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Islam in Africa is the second most professed faith behind Christianity, practiced by about 33% of the population, according to multiple survey waves by Afrobarometer between 2016 and 2023. Although other estimates may place the population of Muslims as a share of the continent closer to 45%. Africa was the first continent into which Islam spread from the Middle East, during the early 7th century CE. It is likely the earliest Muslims in Africa were disciples of Muhammad who sought refugee in the Christian Kingdom of Aksum, present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia, as a result of local dissatisfaction with Muhammad in Mecca.
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