Islam in South Asia

rdf:langString Islam in South Asia

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rdf:langString Traditional

rdf:langString Common

rdf:langString Liturgical

rdf:langString Arabi Malayalam, Arwi, Beary and others

rdf:langString Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Saraiki, Dari , Kashmiri, Balochi, Maldivian, and other languages of South Asia

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rdf:langString United Nations cartographic map of South Asia

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rdf:langString Muslims of South Asia

rdf:langString Afghanistan

rdf:langString Bangladesh

rdf:langString Bhutan

rdf:langString India

rdf:langString Maldives

rdf:langString Nepal

rdf:langString Pakistan

rdf:langString Sri Lanka

rdf:langString Predominantly Sunni Islam

rdf:langString ليس الرزيه بالدينار نفقدة ان الرزيه فقد العلم والحكم وأن أشرف من اودي الزمان به أهل العفاف و أهل الجود والكرم

rdf:langString "Oh Ali, owing to your alliance you are truly of high birth, and your example is great, and you are wise and excellent, and your advent has made your age an age of generosity and kindness and brotherly love". However this translation is incorrect, a correct translation is: "Calamity is not by the dinar and its loss Calamity is the loss of knowledge and wisdom/justice And the most honored time brought by The people of piety, goodness, and generosity"

rdf:langString Muslims Percentage by Country

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rdf:langString Islam is the second-largest religion in South Asia, with more than 600 million Muslims living there, forming about one-third of the region's population. History of Islam in South Asia started 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. South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims living here. 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. According to legend, the first Indian Masjid was built in 624 AD at Kodungallur in present-day Kerala with the mandate of the last the ruler (the Cheraman Perumal), who converted to Islam during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (c. 570–632). On a similar note, Tamil Muslims on the eastern coast also claim that they converted to Islam in Muhammad's lifetime. The local mosques date to the early 700s. Malik Dinar was one of the first known Muslims to have come to India in order to propagate Islam in the Indian Subcontinent after Cheraman Perumal. According to Qissat Shakarwati Farmad, the Masjids at Kodungallur, Kollam, Madayi, Barkur, Mangalore, Kasaragod, Kannur, Dharmadam, Panthalayini, and Chaliyam, were built during the era of Malik Dinar, and they are among the oldest Masjids in Indian Subcontinent. Historicaly, the Barwada Mosque in Ghogha, Gujarat built before 623 CE, Cheraman Juma Mosque (629 CE) in Methala, Kerala and Palaiya Jumma Palli (630 CE) in Kilakarai, Tamil Nadu are three of the first mosques in South Asia. The first incursion occurred through sea by Caliph Umar's governor of Bahrain, Usman ibn Abu al-Aas, who sent his brother Hakam ibn Abu al-Aas to raid and reconnoitre the Makran region around 636 CE or 643 AD long before any Arab army reached the frontier of India by land. Al-Hakim ibn Jabalah al-Abdi, who attacked Makran in the year 649 AD, was an early partisan of Ali ibn Abu Talib. During the caliphate of Ali, many Hindu Jats of Sindh had come under the influence of Shi'ism and some even participated in the Battle of Camel and died fighting for Ali. According to popular tradition, Islam was brought to Lakshadweep islands, situated just to the west of Malabar Coast, by Ubaidullah in 661 CE. After the Rashidun Caliphate, the role of Islam was significantly diminished throughout the Muslim world including South Asia as Muslim political dynasties came to power.