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Dominant religious confessions in Malaysia by state according to 2020 census. [3] Dark green: Muslim majority > 50% Light green: Muslim plurality < 50% Blue: Christian majority > 50% . Islam is the state religion of Malaysia, as per Article 3 of the Constitution. Meanwhile, other religions can be practised by non-Malay citizens of the country. [4]
Until the 1970s, many Malay Muslims followed a liberal and moderate Islam, like Indonesian Muslims. At this time, a wave of Islamisation emerged (sparked by various social and ethnic conflicts, linked to the Al-Arqam parties and Islam Se-Malaysia), so that today, Malaysia lives in a more Islamic environment compared to the earlier years.
This expected growth is much larger than any other religious group. [317] Muslims are likely to constitute roughly 26.3% of the world's total population by 2030. [318] This expected growth is attributed to Muslim families generally having more children as well as the fact that the Muslim population has the youngest median age of any religion. [317]
Shiites are subjected to persecutions and raids by various state religious authorities in Malaysia. [70] This discrimination received religious legitimacy in 1996 when the Fatwa Committee for Religious Affairs issued a religious opinion (fatwa) that upheld the “orthodoxy” of Sunni Islam and branded Shi‘a Islam as “deviant.”
Sunni Islam [a] (/ ˈ s uː n i /; Arabic: أهل السنة, romanized: Ahl as-Sunnah, lit. 'The People of the Sunnah') is the largest denomination of Islam, followed by 87–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
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Islam is the most widely practised religion in Southeast Asia with approximately 240 million adherents in the region (about 42% of its population), with majorities in Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia as well as parts of southern Thailand and parts of Mindanao in the Philippines respectively. [3]
Sunni only, Shia celebrate on Rabi' al-awwal 17 14 Rabi' al-Awwal November 11, 2019 Shia day of Remembrance: Yazid was killed: 15 Rabi' al-Awwal November 12, 2019 Shia day of Remembrance: First mosque (Quba Mosque) was established, 1 A.H: 17 Rabi' al-awwal November 14, 2019 Mawlid: Shia sect date. Sunnis celebrate on 12th. Public holiday in Iran