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Mystical side of Islam includes Sufi and Islamic moments of Indian subcontinent includes Deobandi and Barelvi [73] [74] Sikhs praying at Gurudwara, India. While on the other hand, Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world as of 21st century with around 30 million followers, if counting Khalsa Sikhs. [75] [76] [77] [78]
Any Sikh which was found was given the choice of conversion to Islam or death. [8] When Zakaria Khan , son of Abdus Saman Khan, became the subahdar (governor) of Lahore subah (province) in 1726, he wanted the Sikhs to join the Mughal cause against the Afghan invaders or at the very least remain neutral but things did not work out that way.
The field is seen as beginning around the mid-20th century, during the time of the partition of the Indian subcontinent into two domains: Pakistan and India. [1] Literature in European languages regarding Sikhs and Sikhism has existed since the 18th century but the institutional environment did not exist at that period to further these inquiries and attempts into a proper field of study. [1]
Parganas, 'ilaqa, and ta'alluqa administrative divisions of Sikh polities tended to much smaller scale in-size compared to the Mughal administrative system and more numerous. [14] An example of this is the Gujranwala district, which consisted of twenty-six ta'alluqas during Sikh-rule but three or four parganas during Mughal-rule. [ 14 ]
Islam holds the Quran is the final revelation from God and a completion of all previous revelations, including the Bible. Mandaeism , sometimes also known as Sabianism (after the mysterious Sabians mentioned in the Quran , a name historically claimed by several religious groups), [ 21 ] is a Gnostic and monotheistic religion.
Islam is the second largest religion in Asia with about 1.2 billion adherents. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] Asia constitute in absolute terms the world's Muslim population . [ 55 ] South and Southeast Asia are home of the most populous Muslim countries, with Indonesia , Pakistan , India , Bangladesh and Malaysia having more than 100 million adherents.
Detail from a miniature painting of Guru Hargobind with an attendant. The Guru holding a staff in one hand and mala prayer beads in another representz the Sikh concept of miri-piri, with the staff representing temporality and the beads representing spirituality
Theirs was an interpretation that accepted a wide range of beliefs drawn from Hinduism and Islam, [4] including belief in the Vedas, idols, Hindu epics, and Sufi pirs. [4] [5] [6] According to Oberoi, the interpretation "deeply transformed Sikh thinking and practices."