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Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation.. However, in the modern contexts of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries as well as secularised Muslim states like Turkey, and Bangladesh, the religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal sha
The publication defines eligible entries with the following: "Traditional Islam (96% of the world's Muslims): Also known as Orthodox Islam, this ideology is not politicized and largely based on consensus of correct opinion—thus including the Sunni, Shi'a, and Ibadi branches of practice (and their subgroups) within the fold of Islam, and not ...
Religious tradition founded Life of founder Mazdak: Mazdakism: died c. 526 Bodhidharma: Zen, more specifically Ch'an: 5th or 6th century Muhammad: Islam: c. 570–632 Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta: c. 6th century CE Songtsen Gampo: Tibetan Buddhism: 7th century En no Gyōja: Shugendō: late 7th century Huineng: East Asian Zen Buddhism: 638–713 ...
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 ...
List of converts to Islam; List of da'is; List of Muslim comparative theologians; List of Muslim states and dynasties; List of Muslim feminists; List of Muslim Nobel laureates; List of Muslim military leaders; List of Sahabah. List of non-Arab Sahabah; List of Shia Muslims. List of extinct Shia sects; List of Shia dynasties; List of Sufis. List ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
Central Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Russia — Talgat Tadzhuddin, Shaikh al-Islam, Grand Mufti (1992–present) Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Russian Federation and Russian Council of Muftis — Rawil Ğaynetdin, Grand Mufti (2014–present) and Chairman (1996–present) Spiritual Assembly of the Muslims of Russia —
Modern-era (20th to 21st century) Islamic scholars include the following, referring to religious authorities whose publications or statements are accepted as pronouncements on religion by their respective communities and adherents. Geographical categories have been created based on commonalities in culture and across the Islamic World.