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1955:. East coast Sri Lankan Moors are primarily farmers, fishermen, and traders. According to the controversial census of 2007, the Moors are 5% (only Moors, not the entire Muslim population of the eastern province). Their family lines are traced through women, as in kinship systems of the southwest Indian state of
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in the 1870s, is the most prevalent Sufi order among the Sri Lankan
Muslims followed by Aroosiyathul qadiriya. The Deobandi Tablighi Jamaat, jamathe islame and thawheed jamath etc. also have centers in Colombo. Sunni scholar
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3062:
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3017:
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2837:
2832:
2827:
2822:
2817:
2812:
2807:
2802:
2796:
2794:
2788:
2787:
2784:Islam in Asia
2780:
2779:
2772:
2765:
2757:
2751:
2750:
2743:
2715:
2712:
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2708:
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2189:
2186:
2170:Dawoodi Bohras
2120:
2117:
2090:Malay language
2078:Southeast Asia
2076:originated in
2043:Main article:
2040:
2037:
1976:
1973:
1944:
1941:
1915:
1912:
1873:Tamil language
1861:Main article:
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1413:Middle Eastern
1327:
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1140:United Kingdom
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1112:
1107:
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1097:
1096:
1095:
1085:
1080:
1075:
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1065:
1060:
1055:
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985:
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975:
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965:
960:
955:
950:
945:
940:
935:
930:
925:
920:
914:
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905:
904:
901:
900:
895:
890:
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875:
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865:
860:
855:
850:
845:
840:
835:
830:
825:
820:
815:
810:
805:
800:
795:
790:
785:
780:
775:
770:
765:
760:
755:
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719:
714:
713:
710:
709:
706:
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680:
675:
670:
665:
660:
655:
650:
645:
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635:
630:
625:
620:
615:
610:
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600:
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590:
585:
580:
575:
570:
565:
564:
563:
558:
548:
543:
538:
533:
528:
523:
518:
513:
508:
503:
498:
493:
488:
483:
478:
473:
468:
463:
458:
453:
448:
442:
437:
436:
433:
432:
429:
428:
423:
418:
413:
408:
403:
398:
393:
388:
383:
378:
373:
368:
363:
358:
353:
348:
343:
338:
333:
328:
327:
326:
324:Western Sahara
316:
311:
306:
301:
296:
291:
286:
281:
276:
271:
266:
261:
256:
251:
246:
241:
236:
231:
226:
221:
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196:
191:
186:
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176:
171:
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161:
156:
151:
146:
140:
135:
134:
131:
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114:
104:
103:
93:
92:
88:
87:
85:
84:
81:
