Islam inÃÂ Central Sulawesi, a province of Indonesia,ÃÂ is the majorityÃÂ religionÃÂ embraced by around 75% of the province's 2,683,722 inhabitants (2011 projection figure, based on the 2010 census).ÃÂ The propagators of Islam were thought to enter Central Sulawesi through neighboring regions, namelyÃÂ Bone, Wajo, andÃÂ Mandar from the south and west routes, and throughÃÂ Gorontalo andÃÂ TernateÃÂ from the north and east routes viaÃÂ Tomini BayÃÂ andÃÂ Tolo Bay.
The Islamic teachings were thought to have first spread to the region of Central Sulawesi inÃÂ Buol dan Banggai, where both regions accepted Islam in the mid-16th century due to influences fromÃÂ Ternate.ÃÂ A king ofÃÂ Buol was noted to have an Islamic name, namely Eato Muhammad Tahir who ruled between 1540-1595.
At the beginning of the 17th century, Islam began to spread in the land of the Kailis propagated byÃÂ Dato KaramaÃÂ (his real name Abdullah Raqie), who was believed to have come fromÃÂ Minangkabau. Dato Karama preached inÃÂ the PaluÃÂ area and its surroundings, and because of him theÃÂ KailiÃÂ king named Pue Njidi converted to Islam. In theÃÂ ParigiÃÂ and surrounding areas, another Minangkabau preacher namedÃÂ Dato MangajiÃÂ (also called by the local title Tori Agama)ÃÂ was able to invite the Parigi king named Tori Kota and his son Magau Janggo to convert to Islam.
The following is the distribution of Muslims per city/regency in province of Central Sulawesi in 2010.
There is an Islamic institute of higher education established in Central Sulawesi, theÃÂ STAIN Datokarama Palu.