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Overview of the role of the Islam in Asia
Islamic history
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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
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”.
We know of Yaḥyā ibn Khālid al-Barmakī (d. 805 CE ) as a patron of physicians and, specifically, of the translation of Hindu medical works into both Arabic and Persian. In all likelihood, however, his activity took place in the orbit of the caliphal court in Iraq, where at the behest of Hārūn ar-Rashīd (786–809), such books were translated into Arabic. Thus Khurāsān and Transoxiana were effectively bypassed in this transfer of learning from India to Islam, even though, undeniably the Barmakī's cultural outlook owed something to their land of origin, northern Afghanistan, and Yaḥyā al-Barmakī's interest in medicine may have derived from no longer identifiable family tradition.[2]
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
The Registan and its three madrasahs, Samarkand , Uzbekistan
Country
Total Population
Muslim Percentage
Muslim Population
Kazakhstan
18,744,548
70.2%[3]
13,158,672
Kyrgyzstan
6,019,480
90.6%[4]
5,194,811
Tajikistan
8,734,951
98.0%[5]
8,560,251
Turkmenistan
5,851,466
96.1%
5,459,417
Uzbekistan
32,653,900
96.5%[6]
31,511,013
Central Asia
72,004,345
90.6%
66,884,164
East Asia
Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou , the oldest mosque in China
Country
Total Population
Muslim Percentage
Muslim Population
China
1,447,620,350
1.8%[7] [8] [9]
30,000,000
Hong Kong
7,448,900
4.1%
305,404
Macau
658,900
1.5%[10]
10,000
Japan
126,420,000
0.19%[11]
230,000
North Korea
25,610,672
0.01%[12]
3,000
South Korea
51,635,256
0.38%[13]
196,454
Mongolia
3,231,200
5.0%
161,560
Taiwan
23,577,488
0.3%
70,732
East Asia
1,633,202,416
3.13%
30,977,150
South Asia
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
Afghanistan
31,575,018
99.7%[14]
31,260,000
Bangladesh
165,000,000
90.4%
149,100,000
Bhutan
727,145
0.2%[15]
7,000
India
1,338,270,000
15.6%[16]
213,000,000
Maldives
378,114
100%[17]
378,114
Nepal
29,218,867
4.4%
1,285,630
Pakistan
231,085,590
96.50%
200,400,000
Sri Lanka
21,444,000
9.7%
2,080,068
South Asia
1,799,355,755
32.43%
601,939,417
Southeast Asia
Country
Total Population
Muslim Percentage
Muslim Population
Brunei
460,345
82.7%
380,705
Cambodia
16,204,486
2%[18]
312,540
East Timor
1,291,358
0.3%
4,000
Indonesia
266,500,000
86.7%[19]
231,070,000
Laos
7,126,706
0.1%
8,000
Malaysia
32,730,000
63.5%
20,623,140
Myanmar
55,123,814
4.15%
2,300,000
Philippines
112,018,293
11%[20] [21]
12,322,012
Singapore
5,888,926
15.6%
918,672
Thailand
68,414,135
5.0%
3,420,706
Vietnam
96,160,163
0.1%[22]
196,000
Southeast Asia
679,726,700
40.8%
277,346,378
West Asia
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
An-Nabawi Mosque, Medina
Country
Total Population
Muslim Percentage
Muslim Population
Armenia
2,975,000
0.03%[23]
1,000
Azerbaijan
10,027,874
96.9%[24]
9,727,038
Bahrain
1,496,300
81.2%[25]
1,214,995
Cyprus
854,800
25.4%
217,119
Georgia
3,723,464
10.7%
463,062
Iran
81,871,500
99%[26]
81,052,785
Iraq
39,339,753
98.0%[27]
38,552,957
Israel
8,930,680
17.7%
1,580,730
Jordan
10,261,300
94.0%
9,645,622
Kuwait
4,226,920
85.0%
3,592,882
Lebanon
6,093,509
54.0%
3,200,000
Oman
4,651,706
99.0%[28]
4,605,188
Palestine
4,816,503
93.0%,[29]
4,479,347
Qatar
2,561,643
77.5%[30]
1,985,273
Saudi Arabia
33,413,660
100.0%[31]
33,413,660
Syria
18,284,407
87.0%[32]
15,907,434
Turkey
80,810,525
99.8%[33]
80,648,903
United Arab Emirates
9,582,340
80.0%
7,665,872
Yemen
28,915,284
99.5%[34]
28,915,284
West Asia
352,837,168
79.45%
326,869,151
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