The spread of Islam in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Causes, Strategies and Evangelical responses

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This book investigated the factors and practices that favor the growth of Islam in Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The study was prompted by the allegation that the spread of Islam in DRC has been ignored by scholars, due to the low population of Muslims in the country. The book intended to explore the factors favoring the spread of Islam in the Eastern region of DR Congo and the strategic approaches employed by Muslims in spreading the Islamic religion in this region. The research found out that Muslims mostly target women for conversion to Islam and the children born in such marriage become Muslims thus spreading Islam. It also revealed that people who do not earn much money (poor) are targeted by Islam through the offer of employment and that migrant Muslims deliberately reached out to convert them to Islam by sponsoring projects such as construction of mosques and providing scholarships for studies in foreign and Islamic countries. Therefore, it was concluded that the spread of Islam is slowly growing in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is because Muslims have well-calculated strategies of growth, individual Muslims are zealous and empowered to spread Islam and that Islam has financially integrated its faith such that their operations are well funded. As the growth of Islam increased, people still remained ignorant of strategies for responding to Islamic growth. Author recommended the need of inclusion of Islamic studies in Christian Colleges and Universities.