Islam in Asia

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Sidebar". Script error: No such module "Sidebar". Islam in Asia began in the 7th century during the lifetime of Muhammad. In 2020, the total number of Muslims in Asia was about 1.3 billion, it is the largest religion in Asia. Asia constitutes in absolute terms the world's largest Muslim population.[1] and about 62% of the world's Muslims live in Asia, with Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia having the largest Muslim populations in the world. Asia is home to the largest Muslim population, with West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia being particularly important regions. A number of adherents of Islam have lived in Asia especially in West Asia and South Asia since the beginning of Islamic history.

History

The spread of Islam outside of the Arabian peninsula and into other parts of the continent can be linked to the extensive trade routes connecting West Asia to China.

The Barmakid family was an early supporter of the Abbasid Revolution against the Umayyads and of As-Saffah. This gave Khalid ibn Barmak considerable influence, and his son Yaḥyā ibn Khālid (d. 806) was the vizier of the caliph al-Mahdi (ruled 775–785) and tutor of Hārūn ar-Rashīd (ruled 786–809). Yaḥyā's sons al-Faḍl and Ja'far (767–803) both occupied high offices under Harun. Many Barmakids were patrons of the sciences, which greatly helped the propagation of Indian science and scholarship from the neighboring Academy of Gundishapur into the Arabic world. They patronized scholars such as Gebir and Jabril ibn Bukhtishu. They are also credited with the establishment of the first paper mill in Baghdad. The power of the Barmakids in those times is reflected in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights; the vizier Ja'far appears in several stories, as well as a tale that gave rise to the expression “Barmecide feast”.

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Many of the early governors of the Caliphate were Barmakids. Khalid ibn Barmak built Mansura, Sindh and later Baghdad. His son was the governor of what is now Azerbaijan.

Demographics

Central Asia

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The Registan and its three madrasahs, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Country Total Population Muslim Percentage Muslim Population
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 18,744,548 70.2%[2] 13,158,672
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 6,019,480 90.6%[3] 5,194,811
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 8,734,951 98.0%[4] 8,560,251
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 5,851,466 96.1% 5,459,417
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 32,653,900 96.5%[5] 31,511,013
Central Asia 72,004,345 90.6% 66,884,164

East Asia

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Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou, the oldest mosque in China
Country Total Population Muslim Percentage Muslim Population
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1,447,620,350 1.8%[6][7][8] 30,000,000
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 7,448,900 4.1% 305,404
File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau 658,900 1.5%[9] 10,000
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 126,420,000 0.19%[10] 230,000
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 25,610,672 0.01%[11] 3,000
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 51,635,256 0.38%[12] 196,454
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 3,231,200 5.0% 161,560
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 23,577,488 0.3% 70,732
East Asia 1,633,202,416 3.13% 30,977,150

South Asia

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The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan during Eid al-Fitr. It is a historical and the second largest mosque in South Asia
Country Total Population Muslim Percentage Muslim Population
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan 49,552,566 99.7%[13] 49,403,908
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 165,000,000 90.4% 149,100,000
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 727,145 0.2%[14] 7,000
File:Flag of India.svg India 1,338,270,000 15.6%[15] 213,000,000
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 378,114 100%[16] 378,114
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 29,218,867 4.4% 1,285,630
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 231,085,590 96.50% 200,400,000
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 21,444,000 9.7% 2,080,068
South Asia 1,817,333,303 32.43% 620,083,325

Southeast Asia

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The Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia
Country Total Population Muslim Percentage Muslim Population
File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei 460,345 82.7% 380,705
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 16,204,486 2%[17] 312,540
Template:Country data East Timor 1,291,358 0.3% 4,000
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 266,500,000 86.7%[18] 231,070,000
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 7,126,706 0.1% 8,000
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 32,730,000 63.5% 20,623,140
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 55,123,814 4.15% 2,300,000
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 112,018,293 11%[19][20] 12,322,012
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 5,888,926 15.6% 918,672
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 68,414,135 5.0% 3,420,706
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 96,160,163 0.1%[21] 196,000
Southeast Asia 679,726,700 40.8% 277,346,378

West Asia

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Kaaba Inside the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia with pilgrims performing the Hajj, Kaaba is the direction of prayer of Muslims to Allah
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An-Nabawi Mosque, Medina
Country Total Population Muslim Percentage Muslim Population
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 2,975,000 0.03%[22] 1,000
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 10,027,874 96.9%[23] 9,727,038
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 1,496,300 81.2%[24] 1,214,995
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 854,800 25.4% 217,119
Template:Country data Georgia 3,723,464 10.7% 463,062
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 81,871,500 99%[25] 81,052,785
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 39,339,753 98.0%[26] 38,552,957
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 8,930,680 17.7% 1,580,730
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 10,261,300 94.0% 9,645,622
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 4,226,920 85.0% 3,592,882
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 6,093,509 54.0% 3,200,000
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 4,651,706 99.0%[27] 4,605,188
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 4,816,503 93.0%,[28] 4,479,347
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 2,561,643 77.5%[29] 1,985,273
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 33,413,660 100.0%[30] 33,413,660
File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria 18,284,407 87.0%[31] 15,907,434
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 80,810,525 99.8%[32] 80,648,903
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 9,582,340 80.0% 7,665,872
File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 28,915,284 99.1%[33] 28,915,284
West Asia 352,837,168 79.45% 326,869,151

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