Gujarati Muslims
Muslims from the state of Gujarat, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The term Gujarati Muslim is usually used to signify an Indian Muslim from the state of Gujarat in western coast of India. Most Gujarati Muslims have the Gujarati language as their mother tongue, but some communities have Urdu as their mother tongue.[4] The majority of Gujarati Muslims are Sunni, with a minority of Shi'ite groups.
Regions with significant populations | |
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India, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Madagascar | |
India | 5,800,000[1] |
Pakistan | 3,500,000[2] |
Religions | |
Islam | |
Languages | |
Gujarati, Urdu, Kutchi[3] |
Gujarati Muslims are very prominent in industry and medium-sized businesses and there is a very large Gujarati Muslim community in Mumbai and Karachi.[5][6] Having earned a formidable accolade as India's greatest seafaring merchants,[7] the centuries-old Gujarati diaspora is found scattered throughout the Near East, Indian Ocean and Southern Hemisphere regions everywhere in between Africa and Japan with a notable presence in:[8] Hong Kong,[9] Britain, Portugal, Canada, Réunion,[10] Oman,[11] Yemen,[12] Mozambique,[13] Zanzibar,[14] United Arab Emirates, Burma,[15] Madagascar,[16] South Africa, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Pakistan, Zambia and East Africa.
Gujarati Muslim merchants played a pivotal role in establishing Islam in Indonesia, Malaysia and other parts of South East Asia.[17]