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Odia Muslimsare a community of people hailing from the Indian state ofOdishawho follow Islam. They mostly descend fromindigenousconverts to Islam along with a small proportion that migrated fromnorthern India.
History
editIt is uncertain when Islam first arrived in Odisha. It is believed that the first significant Islamic presence dates from the invasion of the Bengal general,Kalapahad.Commanding the army of SultanSulaiman Khan Karrani,theSultan of Bengal,Kalapahad defeated Raja Mukund Deva ofCuttackin 1568 CE.[1]
Karrani brought with him Muslim soldiers who settled down in Odisha, however their number was very few.[citation needed]Later migration continued underMughalas well as theNawab of Bengal's rule. The majority of these were traders or clergy, sent to preside over the courts, both secular and Islamic.[2]Conversions seemed to have mainly occurred from the 16th century onwards.[3]
Demographics
editIslamhas had a very slow rate of growth in Odisha even during theMuslim ruleas there had never been any major Muslimmissionarywork. The current population of Muslims in Odisha is 911,670 (2011 census), roughly 2.2% of the total population. The city of Bhadrak has the maximum number of Muslims as a percentage of the total population (about 35%).[4]
Most Odisha Muslims are Sunni while a small minority are Shia, belonging to such groups as theKhojaandDawoodi Bohra.[3]
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Education
editJamia Islamia Markazul Uloom,a centre of Deobandi Islamic study in Odisha, was founded in 1946 byMuhammad Ismail Katki,the third president ofJamiat Ulema Odisha.[11]Important Barelvi Madrasa are located at Bhadrak.
Notable people
edit- Khwaja Fazal Mohammed(1805–1868), Sufi philosopher
- Syed Irfan Ali Chaudhury(1842–1890), Raja ofTarakote
- Sayeed Mohammed(1891–1922), educationist and philanthropist
- Syed Ameer Ali(1849–1928), jurist, author and political leader
- Atharuddin Mohammed(1859–1931),DewanofDhenkanal State
- Amjad Najmi(1899–1974), poet, dramatist and prose writer
- Ekram Rasul(died 1948), doctor and politician
- Ibrahim Suhrawardy(1896–1971), educationist and linguist
- Muhammad Ismail Katki(1914–2005), Islamic scholar, author and politician[12]
- Afzal-ul Amin(1915–1983), statesman and social worker
- Surat Alley(1905–1988), trade unionist and political activist
- Karamat Ali Karamat(1936–2022), Urdu poet, author, literary critic and mathematician
- Sirajussajidin Katki(1939–2006), Islamic scholar, poet, and orator[13]
- Syed Mustafiz Ahmed(1941–2017), former Welfare Minister
- Mohammad Mohsin(1942–2003), actor, director and producer
- Mohammed Ayoob(born 1942), professor
- Hussain Rabi Gandhi(1948–2023), author and cultural activist
- Mehmood Hussain(1950–2015), filmmaker and author
- Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi(born 1951), Islamic scholar, academician and litterateur[14]
- Harun Rashid Khan(born 1955), deputy governor of theReserve Bank of India
- Mohammad Shahid Jabbar(born 1965), football coach
- Mohammed Moquim(born 1965), MLA forBarabati-Cuttack
- Farhat Amin(born 1967), journalist and social activist
References
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- ^"C-01: Population by religious community (2011)".Census India.Retrieved9 September2024.
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- ^"C-9 Religion (1991)".Census India.Retrieved9 September2024.
- ^"Portrait of Population - Census 1981"(PDF).Retrieved12 September2024.
- ^"Census Atlas, Vol-XII-Part IX-A, Orissa - Census 1961"(PDF).Census India.Retrieved13 September2024.
- ^"General Population, Social and Cultural and Land Tables, Part II-A, Tables, Volume-XI, Orissa - Census 1951"(PDF).Census India.Retrieved13 September2024.
- ^Rūhul Amīn, Muhammad (5 December 2021)."Munāzir e Islām Maulāna Muhammad Ismāil Katki Qāsmi: Life and Works".Baseerat online(in Urdu).Retrieved21 June2022.
- ^Nazish, Motiullah (2023).Odisha Ke Mujaahideen e Aazadi(in Urdu) (1st ed.). Sanskruti Bhawan, BJB Nagar,Bhubaneswar:Odisha Urdu Academy. pp. 263–266.
- ^Katki, Sayed Abdul Hafiz (June 2004).Majlis-e-Shūra, Jamia Rashidia Riyazul Uloom Sungra(in Urdu). Gohalipur,Cuttack district:Department of Broadcasting, Jamia Rashidia Riyazul Uloom Sungra. pp. 7, 12–18.
- ^Mayurbhanji, Muhammad Rūhul Amīn (16 September 2023)."Prof. Maulana Sayed Kafeel Ahmed Qasmi: Biographical Sketch".qindeelonline.com(in Urdu). Qandeel Online.Retrieved6 October2023.