Islam in Tonga

Tonga is an overwhelmingly Christian majority country, with adherents of Islam being a minority.

Due to secular nature of the Tonga's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country.

[2] Tonga’s Muslim community is planning to raise funds in the Middle East to build a new boarding school on Tongatapu.

Sheikh Imam Abdul Fader, a spiritual leader of the Tongan Muslim community and a mathematics teacher, said their project is to build a three-story boarding school that will serve Muslims and non-Muslims, especially orphans who are often deprived of education.

He also said that a small delegation of Tongan Muslims will leave in June 2007 for Saudi Arabia and Qatar to seek donations and funding for the new school, since these two countries are well known for their strong contributions to the Muslim community in Australia and New Zealand.