Muslim Populations Exhibition Islam In Asia Diversity In Past An

Muslim Populations Exhibition Islam In Asia Diversity In Past There are an estimated 1.57 billion muslims – nearly a quarter of the world’s total population. while muslims are found on all five inhabited continents, more than 60% of the global muslim population is in asia and about 20% in the middle east and north africa. Muslims make up about 2% of the population in china, but because the country is so populous, its muslim population is expected to be the 19th largest in the world in 2030. the muslim population in china is projected to increase from 23.3 million in 2010 to nearly 30 million in 2030.

Muslim Populations Exhibition Islam In Asia Diversity In Past Islam in southeast asia. often called the “muslim archipelago,” southeast asia is home to more than 240 million muslims about 42 percent of southeast asians, and about 25 percent of the world’s 1.6 billion muslims. most southeast asian muslims are sunni, and follow the shafii school of muslim jurisprudence. islam is the official. Asia is home to 65 percent of the world’s muslims, including an incredible variety of different sects, beliefs, and traditions. this exhibition explores the diversity of islamic heritage of asia past and present, the spread of religion along the ancient silk road, and how religion itself was affected by the wide variety of cultures and. Only two asian countries’ muslim populace ranges between 60 and 69 percent: brunei with about 68 percent, and malaysia with about 60 percent. after malaysia, the percentage of muslim populations in asian countries drops dramatically. kazakhstan has the highest muslim minority population, about 47 percent, and from there the percentages. Expansions. the flourishing of pasai in the 14th century coincided with a significant period of transition in the history of islam in southeast asia. during this period, we can begin to detect significant shifts in the profile of muslims in the region from small port enclaves of “foreign” muslims in the merchant milieu of prospering port polities to the beginnings of a broader islamization.