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Redrawn with smooth scale, see Image:Islam-by-country-smooth.png. From de:Bild:Islamische Länder.png (palette adapted for better contrast) de:Benutzer:Baba66. Countries with more than 5% Muslim population. Source for distribution is the CIA World Factbook, Shiite/Sunnite distribution collected from other sources.
Islam. 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. [ 24 ] The Middle East - North Africa ( MENA ) region hosts 23% of the world's Muslims, and Islam is the dominant religion in every country in the region [ 25 ] other than Israel .
India is home to 10.9% of the world's Muslim population. [ 93][ 97] According to Pew Research Center, there can be 213 million Muslims in 2020, India's 15% population. [ 98][ 99] Indian Muslim have a fertility rate of 2.36, the highest in the nation as per as according to year 2019-21 estimation. [ 100]
Muslim rule in India saw a major shift in the cultural, linguistic, and religious makeup of the subcontinent. [8] Persian and Arabic vocabulary began to enter local languages, giving way to modern Punjabi, Bengali, and Gujarati, while creating new languages including Hindustani and its dialect, Deccani , used as official languages under Muslim ...
Built by Asaf-ud-Daula, 4th Nawab of Awadh. Atala Masjid. Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. 1408 CE. Sunni. In 1377 CE, Firuz Shah Tughlaq, the 19th Sultan of Delhi and 3rd ruler of Tughlaq dynasty laid the foundation. In 1408 CE, Ibrahim Shah, the 3rd ruler of Jaunpur Sultanate completed the construction. Central Mahallu Juma Masjid.
It is interesting to note that predominantly Hindu majority India--at 79.8%--according to the 2011 census has the second largest population of Muslims in any country of the world which stands at 14.2% of this state. "Orthodox Christianity" on this map includes both branches that call themselves "Orthodox" (Eastern and Oriental).
Islam/Map. Appearance. hide. < Portal:Islam. World Muslim population by percentage ( Pew Research Center, 2014) The distribution of the predominant Islamic madhhab (school of law) followed in majority-Muslim countries and regions. See also Islam by country , Christianity by country, Judaism by country, Protestantism by country, Commons:Category ...