sources). 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 (Kenyan and Tanzanian) component, a Yao community in eastern Zambia connected to the Malawian and Mozambican Yao Muslim networks, and a growing native Zambian convert population. The community is predominantly Sunni of the Hanafi and Shafi'i schools, with the Gujarati component including some Bohra and Khoja Ismaili presence. The Lusaka Central Mosque (Jamia Masjid) and the Kitwe Mosque serve as principal congregational centers. The Islamic Council of Zambia is the principal national umbrella body. There is no state Islamic authority, and the community is too small to support an Islamic university within Zambia. eSalah uses the Muslim World League default for Zambia. The community maintains ongoing ties with the larger South African Muslim networks for religious education, halal certification, and major life-cycle events.