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===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||
====Kapuhenasa==== | |||
====Islam==== | |||
Islam is the largest minority religion at around 28% of the population of Takatta Loa, with the vast majority of Muslims following Zaydism with a strong emphasis on Sufism and other mystical traditions. Despite the immense differences between the Kapuhenasa and Islam, there is very rarely any religious discrimination, dispute or violence. A large part of this is due to the mutual mystical practices of the two faiths, with the Kapuhenasa in particular being descended from a Sufi mystic named Saȳd Kamáv Istiklav, although the Kapuhenasa disavows any connection to Islam, viewing the two faiths as having arrived at the same conclusion of faith and mystery. Islam in Takatta Loa arrived during the 18th century with the arrival of Haśem Xosséın and Saȳd Kamáv Istiklav, approximately 1701 and 1718 respectively. Haśem spread Islam in a more traditional way and had an immense impact in the upper Masa riverlands, with the descendants of those converts becoming the [[Safa Loa]]. | |||
Islam is the distinguishing feature of the Safa Loa, who derive their name from the Arabic word for ‘purity’. However, they only comprise 79% of all Muslims, with the other 31% being from other Muslim converts, both recent and historical. During the turmoil of Loafication, the people who would become the Safa were given special leeway and were not pressured to abandon the elements of their culture tied to faith, which were privileges other Muslim groups were not given. Many Muslims outside of the Safa were pressured to convert to the Kapuhenasa, while many deliberately migrated to the lands of the Safa and ended up assimilating into the Safa. As such, despite Islam originally being widely dispersed, it has become concentrated in the lands the Safa inhabit. In the modern day, the Muslims in Takatta Loa experience steady growth equivalent to non-Muslims and enjoy peaceful interactions with the majority population and many accommodations for their faith are made such as calls to prayer being broadcast in Muslim majority areas, the option to be tried by Sharia law and a state funded Muslim news station. | |||
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