78:
75:
70:
63:
50:
49:
45:
44:
38:
37:
33:
32:
29:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3331:
3320:
3317:
3316:
3314:
3297:
3294:
3292:
3289:
3287:
3284:
3282:
3279:
3278:
3276:
3274:
3271:
3269:
3266:
3265:
3263:
3259:
3253:
3250:
3248:
3245:
3244:
3242:
3238:
3232:
3229:
3227:
3224:
3222:
3219:
3218:
3216:
3212:
3206:
3203:
3202:
3200:
3196:
3192:
3185:
3180:
3178:
3173:
3171:
3166:
3165:
3162:
3150:
3146:
3142:
3140:
3132:
3131:
3128:
3122:
3119:
3117:
3114:
3112:
3109:
3107:
3104:
3102:
3099:
3098:
3096:
3091:
3087:
3081:
3078:
3076:
3075:South Ossetia
3073:
3071:
3068:
3066:
3063:
3061:
3058:
3057:
3055:
3053:
3047:
3041:
3038:
3036:
3033:
3031:
3028:
3026:
3023:
3021:
3018:
3016:
3013:
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3008:
3006:
3003:
3001:
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2991:
2988:
2986:
2983:
2981:
2978:
2976:
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2968:
2966:
2963:
2961:
2958:
2956:
2953:
2951:
2948:
2946:
2943:
2941:
2938:
2936:
2933:
2931:
2928:
2926:
2923:
2921:
2918:
2916:
2913:
2911:
2908:
2906:
2903:
2901:
2898:
2896:
2893:
2891:
2888:
2886:
2883:
2881:
2878:
2876:
2873:
2871:
2868:
2866:
2863:
2861:
2858:
2856:
2853:
2851:
2848:
2846:
2843:
2841:
2838:
2836:
2833:
2831:
2828:
2826:
2823:
2821:
2818:
2816:
2813:
2811:
2808:
2806:
2803:
2801:
2798:
2797:
2795:
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2789:
2785:
2778:
2773:
2771:
2766:
2764:
2759:
2758:
2755:
2748:
2744:
2742:
2741:5-484-01002-0
2738:
2734:
2730:
2729:Leonid Grinin
2726:
2725:Peter Turchin
2722:
2718:
2717:
2704:
2698:
2690:
2689:public domain
2680:
2676:
2672:
2668:
2664:
2663:
2655:
2653:
2651:
2649:
2647:
2645:
2643:
2641:
2639:
2637:
2635:
2618:
2612:
2604:
2598:
2594:
2593:
2585:
2571:on 2017-04-28
2570:
2566:
2562:
2556:
2548:
2544:
2538:
2530:
2523:
2515:
2509:
2501:
2495:
2487:
2481:
2472:
2464:
2458:
2444:on 2013-05-24
2443:
2439:
2433:
2431:
2422:
2418:
2411:
2409:
2394:on 2016-03-04
2390:
2383:
2377:
2363:on 2019-01-07
2362:
2358:
2354:
2348:
2346:
2330:
2324:
2305:
2299:
2295:
2279:
2275:
2265:
2262:
2260:
2257:
2255:
2252:
2250:
2247:
2245:
2242:
2240:
2237:
2235:
2232:
2230:
2227:
2225:
2222:
2221:
2217:
2206:
2203:
2192:
2185:
2183:
2179:
2175:
2171:
2166:
2164:
2161:
2157:
2153:
2149:
2145:
2141:
2134:
2130:
2126:
2125:Dawoodi Bohra
2116:
2114:
2110:
2106:
2102:
2098:
2094:
2091:
2087:
2083:
2079:
2075:
2067:
2063:
2059:
2051:
2046:
2036:
2034:
2030:
2026:
2022:
2018:
2014:
2010:
2006:
2002:
1998:
1994:
1990:
1986:
1982:
1972:
1970:
1966:
1962:
1958:
1954:
1950:
1940:
1938:
1934:
1930:
1926:
1925:United States
1922:
1911:
1909:
1905:
1901:
1897:
1893:
1889:
1885:
1880:
1878:
1874:
1870:
1864:
1855:
1846:
1844:
1840:
1836:
1832:
1828:
1824:
1820:
1816:
1802:
1799:
1796:
1795:
1787:
1784:
1781:
1780:
1772:
1769:
1766:
1765:
1757:
1754:
1751:
1750:
1742:
1739:
1736:
1735:
1727:
1724:
1721:
1720:
1712:
1709:
1707:1931 Estimate
1706:
1705:
1697:
1694:
1691:
1690:
1682:
1679:
1676:
1675:
1667:
1664:
1661:
1660:
1652:
1649:
1646:
1645:
1637:
1634:
1631:
1630:
1626:
1623:
1620:
1619:
1612:
1603:
1601:
1595:
1591:
1589:
1585:
1581:
1577:
1573:
1568:
1566:
1562:
1558:
1552:
1550:
1545:
1541:
1537:
1532:
1530:
1526:
1522:
1518:
1514:
1509:
1507:
1503:
1499:
1495:
1491:
1487:
1482:
