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Islam is the 2nd largest religion in Myanmar, practiced by about 31% of the population, according to the 2024 Myanmar non-profit statistics. Surti Sunni Jamah Mosque, Yangon , Myanmar History
Myanmar has a population of approximately 54.5 million in 2023. [2] The 2014 census noted that 88% were Buddhist, 6% were Christian, 4.3% were Muslim, 1% were Animist and 0.5% were Hindu. [3] However, the large movement of Rohingyas in 2017 has halved the number of Muslims in the country.
A Hindu procession in Yangon, Myanmar Shri Kali Temple in Yangon. Hinduism is the fourth-largest religion in Myanmar, being practised by 1.7% of the population of Myanmar, or about 890,000 people, in 2020. [22] and Hinduism was practised by 0.5% of the population in the year 2014. [4] [23] Most Hindus in Myanmar are Burmese Indians.
Anti-Islam sentiment in Myanmar (1 C, 6 P) R. Rohingya people (4 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Islam in Myanmar" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 ...
The violence has coincided with the rise of the 969 Movement which is a Buddhist nationalist movement against the influx of Islam in traditionally Buddhist Myanmar. Led by Sayadaw U Wirathu , "969" has claimed that he/they do not provoke attacks against Muslim communities, although some people have called him the Buddhist Bin Laden" . [ 64 ]
The 1952 Myanmar Muslim Dissolution of Marriage Act states that a Muslim woman has the right to divorce her husband with appropriate cause. [148] Matters relating to Sharia family law are decided by civil courts.
Islam in Central Asia has existed since the beginning of Islamic history. Sunni branch of Islam is the most widely practiced religion in Central Asia. Shiism of Imami and Ismaili denominations predominating in the Pamir plateau and the western Tian Shan mountains (almost exclusively Ismailis), while boasting to a large minority population in the Zarafshan river valley, from Samarkand to ...
To ensure that all people living in the Union of Myanmar can freely believe in any religion and freely practice that religion. Since the great majority of the people are Buddhist, to purify, perpetuate and propagate the three kinds of Sasana of the Buddha namely, Pariyatti, Patipatti, and Pativedha.