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Hinduism by country. Hinduism is the second largest religious affiliation in Pakistan after Islam. [3] Though Hinduism was one of the dominant faiths in the region a few centuries ago, [4][5][6] Hindus accounted for just 2.17% of Pakistan's population (approx 5.2 million people) in the 2023 Pakistani census. [7]
Islam. Main article: Islam in Pakistan. The Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, which is the largest mosque of Pakistan and is also one of the largest in the world, was built by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Islam is the state religion of Pakistan, and about 96–98% of Pakistanis are Muslim. [ 9 ]
Refs. Khusro Khan. When he was a little boy he was enslaved and converted to Islam by emperor Alauddin Khilji. Later on he reverted to Hinduism. [1] Bukka I. King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reconverted. [2][3] Harilal Mohandas Gandhi.
Islam by country. Islam is the largest and the state religion of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan has over 236 Million adherents of Islam (including the administrative territory of Azad Kashmir [6] and Gilgit Baltistan [7] ). [8][9] As much as 90% of the population follows Sunni Islam.
Shia Islam was brought to the Indian subcontinent during the final years of the Rashidun Caliphate. The Indian subcontinent also served as a refuge for some Shias escaping persecution from Umayyads, Abbasids, Ayyubids, and Ottomans. The immigration continued throughout the second millennium until the formation of modern nation states.
History of modern Pakistan. The history of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan began on 14 August 1947 when the country came into being in the form of Dominion of Pakistan within the British Commonwealth as the result of Pakistan Movement and the partition of India. While the history of the Pakistani Nation according to the Pakistan government's ...
Muslim Rajputs. Muslim Rajputs or Musalman Rajpoots are the descendants of Rajputs in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent who generally are followers of Islam. [1] Reportedly, they converted from Hinduism to Islam from the medieval period onwards, creating various dynasties and states while retaining Hindu surnames such as Chauhan ...
Hinduism, also called sanatana dharma (eternal dharma), is an Indian religion and a way of life primarily practiced in the Indian subcontinent. [ 32 ] Hinduism is an umbrella-term for the fusion of several Indian religions and traditions. Hinduism does not have a founder or a site-of-origin.