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Islam and Muslims in India :Population percentage and Religious Problems

At present India is home of nearly 17-18 crores Muslims. Before 1947 India Pakistan and Bangladesh were one nation. The total population of Muslims in these three nation is nearly 50 -52 crores (According to wikepedia the muslim population is India 177,286,000 + Pakistan 178,097,000 Bangladesh 148,607,000 Source wikipedia) . That means nearly 30 % of total 1.6 billion Muslims of the world reside in these three country.
In this article I will concentrate on religious condition of muslims of India and some purely religious problem they are facing. As I have first hand information about India only so I will restrict my discussion on India But by and large it is said that religious condition is almost same in Pakistan and India also. I will not touch any Political issue. 

Population.

1.India is a very big country and muslims are populated in all states. But percentage wise they are highest in (According to wikipedia approx ) 

  • 1. Lakhdeep (95.47 %) 
  • 2. Jammu and Kashmir (67%)  
  • 3. Assam (30%) 
  • 4 West Bengal (25%)  
  • 5 Kerala (24.7%) 
  • 6 Uttar Pradesh (19%) 
  • 7. Bihar (17%) 
  • 8. Karnataka (12.24) 
  • 9. Delhi (12%) 
  • 10 Andhra (9.17) 
  • 11 Manipur (8.81) 
  • 12. Gujrat  9.06% 
  • 13 Rajasthan (8.87) 
  • 14. Andman and Nicobar Island 8.22% 
  • 15. Madhya Pradesh (6.37)


 Following subtopics will come insha Allah..........................................

 2. Spread of Islam in India 
India was ruled by Muslim rulers for long period but it is a fact that apart from a few exception Most of the ruler didnot care about the spread of the final message of our creator to save mankind from fire of hell.
Islam reached Indian state of kerala at the time of sahabah itself and there are historical evidences that some of the sahaba reached kerakla. 
In North India mainly the Aulia Allah who actually devouted for the spread of the message of peace and eternal success.

 As far as its further establishment of Islam is concerned It is a proved fact that in India Allah saved Islam on the hand of the chain of Aulia Allah Mosty notably Mujaddid Alfasani, Sheikh Moinuddin Chishti, Sultanul Mashaekh Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia, Hazarat Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri, Sheikh Bakhtiyar Kaki and many others Rahmatullah Alaihi. 
Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi rahimullah has writtten the biography of all of them in Urdu. Unfortunately english translation is not available.

One misconception
As India was ruled for long by Muslims so a misconception may crops in certain minds about spread of Islam under the influence of Power or to be more specific use of force.

 The Truth ..................
Actually some Orientalist Historian (Mushtashriqeen) always projected Shaba as warrior. They alleged that Islam was spreaded by help of Army and sword. 
More or less it has affected intellectuals and historian and general public also. And many brothers think on that line.
It is a misconception that Islam spreaded by Armies and warriors.
No compulsion in religion.
With which sword was Islam spread? Even if Muslims had it they could not use
it to spread Islam because the Qur’an says in the following verse:
“Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error”
[Al-Qur’an 2:256]

It was Sword of the Intellect.
It is the sword of intellect. The sword that conquers the hearts and minds of
people. The Qur’an says in Surah Nahl, chapter 16 verse 125:
“Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching;
and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious.”
[Al-Qur’an 16:125]
3. Muslim Religious Educational System (Madarsas in India)

 After earlier work of Aulia Allah and their chain it was Shāh Walīullāh Rahimullah (1703–1762 CE / 1114–1176 AH) who Allah chose for the work of Islam in Indian subcontinent. He and his three sons were the ...........................

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4. Muslims offering five time prayer in mosque (approx percentage and comparison in different states)

 4. Muslims keeping fast in Ramzan (approx percentage and comparison in different states)

 5. Religious education system (Status and comparison in different states)

 6. Connection of general Muslims with Ulema e Karam.

 7. Following of Islamic Jurisprudence system by Muslims in India

 8.  Muslim Personal Law

 9. Dowry system and other unislamic practices.

 10 Their unislamic division of upper and lower caste (In Islam there is no caste system)

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