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Pew Research Center estimated the number of Shias in Pakistan is to be 15 – 25 percent of the total Muslim population, and for India it is 10 - 15 percent of the total Muslim population while for Bangladesh it was estimated to be less than 1% [9] to 2% [10] of the total population. Andreas Rieck in his detailed study of the Shias of Pakistan ...
Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in a 2011 census. [7] India also has the third-largest number of Muslims in the world. [8] [9] The majority of India's Muslims are Sunni, with Shia making up around 15% of the Muslim ...
Thousands of Shiite Muslims were allowed to hold a religious procession marking the Muslim month of Muharram in Indian-controlled Kashmir's main city on Thursday for the first time since an anti ...
The concept of a marja-i taqlid (lit. source of emulation) is central to Usuli Shi'a Islam. [1] Marja-i Taqlids provide religious interpretations on matters of law and rituals. [2] [3] Ideally, the most just and knowledgeable specialist in the field of Islamic law should become recognized throughout the Muslim world as the marja-i taqlid. In ...
The tradition of waqf in India can be traced back to the Delhi Sultanate period in the 12th Century when the early Muslim rulers from Central Asia came to India.
Classification: Shia Islam: Scripture: Quran: Theology: Imamate: Imam: Aga Khan V; current Imam of Nizari Ismailism [1]: Branches and sects: Branches and sects of Isma'ilism: Region: Ismāʿīli communities can be found in Pakistan, India, Central Asia, Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Africa, and North America [2]
Shia Islam is the second largest branch of Islam. [90] It is estimated that 10–13% [91] [92] [93] of the global Muslim population are Shias. They may number up to 200 million as of 2009. [92] As of 1985, Shia Muslims are estimated to be 21% of the Muslim population in South Asia, although the total number is difficult to estimate. [94]
The Shi'a of India. Luzac and Co, London. Rieck, Andreas (2016). The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-061348-8. Rizvi, Syed Athar Abbas (1986). A Socio Intellectual History Of The Isna Ashari Shi'is In India. Vol. 1. Ma'rifat Publishing House. Bamzai, Prithivi Nath Kaul (1994).