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	Introduction to the History of Islam in India by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD
		Though the province of Sindh was conquered in early 8th century it was not until the incursions of Mahmud of Ghazni and Muhammad of Ghor that serious settlement of the subcontinent with Muslims took place.
		When the Mughals established their empire, the whole of India was almost completely under the Muslim rule, especially during the rule of Aurangazeb.
		India lost further territory when Pakistan and Bangladesh were lost to India in the modern era, in the middle of twentieth century.
	www.boloji.com /history/002.htm (991 words)

	India, from 501 to 1200 CE
		He wanted to India as had the Maurya or Gupta empires, but in 630 he was stopped at the Narbada River by Pulakeshin II, of the Chalukyan dynasty, centered at Badami (Vatapi).
		Fragmentation of his empire ensued, while in southern India the Pallava dynasty, centered at Kanchipuram, often warred against the Chalukyan dynasty, the Chalukyan dynasty coming to an end in 767.
		In India the veneration of cattle was inimical to this kind of meat industry.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h09ind.htm (2234 words)

	Islam in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		India has the second-largest population of Muslims in the world after Indonesia(however, if one were to count the Muslim population of India total prior to partition, India would have the largest Muslim population in the world).
		India maintains a constitutional commitment to secularism and does not distinguish amongst the people on the basis of religious beliefs.
		Islam is India's largest minority religion, with Muslims officially constituting 16.4% of the country's population, or 174 million people as of the 2001 census.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Islam_in_India (3006 words)

	India - Islam
		Islam is India's largest minority religion, with Muslims officially comprising 12.1 percent of the country's population, or 101.6 million people as of the 1991 census.
		Islam began with the ministry of the Prophet Muhammad (570-632), who belonged to a merchant family in the trading town of Mecca in Arabia.
		A significant aspect of Islam in India is the importance of shrines attached to the memory of great Sufi saints.
	countrystudies.us /india/55.htm (2298 words)

	Islam
		Islam, the religion of the Muslims, is India's second largest religion.
		Muslims, the followers of Islam, are India's largest religious minority, accounting for nearly 14% of India's population.
		The teachings of Islam closely correspond with the Old Testament of the Bible and Moses and Jesus are both accepted by the Muslims, although they do not consider Jesus the son of God.
	www.diehardindian.com /demogrph/moredemo/islam.htm (258 words)

	INDIA - MUSLIMS IN MODERN INDIA
		I lived in India for 31 years and have nothing but praise for the broad and liberal Constitution of India which grants to all ethnic and religious groups, equal rights of citizenship.
		Islam in India is a confluence of at least four major regional, linguistic and cultural variations - the Arab, the Turkish, the Persian and the Afghan.
		Islam in India, particularly at the mass-level, was profoundly influenced by the "Tariqat" of the Sufis, rather than by the "Shariat" of the orthodox Ulema.
	www.webspawner.com /users/indiaislam (1533 words)

	Stayfinder.com - Spiritual India - Islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Converts to Islam have only to announce that "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet" to become Muslim.
		However the effects of Muslim influence in India are particularly visible in architecture, art and food.
		This religious tolerance sets the Sufis very much apart from conventional Islamic thought, which has led to their persecution in some countries; in India, the sect appeals to the members of all religions and is growing in popularity.
	www.stayfinder.com /travelguide/india/spiritualindia/india_islam.asp (585 words)

	Webindia123.com-Religion of india-Islam-Quran
		Islam was revealed by god to the prophet of Islam at a time when Arabia was witnessing a period of ignorance and tribal wars.
		Islam substituted one god in place of so many and brought the Arab tribes together under the supreme Islamic belief that there is only one god.
		The great increase in knowledge in all fields that followed the birth of Islam was a result of the great emphasis laid by the 'Quran' and by the prophet, on the acquisition of knowledge from whatever source, was available.
	www.webindia123.com /religion/islam/index.htm (746 words)

	Islam’s Other Victims: India
		India prior to the Moslem invasions was one of the world’s great civilizations.
		The mountainous northwestern approaches to India are to this day called the Hindu Kush, "the Slaughter of the Hindu," a reminder of the days when Hindu slaves from Indian subcontinent died in harsh Afghan mountains while being transported to Moslem courts of Central Asia.
		To this day, militant Islam sees India as "unfinished business" and it remains high on the agenda of oil-rich Moslem countries such as Saudi Arabia, which are spending millions every year trying to convert Hindus to Islam.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=4649 (1942 words)

