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The term Gujarati Muslim is usually used to signify an Indian Muslim from the state of Gujarat on the western coast of India. Most Gujarati Muslims have the Gujarati language as their mother tongue, but some communities have Urdu as their mother tongue. [4] The majority of Gujarati Muslims are Sunni, with a minority of Shia groups.
The Memon are a Muslim community in Gujarat India, and Sindh, Pakistan, the majority of whom follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. [4] They are divided into different groups based on their origins: Kathiawari Memons, Kutchi Memons and Bantva Memons from the Kathiawar, Kutch and Bantva regions of Gujarat respectively, and Sindhi Memons from Sindh.
3 The Kumhar are evenly divided between the Hindu and Muslim sections. 4 The nomadic Van Gujjar are entirely Muslim, while the settled Gujjars of western UP include a large Muslim minority. 5 The Chikwa and Qureshi Qassab are entirely Muslim, while the Chak are Hindu. 6 The Chippe are largely Hindu with a small Muslim minority.
Pages in category "Muslim communities of Gujarat" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Gujarati Shaikh are a Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat in India. The Shaikhs of Gujarat have no single definite origin, as anyone could take up the title "shaikh" and thus different groups could be called Shaikhs, regardless of common origin. Socioeconomically, they range from poor labourers to the urban lower class.
Many members of this community have large amounts of Middle Eastern ancestry from the large Middle Eastern settlements in ancient South Gujarat (see Diverse Origins of Bharuchi and Surti Muslims). [4] Some members of this community were converted from the dominant South Gujarat landowning farmer communities during Muslim rule in Gujarat. [1] [5]
Pinjara Muslims often speak the local languages of the regions they inhabit, such as Marathi, Gujarati, or Urdu, and their cultural practices are deeply influenced by their regional environments. The community is known for its strict adherence to Islamic practices and maintains a strong sense of social cohesion.
The Multani Lohar are the Muslim Blacksmith and carpenter community found in the state of Gujarat and western Uttar Pradesh Delhi, Rajasthan madhya pradesh in India.. Some of them are also found in state of Rajasthan, They converted to Islam from Rajput community and some from Brahmin community Due to influence of Sufi Islam in India in 11th century By creating egalitarian communities within ...