What is Islam in Nigeria?
[[Image:AbujaNationalMosque.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Abuja National Mosque]], located in [[Abuja]]]] About 85,000,000 Nigerians are Muslims. That is about half of the people of [[Nigeria]]. Most of the other people are [[Christian]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Christian/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf |title=Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Christian Population |format=PDF |accessdate=2011-12-29 |archive-date=2013-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723134849/http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Christian/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CIA – The World Factbook – Nigeria|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html#People|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129161346/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html#People|archive-date=2018-01-29|access-date=2012-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/Muslimpopulation/Muslimpopulation.pdf |title=Mapping out the Global Muslim Population |access-date=2012-10-08 |archive-date=2013-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725120239/http://www.pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/Muslimpopulation/Muslimpopulation.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Muslims in Nigeria are mostly [[Sunni]] in the [[Maliki]] school, which is also the [[Sharia]] law in the government. However, there is a important [[Shia]] minority, mostly in [[Sokoto State]] (see [[Shia in Nigeria]]). A smaller number of people follow the [[Ahmadiyya Muslim Community|Ahmadiyya]] Islam, a reformatory sect that started in India in the 19th century. Pew Forum on religious diversity says that 12% are Shia Muslims while 3% are [[Ahmadi]] Muslims.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-full-report.pdf | title=The World's M