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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Moors of Mauritania

The Moors of Mauritania, numbering approximately 3,885,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as the predominantly Muslim populations of medieval North Africa and al-Andalus, composed largely of Amazigh (Berber) and Arab peoples united by Islamic civilization rather than by a single ethnic identity They are an Indigenous people, with Moor as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Arab, Hassaniya people cluster of the Arab Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Hassaniyya is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Mauritania
People Cluster: Arab, Hassaniya
Primary Language(s): Hassaniyya (mey)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 3,885,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013586
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Pray for the Moors of Mauritania

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hassaniyya
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

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Hassaniyya Speakers

Media Resources in Hassaniyya:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Hassaniyya:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Moors are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Moors:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Moors of Mauritania

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
readPsalm 51:2

Pray that God will raise up believers to go and share the gospel with those in this people group who need to be washed of their iniquity and cleansed from their sins.

Moor, Beidane (White) Across Countries (ROP3 - 106417) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
MauritaniansPG047457MauritaniansCanada1,200Engaged yet UnreachedHassaniyyaSunni Islam
MoorsPG013586MoorsMauritania3,885,000Engaged yet UnreachedHassaniyyaSunni Islam
MoorsPG042784MoorsMorocco3,130,000Unengaged and UnreachedHassaniyyaSunni Islam
MoorsPG013560MoorsMali704,000Unengaged and UnreachedHassaniyyaFolk Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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