	History, Islam, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh - Legacy Islam, Impact, Indian Subcontinent, trade, peasantry, towns, ...
		Islam created a compact under which political power, law and religion became fused in a manner so as to safeguard the interests of the mercantile class.
		India's Muslims have a special role to play because they have the best chance of winning over the hearts and minds of the people of Pakistan and Bangladesh and exhorting them to work towards a cooperative and mutually beneficial federation with India.
		Arrival of Islam in India: in Sindh and Punjab: Islamization and the Arab conquest of Sindh
	india_resource.tripod.com /islam.html (5763 words)

	Pakistan Islam in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The initial entry of Islam into India came in the first century after the death of the Prophet Muhammad.
		Although some kingdoms remained independent of Delhi in the Deccan and in Gujarat, Malwa (central India), and Bengal, almost all of the area in presentday Pakistan came under the rule of Delhi.
		The sultanate ushered in a period of Indian cultural renaissance resulting from the stimulation of Islam by Hinduism.
	www.country-studies.com /pakistan/islam-in-india.html (484 words)

	How dharma coped with Islam onslaught of jihad and death to ‘infidels’ between 664 CE and today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Islam is presented as the religion of peace, toleration, charity and brotherhood.
		The only conclusion, therefore, that one can reach as to why the attempt to Islamize India was thus only partially successful is that the Hindus were so well organized in their social and religious life under the domination of priests and caste that comparatively little could be effected toward the overthrow of their religion.
		Had they been as well organized in their political affairs, and had there been no outcaste groups to welcome Islam as a release from social bondage, it is safe to say that even a partial victory for Islam would not have been so easily won in the land of the Hindu.
	www.hindunet.org /saraswati/dharma/history4.htm (6601 words)

	Indian Religion, Islam, Islam in India
		The main feature of Islam was its forceful zeal to spread the word by persuasion and, if it did not work then by the sword.
		Islam has a fundamental creed that states that there is no God but God and Mohammad is the Prophet of God (la illaha illa ‘llah Mohammad Rasulu ‘llah).
		Islam also prohibits any distinction on the basis of race or colour, and there is a strong antipathy to the representation of the human figure.
	www.indovacations.net /english/Islam.htm (1405 words)

	Islam In India - IslamMessage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Their entry in India was prompted by an attempt to free the civilian Muslim hostages whose ship was taken by sea pirates in the territory of Raja Dahir, King of Sind.
		They were well liked generally as rulers for their justice, social and cultural values, respect for freedom to practice religion as prescribed by the religion of various communities, freedom of speech, legal system in accordance with the dictates and established norms of each religious community, public works and for establishing educational institutions.
		When the British decided to withdraw from India without a clear direction for the future of Muslims (former rulers), a political solution was reached for some of the Muslim majority areas.
	www.islammessage.com /bb/index.php?showtopic=2387 (766 words)

	India and Islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kalam, a popular former academic and ex-civil servant and father of India's missile program, won the largely ceremonial post with 4,152 of the total 4,785 votes cast in a complex electoral college system involving national and state lawmakers.
		India's coalition government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), chose Kalam to try to heal religious rifts and silence criticism of its handling of Hindu-Muslim violence in February and March.
		Kalam is the third Muslim among India's 11 presidents.
	www.stanford.edu /group/wais/India/india_andislam71902.html (181 words)

	Islam in India - Home to the... - Islamic Forum
		India is the most diversified country in the world, often referred to as a continent within a continent.
		His greatest contribution to the cause of Islam in India was his uniting the Muslims under one banner and shunning all forms of deviated sects and divisions that had crept up.
		In 1858 the East India Company was dissolved, despite a valiant defense of its purported achievements by John Stuart Mill, and the administration of India became the responsibility of the Crown.
	www.gawaher.com /index.php?showtopic=371 (3239 words)

