Indian Muslims

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Muslim community religious community religious minority in India

Indian Muslims are a diverse religious minority in India who follow Islam and encompass numerous ethnic, linguistic, and cultural communities across the country.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gujarati Muslims 1
Indian Muslim 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community ⓘ
religious community ⓘ
religious minority in India ⓘ
concentratedInStates Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gujarat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Telangana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalStatus protected minority under the Constitution of India ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
contributedTo Indian cinema ⓘ
Indian classical music ⓘ
Indian independence movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian politics ⓘ
Indo-Islamic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian literature in South Asia ⓘ
Sufi devotional music ⓘ
Urdu literature ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalDiversity culturally diverse ⓘ
diasporaLinks connected to global Muslim community ⓘ
educationInstitutions Aligarh Muslim University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamia Millia Islamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicDiversity ethnically diverse ⓘ
festivals Eid al-Adha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Milad-un-Nabi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muharram NERFINISHED ⓘ
fiqhSchools Hanafi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ja‘fari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shafi‘i NERFINISHED ⓘ
follow Hadith ⓘ
Quran NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Sharia-based personal law in matters of marriage and inheritance ⓘ
historicalInfluence Delhi Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPresenceSince early medieval period ⓘ
identity Indian national identity ⓘ
Islamic religious identity ⓘ
languageDiversity linguistically diverse ⓘ
mainBranches Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorityReligionOfCountry Islam is not the majority religion in India ⓘ
minorityStatus religious minority ⓘ
organizations All India Muslim Personal Law Board NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind NERFINISHED ⓘ
personalLaw Muslim Personal Law in India ⓘ
politicalParticipation represented in multiple Indian political parties ⓘ
populationEstimate over 200 million ⓘ
populationRankInCountry largest religious minority in India ⓘ
populationRankInWorld one of the largest Muslim populations globally ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
rights freedom of religion under Article 25 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
speakLanguages Assamese ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
Gujarati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Kannada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kashmiri ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ
sufiOrders Chishti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naqshbandi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qadiri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suhrawardi NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk → communityRepresented → Indian Muslims ⓘ
K. S. Nissar Ahmed → ethnicGroup → Indian Muslims ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Muslim
Abul Kalam → ethnicGroup → Indian Muslims ⓘ
subject surface form: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Khilafat movement → participant → Indian Muslims ⓘ
Khoja Muslims → subgroupOf → Indian Muslims ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gujarati Muslims