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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 ...
Currently, Islam is the second largest religion in India, with 14.2% of the country's population or roughly 172 million people identifying as adherents of Islam (2011 census). [75] The estimated number of Muslims in India for 2024 is projected to be around 204,760,392. [76]
Muslim Welfare Association organised the summit in July 2024 for discussing the leadership within the Muslim Community. It was attended by Tauqeer Raza Khan, Khalilur Rahman Sajjad Nomani, Javed Ali Khan, Mohibbullah Nadvi, Ziaur Rahman Barq, Aslam Shaikh, Zeeshan Siddiqui, Abu Asim Azmi, Nawab Malik, Abdur Rahman and others.
March 12, 2024 at 3:42 AM. NEW DELHI (AP) ... India is home to 200 million Muslims who make up a large minority group in the country of more than 1.4 billion people. They are scattered across ...
In the mid-1980s, Muslims accounted for 11% of India's population, and had 9% of seats in parliament; today they are 14% of the population and have less than 5% of seats in parliament.
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.
Islam is the fastest-growing religion in India. [12] Growth rate of Muslims has been consistently higher than the growth rate of Hindus, ever since the census data of independent India has been available. For example, during the 1991–2001 decade, Muslim growth rate was 29.5% (vs 19.9% for Hindus).
India has announced rules that would allow it to implement a controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims. ... Assam, India, on March 8, 2024. - Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto via Getty Images.