Talk:Islam in Tanzania

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Percentages of Muslims in Tanzania

The quoted number is unsourced and not valid. Nobody knows how many Christians and Muslims live in Tanzania; the question has not been asked in a census since the 1960s. The existing estimates vary wildly and all are unreliable. Kipala (talk) 08:10, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Very true Nlivataye (talk) 07:53, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with citation

The following citation is cited for there being 45% moslems in Tanzania.

"BBC News | Africa | Tanzanian police break up Muslim protest". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-02.

The article says "Tanzania is a secular country, but almost half the population is Muslim." I have changed the text so that it is supported by the citation, and added the date of the report by the BBC ( 30 July 30 1999). Toddy1 (talk) 14:18, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Addition of misinterpreted text

I noticed that recent edits to the article like the one here includes text that is not mentioned in the sources (which themselves aren't of the highest quality). For example, while the first source by Deutsche Welle does mention the presence of slave traders in East Africa, it makes no claim that they were one of the two factors involved with spreading Islam in Mozambique (it also doesn't even name the country). I previously reverted a identical edit citing similar reasons. The second source seems not to work and I therefore can't verify it. The third source (which I placed) is so far the best source (but it doesn't mention Arab slave traders). The claim that Arab slave traders were one of the main factors behind the introduction of Islam into the area is simply not supported by the sources. I will revert these recent for the reasons cited. SlackingViceroy (talk) 00:17, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]