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Nepalese Muslims (Nepali: नेपाली मुसलमान; Nepali/Nepalese Musalman/Muslims) are Nepalis who follow Islam. Their ancestors arrived in Nepal from different parts of South Asia , Central Asia and Tibet during different epochs, and have since lived amidst the numerically dominant Hindus and Buddhists.
Most muslims of Nepal ethnically are not Nepalese. They are similar to the Muslim population of Uttarpradesh and Bihar in India and they share a similar culture and speak the same language. Most of the Muslim community lives in the Terai region, while the remaining are found mainly in the city of Kathmandu and Gorkha and the
One of the oldest mosques in Nepal [1] Pancha Kashmiri Takiya Masjid: Kathmandu: 15th century [2] Jama Mosque Nepalgunj [3] Shahbaba Mosque Nepalgunj [3] Namaj Mosque Nepalgunj [3] Gausiya Jyaul Mosque Nepalgunj [3] Ekminari Mosque Nepalgunj [3] Fulbari Mosque Nepalgunj [3] Shreepur Mosque Birgunj: Al jamiyatul Gossia Jame Masjid Biratnagar ...
Pashupatinath Temple in the capital Kathmandu is a World Heritage Site. Religion in Nepal encompasses a wide diversity of groups and beliefs. [2] Nepal is a secular nation and secularism in Nepal under the Interim constitution (Part 1, Article 4) is defined as "Religious and cultural freedom along with the protection of religion and culture handed down from time immemorial."
Islam is the second-largest religion in South Asia, with more than 650 million Muslims living there, forming about one-third of the region's population. Islam first spread along the coastal regions of the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, almost as soon as it started in the Arabian Peninsula, as the Arab traders brought it to South Asia.
In Tibet, Tibetan Muslims are known as Khache, literally "Kashmiris" in Tibetan, because many are descendants of pre-modern emigrants from Kashmir. [5] In Nepal, they are split into two groups: Khache, who have Kashmiri ancestry and therefore hold Indian passports; and Khazar, who have Nepali ancestry and therefore hold Nepali passports.
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