Islam in South Asia

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Islam by region aspect of Islam religious tradition

Islam in South Asia refers to the diverse historical, cultural, and religious expressions of the Islamic faith across countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, shaped by centuries of local traditions, Sufi movements, and political developments.

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Islam in South Asia canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islam by region ⓘ aspect of Islam ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ
associatedLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Bengali ⓘ Kashmiri ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto Persian ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ Sindhi ⓘ Tamil ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
culturalExpression	Islamic architecture in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ Islamic calligraphy ⓘ Naat and Hamd poetry ⓘ Persianate court culture ⓘ Qawwali music ⓘ Sufi shrine culture ⓘ
demographicFeature	Muslim majority in Bangladesh ⓘ Muslim majority in Maldives ⓘ Muslim majority in Pakistan ⓘ Muslim minority in Sri Lanka ⓘ large Muslim minority in India ⓘ
historicalEvent	Islamization of Bengal ⓘ Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ surface form: Muslim conquest of Sindh Partition of India ⓘ Pakistan Movement ⓘ surface form: creation of Pakistan independence of Bangladesh ⓘ spread of Islam through trade on the Indian Ocean ⓘ
historicalInfluence	Arab traders ⓘ Central Asian empires ⓘ Persian culture ⓘ Sufism ⓘ Turkic dynasties ⓘ
importantCenter	Aligarh ⓘ Delhi ⓘ Dhaka ⓘ Hyderabad ⓘ surface form: Hyderabad Deccan Karachi ⓘ Lahore ⓘ Lucknow ⓘ
importantInstitution	Aligarh Muslim University ⓘ Barelvi madrasas ⓘ Deoband ⓘ surface form: Darul Uloom Deoband Nadwatul Ulama ⓘ
includesCountry	Afghanistan ⓘ People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Bhutan ⓘ India ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ
interactsWith	Indian Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Buddhism in South Asia Christianity in South Asia ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ surface form: Hinduism in South Asia Sikhism ⓘ surface form: Sikhism in South Asia
introducedBy	Arab traders on the Malabar Coast ⓘ Sufi missionaries ⓘ Turkic conquerors ⓘ
legalAspect	Islamic provisions in the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ Muslim personal law in India ⓘ application of Sharia in personal law ⓘ state religion Islam in Bangladesh (with secular elements) ⓘ
majorDenomination	Ahmadiyya ⓘ surface form: Ahmadiyya Islam Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
majorEmpire	Bahmani Sultanate ⓘ Deccan sultanates ⓘ Delhi Sultanate ⓘ Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
majorMovement	Ahl-i Hadith movement ⓘ Barelvi movement ⓘ Deobandi Sunni Islam ⓘ surface form: Deobandi movement Jamaat-e-Islami ⓘ Tablighi Jamaat ⓘ
majorSchoolOfLaw	Hanafi school ⓘ surface form: Hanafi Shafi'i school ⓘ surface form: Shafi'i
majorSufiOrder	Chishti Order ⓘ surface form: Chishti order Naqshbandi ⓘ surface form: Naqshbandi order Qadiriyya Sufi tradition ⓘ surface form: Qadiri order Suhrawardiyya ⓘ surface form: Suhrawardi order
pilgrimageSite	Ajmer Sharif Dargah ⓘ Ganj Bakhsh of Lahore ⓘ surface form: Data Darbar Lahore Hazratbal Shrine ⓘ surface form: Hazratbal Shrine Srinagar Nizamuddin Dargah ⓘ surface form: Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah
region	South Asia ⓘ
relatedConcept	Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ surface form: Indo-Islamic culture Islamic education in South Asia ⓘ Islamic reform movements in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ Muslim politics in South Asia ⓘ

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Iqbal Day → religiousContext → Islam in South Asia ⓘ