Islam in Gabon

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Islam in Gabon is not a well-established entity, leading to only a very small number of Gabonese Muslims (1% or about 14,000). Gabon, along with Angola, Botswana, Swaziland, Zimbabwe report the lowest percentage of Muslims in all of Africa. That being said, Gabon's executive branch has been controlled by a Muslim, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, since 1973. Bongo converted to Islam in 1973 and changed his name from Albert Bernard Bongo to its current form.