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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 ...
Ethnic group Malabar Muslims of Kerala and Lakshadweep Cheraman Juma Masjid, the first Mosque built by Malabar Muslims Total population c. 6 million (2011) Regions with significant populations Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tulu Nadu, Kodagu, States of Persian Gulf Languages Malayalam (Arabi Malayalam) [7] Religion Sunni Islam Related ethnic groups Beary, Kodava Maaple, Malayalis, Marakkars, Sri Lankan ...
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]
Kerala is home to 2.76% of India's population, and at 859 persons per km 2; [12] its land is three times as densely settled as the rest of India. Kerala's western coastal regions are the most densely settled with population of 2,022 persons per km 2, 2.5 times the overall population density of the state, 859 persons per km 2, leaving the eastern hills and mountains comparatively sparsely ...
Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in a 2011 census. [7] India also has the third-largest number of Muslims in the world. [8] [9] The majority of India's Muslims are Sunni, with Shia making up around 15% of the Muslim ...
Countries and territories with a considerable proportion of Muslims from Islam by country as of 2010, excluding foreign workers in brackets: Data is based on the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life [26] Muslim Percentage by country, 2020 Maldives 100% [27] Mauritania 99.9% [28] Gaza Strip 99.9% [citation needed] Morocco 99.9% [29]
Hindus represent the biggest religious group in all districts except Malappuram, where they are outnumbered by Muslims. [375] Kerala has the largest population of Christians in India. [376] As of 2016, Hindus, Muslims, Christians and others account for 41.9%, 42.6%, 15.4% and 0.2% of the total childbirths in the state, respectively. [377]
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million ...