1480:
1476:
1472:
1468:
1463:
1459:
1455:
1451:
1447:
1443:
1438:
1428:
1426:
1422:
1418:
1414:
1409:
1407:
1404:
1400:
1396:
1392:
1388:
1384:
1380:
1376:
1375:North Central
1372:
1368:
1364:
1360:
1356:
1352:
1346:
1342:
1338:
1333:
1322:
1317:
1315:
1310:
1308:
1303:
1302:
1300:
1299:
1296:
1286:
1285:
1278:
1275:
1273:
1270:
1268:
1265:
1263:
1260:
1258:
1255:
1253:
1250:
1248:
1245:
1243:
1240:
1238:
1235:
1233:
1232:New Caledonia
1230:
1228:
1225:
1223:
1220:
1218:
1215:
1213:
1210:
1208:
1205:
1203:
1200:
1198:
1195:
1193:
1190:
1188:
1185:
1183:
1180:
1179:
1176:
1171:
1170:
1161:
1158:
1156:
1153:
1151:
1148:
1146:
1143:
1142:
1141:
1138:
1136:
1133:
1131:
1128:
1126:
1123:
1121:
1118:
1116:
1113:
1111:
1108:
1106:
1103:
1101:
1098:
1094:
1091:
1090:
1089:
1086:
1084:
1081:
1079:
1076:
1074:
1071:
1069:
1066:
1064:
1061:
1059:
1056:
1054:
1051:
1049:
1046:
1044:
1041:
1039:
1036:
1034:
1031:
1029:
1026:
1024:
1023:Liechtenstein
1021:
1019:
1016:
1014:
1011:
1009:
1006:
1004:
1001:
999:
996:
994:
991:
989:
986:
984:
981:
979:
976:
974:
971:
969:
966:
964:
961:
959:
956:
954:
951:
949:
946:
944:
941:
939:
936:
934:
931:
929:
926:
924:
921:
919:
916:
915:
912:
907:
906:
899:
896:
894:
891:
889:
888:United States
886:
884:
881:
879:
876:
874:
871:
869:
866:
864:
861:
859:
856:
854:
851:
849:
846:
844:
841:
839:
836:
834:
831:
829:
826:
824:
821:
819:
816:
814:
811:
809:
806:
804:
803:French Guiana
801:
799:
796:
794:
791:
789:
786:
784:
781:
779:
776:
774:
771:
769:
766:
764:
761:
759:
756:
754:
751:
749:
746:
744:
741:
739:
736:
734:
731:
729:
726:
724:
721:
720:
717:
712:
711:
704:
701:
699:
696:
694:
691:
689:
686:
684:
681:
679:
676:
674:
671:
669:
666:
664:
661:
659:
656:
654:
651:
649:
646:
644:
641:
639:
636:
634:
631:
629:
626:
624:
621:
619:
616:
614:
611:
609:
606:
604:
601:
599:
596:
594:
591:
589:
586:
584:
581:
579:
576:
574:
571:
569:
566:
562:
559:
557:
554:
553:
552:
549:
547:
544:
542:
539:
537:
534:
532:
529:
527:
524:
522:
519:
517:
514:
512:
509:
507:
504:
502:
499:
497:
494:
492:
489:
487:
484:
482:
479:
477:
474:
472:
469:
467:
464:
462:
459:
457:
454:
452:
449:
447:
444:
443:
440:
435:
434:
427:
424:
422:
419:
417:
414:
412:
409:
407:
404:
402:
399:
397:
394:
392:
389:
387:
384:
382:
379:
377:
374:
372:
369:
367:
364:
362:
359:
357:
354:
352:
349:
347:
344:
342:
339:
337:
334:
332:
329:
325:
322:
321:
320:
317:
315:
312:
310:
307:
305:
302:
300:
297:
295:
292:
290:
287:
285:
282:
280:
277:
275:
272:
270:
267:
265:
262:
260:
259:Guinea-Bissau
257:
255:
252:
250:
247:
245:
242:
240:
237:
235:
232:
230:
227:
225:
222:
220:
217:
215:
212:
210:
207:
205:
202:
200:
197:
195:
192:
190:
187:
185:
182:
180:
177:
175:
172:
170:
167:
165:
162:
160:
157:
155:
152:
150:
147:
145:
142:
141:
138:
133:
132:
127:
121:
117:
116:
113:
110:
109:
102:
98:
94:
89:
82:
79:
76:
74:
71:
69:
65:
64:
61:
57:
56:
51:
46:
39:
34:
27:
22:
16:
3231:Christianity
3225:
3090:Dependencies
3020:Turkmenistan
2994:
2985:Saudi Arabia
2723:. Edited by
2661:
2621:. Retrieved
2611:
2591:
2584:
2573:. Retrieved
2569:the original
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2546:
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2522:
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2480:
2471:
2446:. Retrieved
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2365:. Retrieved
