Shia Islam was brought to the Indian subcontinent during the final years of the Rashidun Caliphate. The Indian subcontinent also served as a refuge for...
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are the target of sectarian violence. For instance, in 2015, a Shi'ite Ashura gathering was bombed. Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent List of Shia Muslim...
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scholars of Islam List of Shia Muslims Shia clergy Shia crescent Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent Shia nations...
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shortly after the religion emerged in the Arabian Peninsula. Islam arrived in the inland of Indian subcontinent in the 7th century when the Arabs invaded...
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The Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent mainly took place between the 13th and the 18th centuries, establishing the Indo-Muslim period. Earlier...
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of the total U.S. population. Most Muslims in the former British Caribbean came from the Indian subcontinent as indentured servants following the abolition...
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education as well as to establish Islamic school systems, particularly in Africa. Sunni Muslims of the Indian subcontinent comprising present day India, Pakistan...
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Ashraf Ali Khan (category 18th-century Indian monarchs)
March 1770. History of Bangladesh History of Bengal History of India List of rulers of Bengal Nawabs of Bengal Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent...
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The Muslim period in the Indian subcontinent or Indo-Muslim period is conventionally said to have started in 712, after the conquest of Sindh and Multan...
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of British Muslims in the United Kingdom adhere to Sunni Islam, while smaller numbers are associated with Shia Islam. During the Middle Ages, there was...
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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...
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China and the Indian subcontinent. It became firmly established in the 15th century. In the Constitution of Malaysia, Islam is granted the status of "religion...
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Lists of Muslims (redirect from Prominent figures in Islam)
of Muslims in entertainment and the media in non-Muslim countries Selami List of Islamic jurists Muslim rulers in the Indian subcontinent List of American...
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wife in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan administered Kashmir. Outline of genocide studies Bibliography of genocide studies Shia Islam Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent...
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Culture of South Asia (redirect from Culture of the Indian subcontinent)
The culture of South Asia, also known as Desi culture, is a mixture of several cultures in and around the Indian subcontinent. Ancient South Asian culture...
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population. Pakistan has the world's largest Muslim majority city (Karachi). Islam had reached the Indian subcontinent during the lifetime of Muhammad. According...
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Mir Shams-ud-Din Araqi (section Career in Herat)
at a Sufi Islamic shrine. He is considered by some to be the effective founder of Shia Islam in Ladakh and Gilgit–Baltistan, as well as in the rest of Jammu...
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final religious authority. On the Indian subcontinent, Islam first appeared in the southwestern tip of the peninsula, in today's Kerala state. Arabs traded...
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Islam in England is the second largest religion after Christianity. Most Muslims are immigrants from South Asia (in particular Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri...
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into the Indian Subcontinent and many converted to Islam, in particular low-caste Hindus whose descendants make up the vast majority of Indian Muslims...
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an Indian actress. Religion in India Baháʼí Faith and Hinduism Baháʼí Faith in Asia Baháʼí Faith in Pakistan Islam in India Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent...
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah (redirect from Father of the Nation of Pakistan)
mausoleum, Mazar-e-Quaid, in Karachi. After Jinnah died, his sister Fatima asked the court to execute Jinnah's will under Shia Islamic law. This subsequently...
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Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam (Urdu: مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known as Ahrar for short, is a religious Muslim political party in the Indian subcontinent that was formed...
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regions of the Indian subcontinent. Eventually, after numerous wars sapped its strength, the Mughal Empire was broken into smaller powers like Shia Nawab of...
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Indians, resulting in the rise of powerful Muslim kingdoms such as the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. The Islamization of India resulted in the...
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Indo-Islamic architecture is the architecture of the Indian subcontinent produced by and for Islamic patrons and purposes. Despite an initial Arab presence...
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See Islamic calendar. Primarily observed by Shias. Observed 40 days after Ashura. Primarily observed by Muslims in Iran and Indian subcontinent. Primarily...
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Central Waqf Council (category Islam in India)
boards in the Indian subcontinent were formed in 1913 during the British rule. Mussalman Waqf act 1923 was established for the purpose of advising it...
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Anti-Shi'ism (redirect from Violence against Shia Muslims)
Peshawar region to establish an Islamic Caliphate. They were the pioneers of anti-Shia terrorism in the subcontinent. Barbara Metcalf says: "A second...
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Punjabi Muslims (redirect from Islam in the Punjab)
after Arabs and Bengalis. The majority of Punjabi Muslims are adherents of Sunni Islam, while a minority adhere to Shia Islam. Most of them are primarily...
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