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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 ...
The height of Islamic rule was marked during the reign of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (r. 1658–1707), during which the Fatawa Alamgiri was compiled, which briefly served as the legal system of Mughal Empire. [6] Additional Islamic policies were re-introduced in South India by Mysore's de facto king Tipu Sultan. [7]
Pages in category "Muslim communities of India" The following 183 pages are in this category, out of 183 total. ... Islam in Uttar Pradesh; List of Muslim Other ...
Sunni Islam in India (8 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Islam in India" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total.
Built by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the 5th Sultan of Golconda and ruler of Qutb Shahi dynasty, a Persianate Shia Islamic dynasty; Cheraman Juma Mosque: Kodungallur, Kerala: 629 CE: Sunni: Built by Malik Dinar, companion of Muhammad, on orders of Cheraman Perumal, then King of modern-day Kerala [3] It is the oldest mosque in the Indian subcontinent
Islamic and Mughal architecture and art is widely noticeable in India, examples being the Taj Mahal and Jama Masjid. At the same time, Muslim rulers destroyed many of the ancient Indian architectural marvels and converted them into Islamic structures, most notably at Varanasi , Mathura , Ayodhya and the Kutub Complex in New Delhi.
Islam came early to Gujarat, with immigrant communities of Arab and Persian traders. The traders built a mosque during the times of Muhammad in Gujarat and other parts of the western coast of India as early as the 8th century C.E, spreading Islam soon as the religion gained a foothold in the Arabian peninsula.
[17] [18] Islam is the dominant religion in half of the South Asian countries (Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh and Afghanistan). It is the second largest religion in India and third largest in Sri Lanka and Nepal. On the Indian subcontinent, Islam first appeared in the southwestern tip of the peninsula, in today's Kerala state.