The representative of the World Assembly of the Ahlal-Bayt (A.S) in Sierra Leone stated, “70% of the population of this country are Muslims and 20% of the Muslims of Sierra Leone follow the Shia school of thought.” Sierra Leone is a 71,000-square-kilometer country in West Africa with a population of about 6 million people. The majority of the inhabitants of this country are Muslims, most of whom follow the Maliki school of thought, and some of them are also Shia.

An exhibition of photos of Imam Reza’s (AS) holy shrine has been mounted by the Iranian Cultural Center in Sierra Leone.