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  2. Islam in Kerala - Wikipedia

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    Muslims in Kerala share a common language with the rest of the non-Muslim population and have a culture commonly regarded as the Malayali culture. [13] Most Muslims in Kerala follow Sunni Islam of the Shāfiʿī school of thought and refer to the Malayalam book Fat'h Ul Mueen, a textbook that deals with the Shāfiʿī school of Islamic ...

  3. Religion in Kerala - Wikipedia

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    Islam is the second-largest practiced religion in Kerala (26.56%), only surpassed by Hinduism. [7] The calculated Muslim population (Indian Census, 2011) in Kerala state is 8,873,472. [8] [9] Most of the Muslims in Kerala follow the Shāfiʿī School (Sunni Islam), followed by Salafi movement. [10]

  4. Ministry of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh) - Wikipedia

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    Waqf Administration; Christian Religious Welfare Trust; Bangladesh Hajj Office; Buddhist Religious Welfare Trust; Islamic Foundation Bangladesh (Bengali: ইসলামিক ফাউন্ডেশন বাংলাদেশ) is a government organization established in 1975 under the ministry working to disseminate values and ideals of Islam and carry out activities related to those values ...

  5. Religion in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The annual Bishwa Ijtema is the largest and most notable congregation of Muslims in Bangladesh. The Muslim community in the Bengal region i.e., Bangladesh and West Bengal , developed independently of the dominant Islamic rules in India. Features of Bangladeshi Hinduism, which similar to other parts of South Asia (Indian subcontinent ...

  6. Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama - Wikipedia

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    Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of EK Sunnis also known as Samastha and EK Samastha [2] [3] is a Sunni-Shafi'i Muslim scholarly body in Kerala. [4] [5] [6] The body administers Shafi'ite mosques, institutes of higher religious learning (the equivalent of north Indian madrasas) and madrasas (institutions where children receive basic Islamic education) in India. [4]

  7. Islam in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Muslim women, wearing hijab which is a version of modest Islamic clothing, can be seen shopping at a department store in Comilla, Bangladesh. Entrance of the Shah Jalal Mazar in Sylhet An urban congregation for Eid-ul-Adha prayers in Dhaka .

  8. Religion in South Asia - Wikipedia

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    South Asia was primarily Hindu in ancient times. Buddhism appeared around 500 BCE. [10]Christianity and Islam made an appearance in Kerala during this time period; Saint Thomas is believed to have travelled to Kerala soon after the death of Jesus and converted some people, [11] while the first mosque to be built in India was built during the Islamic prophet Muhammad's lifetime in Kerala. [12]

  9. Madrasa - Wikipedia

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    Most of the Muslims of Kerala follow the traditional Shāfiʿī school of religious law (known in Kerala as the traditionalist 'Sunnis') while a large minority follow modern movements that developed within Sunni Islam. [168] [169] The latter section consists of majority Salafists (the Mujahids) and the minority Islamists (political Islam). [168 ...