Islam inTogo represents around 14% of the total population.[1]Islam came to Togo about the same time as it did much ofWest Africa. The vast majority ofMuslims in Togo areSunni ofMaliki school ofjurisprudence, there are alsoAhmadiyya andShia Muslims.[citation needed]
Islam was first introduced into West Africa south of theSahara, across the salt and gold trade routes. IslamicizedBerber andTuareg merchants traveled the trans-Saharan trade routes. As time passed, Muslim clerics and scholars — teaching their beliefs and setting up places of worship along the routes — accompanied traders on their journeys. TheHausaMande and theFulani, a traditionally nomadic group, traveled all over West Africa, taking their Muslim beliefs to places such as present-dayGuinea,Sierra Leone, andLiberia.[citation needed]
Estimates on the number of Muslims in Togo vary depending on the source. The CIA World Factbook puts the figure at 14%.[2] A 2020 projection by thePew Research Center gives an estimate of 14% of the population or 1,020,000 people.[3]
The Federation of Togo Muslims is the largest Muslim organization in the country. It takes care of the Islam-related affairs and denounces extremism.[4]
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