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The Thangal identification brings much 'reverence and attention' in the Kerala Muslim community (which predominantly identifies with Shafi'i madhab). [6] Some individuals take advice from the Thangals on crucial matters. [3] A number of thangals in Kerala 'treat' people for illness and to 'ward off evils'. [3]
His family was a member of the Khoja caste, Hindus who had converted to Islam centuries earlier and who were followers of the Aga Khan. [6] Although born to a Khoja (from Khwaja or 'noble') family who were disciples of the Aga Khan, Jinnah moved towards the Sunni sect early in life.
The sanctity of a prophet's family was likely an accepted principle at the time of Muhammad. [66] Today, all Muslims venerate the household of Muhammad, [4] [2] [5] and blessings on his family (āl) are invoked in every prayer. [67] In many Muslim communities, high social status is granted to people claiming descent from Ali and Fatima.
The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.
The Sulaymani branch of Tayyibi Isma'ilism is an Islamic community, of which around 70,000 members reside in Yemen, while a few thousand Sulaymani Bohras can be found in India. The Sulaymanis are sometimes headed by a Da'i al-Mutlaq from the Makrami family. [1]
The Rowther (anglicised as Irauttar, Rawther, Ravuttar, Ravutta, Ravuthar, Ravuthamar) are a distinct Muslim community living largely in the south Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. [1] Rawthar is a word derived from 'Dravidar'. Most of the Muslims who follow the Hanafi school (madhab) are Aryans, Mongols or other foreign descendants.
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The Memon are a Muslim community in Gujarat India, and Sindh, Pakistan, the majority of whom follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. [4] They are divided into different groups based on their origins: Kathiawari Memons, Kutchi Memons and Bantva Memons from the Kathiawar, Kutch and Bantva regions of Gujarat respectively, and Sindhi Memons from Sindh.