2361:the original
2356:
2333:. Retrieved
2323:
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2298:
2278:
2259:Tamil Muslim
2234:Indian Moors
2202:Islam portal
2167:
2136:
2092:
2071:
2068:, Sri Lanka
1978:
1946:
1917:
1892:North Africa
1881:
1866:
1812:
1596:
1592:
1576:Saudi Arabia
1569:
1553:
1533:
1517:South Indian
1510:
1483:
1446:Indian Ocean
1434:
1417:Indian Ocean
1410:
1383:Sabaragamuwa
1371:Northwestern
1349:
1197:Cook Islands
683:Turkmenistan
652:
643:Saudi Arabia
386:South Africa
376:Sierra Leone
164:Burkina Faso
53:
15:
3149:Asia portal
3050:States with
2970:Philippines
2910:South Korea
2905:North Korea
2800:Afghanistan
2475:Gugler 2011
2313:20 February
2154:(in modern
2113:Sunni Islam
1993:Dharga Town
1969:Islamic law
1959:, like the
1921:Middle East
1908:South India
1819:Trincomalee
1627:Percentage
1529:Sunni Islam
1469:due to the
1458:Middle East
1237:New Zealand
1130:Switzerland
1058:Netherlands
868:Saint Lucia
798:El Salvador
633:Philippines
561:South Korea
556:North Korea
446:Afghanistan
391:South Sudan
264:Ivory Coast
60:Sunni Islam
3247:Irreligion
3030:Uzbekistan
3005:Tajikistan
2920:Kyrgyzstan
2900:Kazakhstan
2820:Bangladesh
2810:Azerbaijan
2714:References
2575:2017-12-17
2448:2012-08-27
2398:2018-01-31
2367:2012-10-09
2335:2021-12-30
2290:References
2140:Tamil Nadu
2039:The Malays
1953:Portuguese
1841:(14%) and
1823:Batticaloa
1821:(42%) and
1624:Population
1606:Population
1450:Portuguese
1401:speak the
1222:Micronesia
1100:San Marino
1053:Montenegro
1033:Luxembourg
773:Costa Rica
693:Uzbekistan
668:Tajikistan
573:Kyrgyzstan
546:Kazakhstan
496:East Timor
466:Bangladesh
456:Azerbaijan
371:Seychelles
331:Mozambique
304:Mauritania
289:Madagascar
179:Cape Verde
128:by country
3116:Hong Kong
3070:Palestine
2995:Sri Lanka
2990:Singapore
2870:Indonesia
2679:311429237
2514:"I24NEWS"
2097:Sinhalese
2082:Indonesia
1963:and some
1933:Australia
1914:Education
1884:Sri Lanka
1825:(26%) in
1800:1,967,523
1785:1,121,717
1580:Wahhabism
1540:Shazuliya
1513:Pakistani
1490:Malaysian
1395:Sinhalese
1359:Sri Lanka
1182:Australia
1093:Tatarstan
1028:Lithuania
898:Venezuela
843:Nicaragua
813:Guatemala
728:Argentina
653:Sri Lanka
648:Singapore
628:Palestine
516:Indonesia
506:Hong Kong
309:Mauritius
91:Languages
68:Wahhabism
48:Religions
3313:Category
3221:Hinduism
3205:Buddhism
3139:Category
3060:Abkhazia
3010:Thailand
2965:Pakistan
2945:Mongolia
2940:Maldives
2935:Malaysia
2835:Cambodia
2547:BBC News
2457:cite web
2188:See also
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2099:and the
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2025:Kalutara
2013:Vavuniya
1997:Puttalam
1989:Beruwala
1985:Kalutara
1965:Mappilas
1900:Mappilas
1896:Marakkar
1831:Puttalam
1572:Salafism
1523:and the
1486:Javanese
1212:Kiribati
1155:Scotland
1115:Slovenia
1110:Slovakia
1078:Portugal
948:Bulgaria
878:Suriname
853:Paraguay
828:Honduras
783:Dominica
768:Colombia
738:Barbados
716:Americas
673:Thailand
623:Pakistan
603:Mongolia
598:Maldives
593:Malaysia
481:Cambodia
426:Zimbabwe
401:Tanzania
234:Ethiopia
229:Eswatini
209:Djibouti
174:Cameroon
159:Botswana
3261:Related
3252:Judaism
3035:Vietnam
2950:Myanmar
2930:Lebanon
2860:Georgia
2815:Bahrain
2805:Armenia
2182:Gujarat
2101:Moorish
2021:Colombo
1981:Colombo
1845:(12%).
