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Chad CIA Factbook
[By
CIA THE WORLD FACTBOOK
]
Religions:
Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%,
unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)
Population:
10,975,648 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75
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2.
President of Islamic Daawa and Relief Organization - Discourse
[by
International Islamic News Agency(IINA)]
N’djamena, Rabi Thani 3/June 24 (IINA) - Dr. Haqqar Muhammad Ahmed,
President of the Islamic Daawa and Relief Organization in Chad has said that
Muslims constitute 85 percent of Chad’s population, more so after the Daawa
activities that had taken place in the south of the country, and resulted in
37 bishops declaring their choice of Islam, followed by 800,000 others
following in their footsteps. He said Christians make up five percent of the
population, the rest being animists, most of them living in the south of the
country, according to the 1962 statistics.
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3.
Islam in Chad
[By
WIKIPEDIA]
The earliest presence of Islam in Chad can be traced back to the
legendary Uqba ibn Nafi, whose descendants can be found settled in the Lake
Chad region to this day. By the time Arab migrants began arriving from the
east in the fourteenth century in sizeable numbers, the creed was already
well established. Instead of being the product of conquest or the imposition
of political power, Islamization in Chad was gradual, the effect of the slow
spread of Islamic civilization beyond its political frontiers.
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4.
Demographics of Chad
[By
WIKIPEDIA]
The people of Chad speak more than 100 different languages and divide
themselves into many ethnic groups. However, language and ethnicity are not
the same. Moreover, neither element can be tied to a particular physical
type. In Chad, European conquest and administration intensified feelings of
ethnic separateness by drawing local boundaries along perceived ethnic
lines. The Europeans also appointed chiefs and other local African
authorities who had little legitimacy over the groups they were to lead. In
general, the French favored southerners over northerners and settled
populations over nomads. This bias continued after independence and has been
an important element in internecine conflict. |