Draft:Islam in Kiribati

Coming from the 2020 census and Kiribati's government statistics, Kiribati is a secular country that predominates Christianity followed by 96% of the population, adhering the Catholic Church by 58.9%, the Uniting Church by 21.2%, and other denominations of Christianity by 16.1%.

Islam is a minority religion in Kiribati followed by 0.1% of the population, and was placed to be the third largest-religion after Baha'i Faith. The Muslims were peacefully living in the same way as Kiribati's 90% of its population living in the Gilbert Islands together, and most of Kiribati's Muslim population were immigrants from foreign countries.

History

Islam was firstly introduced in 1985 by a British-Tuvaluan Ahmadi of Pakistani descent named Iftikhar A. Ayaz when he arrived at Kiribati. Starting at the late-20th century, the rise of Islam has been continued by its conversion of Islam mostly from Christianity, later on the Gilbert Islander converts to Islam has established a foothold in the country, contributing to Kiribati's cultural and religious diversity.

Mosques and halal certification

There are variously a very few mosques or musallahs in the country, reflecting the small size of the Muslims. Although there still isn't an easy Halal certification in the country due to Kiribati's major population having their huge lack of knowing Islam very much, as well as the Muslims face their challenges of practicing Islam, in which they have their limited accesses of attending Islamic schools for their education.

The food from the Kiribati traditions are permitted in Islam, including fish, coconut, and breadfish.

References

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• Religion in Kiribati
• Islam in Oceania by country
• Islam by country