	Discover Islam - Ask About Islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Islam, as you know, is based on tawheed (pure monotheism) or the belief in the One and Only God and Creator of existence.
		India is a country full of Hindu god-men and god-women. Many of them literally thrive on the offerings given to them by their devotees.
		Therefore, it is not correct to say that Islam exists in its true form only in the Arab world, or to relate its strength in the heart of a specific people and their practice to their ethnicity.
	www.islamonline.net /servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-AAbout_Islam/AskAboutIslamE/AskAboutIslamE&cid=1129443838273 (689 words)

	ISLAM OG IDENTITET
		India vil fortsette å åpne seg mot omverdenen for å søke sin plass som en global aktør i det 21.
		Tragedien i 1947 har hele tiden siden gjort det vanskelig for India og Pakistan å forlike seg.
		Flere soldater er omkommet av kulde enn av kuler på Siachen-breen der India og Pakistan står mot hverandre i den iskalde Kashmir-konflikten, som nå kan bli mer varm enn godt er.
	www.aftenposten.no /fakta/india_pakistan/article734125.ece (333 words)

	Hindu Customs in the Muslim Community in India
		And the people of India, whatever be their religion, would have had to be proud, of the achievements of their forefathers who nevertheless had conformed to a different religion.
		Thus we can see that though Islam was spread by the sword and it acted as an exorcist to redeem the newly won adherents from the influence of their original religions, quite a few traces of pre-Islamic culture did manage to seep into the lifestyle and consciousness of the Indian converts to Islam.
		The Kutub Minar is one of the earliest Islamic monuments in India.
	www.hindubooks.org /sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/islam.html (9042 words)

	Islam in India and Religions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		LogoImage MapIslam: The Faith of the Prophet MosqueThe Arab traders brought Islam to India in theearly 8th century, but it was not until the 12thcentury that it became...
		Islam The Promised Mehdi Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon Him) had said thatafter his death, a great wali (religious leader)will come to this world.
		ISLAM THE PROMISED MEHDI ISLAM: Islam means resignation to the will of Allah.Therefore, A muslim has to submit himself/herselfto the Will of Allah in...
	www.indiagateway.com /religion/islam.html (305 words)

	INDIAN MIRROR - Religions of India - Islam
		India is one of the largest Islamic nations in the world.
		The visible effects of Muslim influence in India are strongly found in Architecture, art and food.
		Some of India's most spectacular Mosques are relics of the Mughals who ruled India from 1525 to early 18th century.
	www.indianmirror.com /religions/reli3.html (575 words)

	Islam in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Most of the Muslim rulers of India were invaders from the west (see India in the past).
		The first spreaders of Islam in India were individuals who saw in spreading Islam a holy precept.
		The most famous preacher of Islam in India was Khwaja Chishti, who arrived from Iran and his sect is called Sufism.
	adaniel.tripod.com /Islam.htm (725 words)

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		India has third largest population of Muslims in the world and they are by and large peaceful people.
		Islam has been thriving on adharma for centuries and is destined to burn out whether Hindus want them or not.
		If India is seen as supporting a war on Islam, and she attacks her Muslim citizens, then the consequences will be explosive - it is certain that more Pakistanis and others will volunteer to come and create havoc India.
	www.sify.com /connect/discussions/viewpostsflat.php?pid=32678&f=13446346&parentid=32647 (1296 words)

	Books on Islam: Books on Islam from India / South Asia
		Islam and Mammon : The Economic Predicaments of Islamism / Kuran, Timur - 2006 [Rs.
		Islam : A New Perspective in World-Culture / Waheed, Sehba - 2006 [Rs.
		Islam and Muslim Communities in South Asia / Hasnain, Nadeem (Ed.) - 2006 [Rs.
	www.easternbookcorporation.com /category_view.php?category=Islam (691 words)

	Islamic History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Islam and Islamic History in Arabia and the Middle East This is a well-written survey in some detail (more than the previous link) and organized according to dynasty.
		Islam in Africa In this article, Professor 'Abdur Rahman Doi of Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria discusses the early history of Islam in Africa, from the year 615 CE until the early eighth century CE.
		The Spread of Islam in West Africa In this article, Professor 'Abdur Rahman Doi begins with the 8th Century CE and discusses the history of Islam in the ancient empires of Western Sudan: Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Kanem-Bornu, and Hausa-Fulani land.
	www.uga.edu /islam/history.html (1699 words)

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