According to the CIA World Factbook, Muslims make up almost 100 percent of the population of the Western Sahara.
Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi (1973âÂÂ2021), a Sahrawi Islamist militant, was one of the founders of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), and the first Emir of the Islamic State â Sahel Province.