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Tamil Muslims are Tamils who practise Islam. The community is 6 million in India, primarily in the state of Tamil Nadu where 90% of the Muslim community identified themselves as Tamils. [1] [2] In Tamil Nadu, the majority of Tamil-speaking Muslims belong to the Rowthers Community while other Muslims live in coastal Tamil Nadu. There is a ...
Mappila Muslim, generally in recent times, is a member of the Muslim community of same name found predominantly in Kerala and Lakshadweep Islands in Southern India, and historically used to identify Muslims from Northern Kerala [ a]. [ 2][ 9] Muslims of Kerala make up 26.56% of the population of the state (2011), and as a religious group they ...
Tablighi Jamaat ( Urdu: تبلیغی جماعتlit. 'Society of Preachers', [ 5][ 6] also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party") [ 2][ 3][ 4] is an international Islamic religious movement [ 2][ 3] focuses on exhorting Muslims to be more religiously observant [ 1] and encouraging fellow members to return to practising their ...
An 1808 Kashmiri image of paradise. In Islam, Jannah ( Arabic: جَنَّةٍ, romanized : janna, pl. جَنّٰت jannāt, lit. 'paradise' or 'garden') [ 1] is the final and permanent abode of the righteous. [ 2] According to one count, the word appears 147 times in the Qur'an. [ 3] Belief in the afterlife is one of the six articles of faith ...
The most popular Tamil deity is Murugan; he is known as the patron god of the Tamils and is also called "Tamil Kadavul" (Tamil God). [192] [193] [full citation needed] In Tamil tradition, Murugan is the youngest and Pillaiyar the oldest son of Sivan and Parvati. The goddess Parvati is often depicted as a goddess with green skin complexion in ...
J. M. Aaroon Rashid (born 1950) - former member of the Parliament of India, representing the Theni Lok Sabha constituency. A. Anwar Rhazza - former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. M. Muhammad Ismail Sahib (1896—1972) - Founder of the Indian Union Muslim League. P. Khalifulla Sahib - Statesman, Dewan of Pudukkottai State.
Khalil or Khaleel ( Arabic: خليل) means friend and is a common male first name in the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common surname. It is also used amongst Turkic peoples of Russia and African Americans.
Ghusl ( Arabic: غسل ġusl, IPA: [ˈɣʊsl]) is an Arabic term that means the full-body ritual purification which is mandatory before the performance of various Islamic activities and prayers. For any Muslim, it is performed after sexual intercourse (i.e. it is mustahabb ), before Friday prayer [ 1] and prayers for Islamic holidays, [ 2 ...