1843:Colombo
1837:(17%),
1833:(20%),
1817:(43%),
1770:901,785
1755:724,000
1740:541,500
1725:436,600
1710:354,200
1695:302,500
1680:283,600
1665:246,100
1650:212,000
1635:197,800
1536:Fassiya
1521:Shafi'i
1498:British
1471:pogroms
1431:History
1387:Colombo
1379:Central
1367:Western
1353:is the
1345:Colombo
1277:Vanuatu
1175:Oceania
1145:England
1135:Ukraine
1083:Romania
1043:Moldova
1003:Ireland
998:Iceland
993:Hungary
983:Germany
973:Finland
968:Estonia
963:Denmark
958:Czechia
953:Croatia
938:Belgium
933:Belarus
928:Austria
923:Andorra
918:Albania
893:Uruguay
833:Jamaica
808:Grenada
793:Ecuador
748:Bolivia
733:Bahamas
698:Vietnam
608:Myanmar
583:Lebanon
501:Georgia
461:Bahrain
451:Armenia
411:Tunisia
381:Somalia
366:Senegal
351:RĂ©union
346:Nigeria
336:Namibia
319:Morocco
314:Mayotte
279:Liberia
274:Lesotho
224:Eritrea
194:Comoros
169:Burundi
144:Algeria
126:Muslims
101:Sinhala
3080:Taiwan
3015:Turkey
2980:Russia
2915:Kuwait
2895:Jordan
2885:Israel
2845:Cyprus
2830:Brunei
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2144:Kerala
2131:, and
2062:Mosque
2017:Mannar
2009:Matale
2001:Jaffna
1957:Kerala
1937:Europe
1935:, and
1929:Canada
1904:Memons
1835:Mannar
1815:Ampara
1621:Census
1565:Tamils
1525:Hanafi
1460:. The
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1272:Tuvalu
1125:Sweden
1105:Serbia
1088:Russia
1073:Poland
1068:Norway
1048:Monaco
1018:Latvia
1013:Kosovo
988:Greece
978:France
911:Europe
848:Panama
838:Mexico
818:Guyana
758:Canada
753:Brazil
743:Belize
678:Turkey
663:Taiwan
568:Kuwait
541:Jordan
531:Israel
491:Cyprus
476:Brunei
471:Bhutan
421:Zambia
416:Uganda
356:Rwanda
294:Malawi
254:Guinea
244:Gambia
149:Angola
137:Africa
83:Khojas
80:Bohras
77:Memons
73:Sufism
3240:Other
3226:Islam
3214:Minor
3198:Major
3121:Macau
3040:Yemen
3000:Syria
2975:Qatar
2955:Nepal
2890:Japan
2865:India
2855:Egypt
2840:China
2392:(PDF)
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2270:Notes
2178:Shi'a
2174:Khoja
2163:Sunni
2152:Sindh
2148:Memon
2138:from
2109:Shafi
2105:Moors
2086:Dutch
2066:Galle
2005:Kandy
1961:Nairs
1877:Islam
1839:Kandy
1805:9.66%
1790:7.56%
1775:7.11%
1760:6.84%
1745:6.69%
1730:6.56%
1715:6.67%
1700:6.72%
1685:6.91%
1670:6.90%
1655:7.05%
1640:7.17%
1561:Malay
1494:Dutch
1437:Islam
1421:spice
1391:Tamil
1351:Islam
1267:Tonga
1257:Samoa
1247:Palau
1227:Nauru
1160:Wales
1120:Spain
1038:Malta
1008:Italy
823:Haiti
763:Chile
703:Yemen
658:Syria
638:Qatar
613:Nepal
588:Macau
551:Korea
536:Japan
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486:China
396:Sudan
341:Niger
284:Libya
269:Kenya
249:Ghana
239:Gabon
214:Egypt
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