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The Muslims of the Zanskar Valley of India
Situated at 5700 meters above sea level, Zanskar is the world’s highest populated valley. Deep in the western region of the Himalayan Ranges this ancient Kingdom of Zanskar is home to one of the...
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Awan of India
The Awan are an Urdu speaking people who number over 600,000 in India. The majority of Awans claim that they are descended from Qutb Shah, a general in the army of Mahmud of Ghazni, who was a...
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Balrampur, India
The Annual Muslim Mourning on Muharam Festival The annual Muslim Mourning on Muharam festival is famous along with the self-flagellation by the devout — many families originally belonging to the...
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An Isolated Muslim Subsect in India
Worldwide there is an isolated subsect among Muslims called the Dawoodi Bohra. They number about one million. Because of persecution from Sunni Muslims they are a very tight-knit community. They reside...
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India, 150 million Muslims: insight
Where else in the world can you find over 150 million Muslims as the minority religion? Only in India! Where else can you find over 400 different Muslim people groups, based on occupation, geographical...
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The Ansari People of India
Craftsmen who need to meet the Creator Islam arrived in the Indian subcontinent about 150 years after the death of Muhammad in Arabia in AD 632, through Islamic armies as well as traders and Sufi...
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The Siddis of Gujarat, India
Population: 20,000 to 65,000 (estimates vary greatly) Today in India, lost among the mosaic of different cultures and communities, are tens of thousands of African descendants known as Siddis. Having...
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The Rawther People in India
There are no known believers among them Descendants of horse traders who came to India from Egypt, the Rawther people number about one million as a subgroup of Tamil Muslims who speak Tamil. More than...
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Shaikh Muslims of India
For Day 11, Friday, July 19 One-third of Shaikh Muslims live in India There are over 200 million Shaikh Muslims in the world; more than a third of them live in India. Most of the others live in...
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Pray for the Deccani Muslims
For Day 27, Sunday, August 4 Princes now labourers: violence ensues The Deccani Muslims ruled the Deccan Plateau from the 14th century onwards. The Kingdom of Deccan (or Hyderabad) had the status of a...
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