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  2. Islam in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Islam portal. v. t. e. Islam is the largest and the state religion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. [1] [2] According to the 2022 census, Bangladesh had a population of about 150 million Muslims, or 91.04% [3] of its total population of 165 million. [4] The majority of Bangladeshis are Sunni, and follow the Hanafi school of fiqh ...

  3. Religion in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Bangladesh declares Islam as the state religion. Bangladesh is the fourth-largest Muslim-populated country. Muslims are the predominant community of the country and they form the majority of the population in all eight divisions of Bangladesh. The overwhelming majority of Bangladeshi Muslims are Bengali Muslims at 88 per ...

  4. Bengali Muslims - Wikipedia

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    Bengali Muslims constitute the world's second-largest Muslim ethnicity (after the Arab world) and the largest Muslim community in South Asia. An estimated 152 million Bengali Muslims live in Bangladesh as of 2021, where Islam is the state religion and commands the demographic majority.

  5. Demographics of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    About (91.04%) of Bangladeshis are Muslims, followed by Hindus (largest-minority) at (7.95%), Buddhists (0.61%) and Christians (0.30%) and others (0.12%) as per 2022 census. Bangladesh has one of the highest population densities in the world. The total fertility rate (TFR) has been reduced by more than two thirds since Independence.

  6. Freedom of religion in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Bangladesh includes secularism as one of the four fundamental principles, despite having Islam as the state religion by 2A. Islam is referred to twice in the introduction and Part I of the constitution and the document begins with the Islamic phrase Basmala (بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ) which in English is translated as “In the ...

  7. Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Bangladesh, [a] officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [b] is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and is among the most densely populated countries with a population of nearly 170 million in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi).

  8. Shia Islam in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Shia Muslims are a minority in Bangladesh, with roughly 2% of the population being Shia. [needs update] Many Bangladeshi Shi'a Muslims belong to the Bihari community.Even though there are only small numbers of Shi'as, the observance commemorating the martyrdom of Ali's sons, Hasan and Husayn, are still widely observed by the nation's Sunni community; highlighting the historical influence that ...

  9. Baitul Mukarram National Mosque - Wikipedia

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    99 feet. Baitul Mukarram, also spelled as Baytul Mukarrom ( Arabic: بيت المكرّم, Bengali: বায়তুল মোকাররম; lit. 'The Holy House' ), is the National Mosque of Bangladesh. Located at the center of Dhaka, the national capital, the mosque was completed in 1968. [1] [2] It has a capacity of more than 42,000 ...