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With around 204 million Muslims (2019 estimate), India's Muslim population is the world's third-largest [93] [94] [95] and the world's largest Muslim-minority population. [96] 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.
The perfunctory rule by the Ghaznavids in Punjab was followed by Ghurids, and Sultan Muhammad of Ghor (r. 1173–1206) is generally credited with laying the foundation of Muslim rule in Northern India. From the late 12th century onwards, Muslim empires dominated the subcontinent, most notably the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire. [2]
14 The Bagwan are Muslim Mali, while the Rayeen or Kunjra are entirely Muslim. 15 The Merat and Cheetahs are Muslims. 16 The Nai are partly Muslim. 17 Only Muslim Mochis are in the OBC list; the Hindu section have Scheduled Caste status. 18 Only Muslim Dhobis are in the OBC list; the Hindu section have Scheduled Caste status.
Expansion of trade brought India into contact with Islam. Arab traders settled in Indian ports. In the seventh century, they converted to Islam, giving rise to small Muslim communities. These communities grew due to Indian conversions and because Hindu kings of south India (such as the Cholas) hired Muslim mercenaries. [162]
Holy Islamville is an unincorporated community in York County, South Carolina, United States. [1] Founded by Mubarak Ali Gilani in 1983, it is a branch of Muslims of America . [ 2 ]
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [20] [21] [22] 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 ...
Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. South Carolina is the 40th-largest and 24th-most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,118,425 according to the 2020 census . [ 2 ]
Apostasy, defined in Islam as the conscious act by a Muslim of leaving Islam or blaspheming against it, is a religious crime according to some Islamic schools of law. [ 158 ] [ 159 ] [ 160 ] Hinduism does not have a "unified system of belief encoded in a declaration of faith or a creed " and is thus more tolerant to apostasy.