The Muslim community in Malawi has rolled off a project to translate the Holy Qur\u2019an into Yao, a language spoken among 99% of Muslims in the secular but diverse southern Africa nation and in neighboring countries.<\/p>\n
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A member of a supreme Muslim body said that the Yao tribe forms the bulk of Islam in Malawi, adding that when Islam was first introduced to the country by Arab Slave traders in the 1880s, the Yao were the first tribe to receive Islam in Malawi.<\/p>\n
Famous scholar and academician described the development as a \u201cturning point\u201d in the history of Islam in the country.<\/p>\n
Malawi Muslim scholars have disclosed other plans to translate the Noble Qur\u2019an into other major languages spoken among Malawians in order to take the message of Islam to all tribes.<\/p>\n
Islam is the second largest religion in Malawi after Christianity. It accounts for 36% of the country\u2019s 16 million population.<\/p>\n
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