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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 ...
Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part of the country's culture and the Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of four of the world's major religions, namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native Indian religions or Dharmic religions and ...
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.
India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million adherents. [25] The Middle East-North Africa region hosts 23% of the world's Muslims, and Islam is the dominant religion in every country in the region [26] other than Israel. [12]
The most popular Vaishnava teacher of the south was Ramanuja, while of the north it was Ramananda. [citation needed] Several important icons were women. For example, within the Mahanubhava sect, the women outnumbered the men, [169] and administration was many times composed mainly of women. [170] Mirabai is the most popular female saint in India.
Islam in Maharashtra is an integral part of the state's cultural and religious fabric, with the Muslim community making up a significant portion of the population. The region's Islamic culture is shaped by centuries of history, diverse traditions, and an amalgamation of local and Islamic practices.
“Muslims needs to take a larger role in calling out the media when Islamophobia is happening. We have to start saying we’re not going to stand for this anymore. The media has to start looking at its role in how it’s perpetuating Islamophobia. We all get branded. I’m all for free speech, I’m a journalist.
This category lists articles of Indian people who are Muslim by religion. The main article for this category is Islam in India . Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.