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Padri War. The Padri War (also called the Minangkabau War) was fought from 1803 until 1837 in West Sumatra, Indonesia between the Padri and the Adat. The Padri were Muslim clerics from Sumatra who wanted to impose Sharia in Minangkabau in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The Adat comprised the Minangkabau nobility and traditional chiefs.
Tuanku Rao (1790-1833) was an Islamic cleric ( ulama ), leader and commander. He was known as a prominent padri, a group of Islamic reformists who advocated for the puritanical approach in Islam inspired by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in the early 18th century West Sumatra. He also contributed to the proselytization of Islam among Batak people.
Muhammad Shah (born Awangku Alak Betatar; died c. 1402) [ 1] established the Sultanate of Brunei and was its first sultan, from 1368 to his death in 1402. [ 3][ 1] The genealogy of Muhammad Shah remains unclear. [ 4][ 3] He converted to Islam in the 14th century and assumed the name Sultan Muhammad Shah.
The history of the arrival of Islam in Indonesia is somewhat unclear. [ 1] One theory states that Islam arrived directly from Arabia as early as the 9th century, during the time of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. Another theory credits Sufi travelers for bringing Islam in the 12th or 13th century, either from Gujarat in India or from Persia ...
Islam is Brunei 's official religion, 82.70 percent of the population is Muslim, [ 1] mostly Sunnis of Malay, Arab and Indian origin who follow the Shafi'i school (76%) Hanafi and Maliki school (6%) of jurisprudence. [citation needed] Most of the other Muslim groups are Malay Kedayans (converts from indigenous tribal groups), local Chinese and ...
Sunni Islam. Permaisuri Siti Aishah ( Jawi: ڤرمايسوري سيتي عائشه; born Siti Aishah binti Abdul Rahman; 18 November 1971) is the consort of the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj of Selangor. She was the youngest ever Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen) of Malaysia, ascending the throne ...
Became atheists. Mina Ahadi, founder of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims. Javed Akhtar, noted Indian writer and lyricist. Sarah Haider, cofounder of Ex-Muslims of North America. Ismail Kadare, noted Albanian writer. Maryam Namazie, cofounder of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. Armin Navabi, founder of Atheist Republic, about leaving Islam.
A Vietnamese Muslim girl. Vietnam's April 1999 census reported 63,146 Muslims. Over 77% lived in the South Central Coast, with 34% in Ninh Thuận Province, 24% in Bình Thuận Province, and 9% in Ho Chi Minh City; another 22% lived in the Mekong Delta region, primarily in An Giang Province. Only 1% of Muslims lived in other regions of the ...