Bihari Muslims

Bihari Muslims ( ) are people originating from the Indian State of Bihar , who practice Islam as their religion. Bihari Muslims mainly practice Sunni Islam of the Hanafi fiqh , though a small Shia Ithna 'ashariyah minority exists. According to the 2001 census of India , they numbered 13,722,048, or about 17% of the state's population. The Bihari Muslims have migrated and settled in Pakistan and Bangladesh . In addition, the Bihari Muslims, along with other Biharis, have been migrating and settling in properous Indian states of Punjab , Haryana and Maharashtra .

Ethnic group Bihari Muslims are people originating and tracing descent from the Indian State of Bihar , who practice Islam as their religion.

Ethnic group Bihari Muslims are people originating and tracing descent from the Indian state of Bihar who practice the religion of Islam . The vast majority of Bihari Muslims are followers of the Sunni sect and even in pre-Mughal Bihar, all the Ulemas, Mullas and Sufis were Sunnis. There is however a significant community of Shia Muslims residing in Patna who descend from settlers from Lucknow who came in the 1800s. "Case of Bhojpuri and Hindi in Mauritius" . lexpress.mu. 27 July 2007. National Book Trust, India – via Google Books. Bihar Through the Ages .

Adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Biharis Ethnic group Bihari Muslims are adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Biharis . They are geographically native to the region comprising the Bihar state of India , although there are significantly large communities of Bihari Muslims living elsewhere in the Indian subcontinent due to the partition of India in 1947, which prompted the community to migrate en masse from Bihar to the dominion of Pakistan (both West Pakistan and East Pakistan ). Bihari Muslims make up a significant minority in Pakistan under the diverse community of Muhajirs ( lit. ' migrants ' ), and largely began arriving in the country following the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which led to the secession of East Pakistan from the Pakistani union as the independent state of Bangladesh . The majority of Bihari Muslims adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam and the adoption of the religion by Biharis traces back to the 14th century, when Afghan traders and Sufi missionaries began to arrive in the region a century prior to the Mughal conquest of India. There are also a significant minority of Biharis who adhere to the Shia branch of Islam, largely residing in Patna and Gopalpur in Siwan , tracing their religious descent to Shia Muslim settlers of distant Persian ancestry from Lucknow in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh , who arrived in the region during the 19th century. Abdul Kadir Khanzada, who represents Orangi Town in Pakistan's parliament, said he would like to welcome Nitish to his constituency, where a majority of over a million people have their roots in Bihar. According to local NGOs working for Bihari welfare, around 400,000 members of the community live in camps in Bangladesh. "Case of Bhojpuri and Hindi in Mauritius" . lexpress.mu. 27 July 2007. Muslim Politics in Bihar: Changing Contours . Others got attracted to the supposedly greener pastures in West Pakistan. Hence, in Karachi, a separate Bihari colony of construction labourers came into existence even before Pakistan was formally created. ... Moreover, some of the wealthier Biharis migrated towards West Pakistan. In order to induce further migration, Maulana Abdul Quddus Bihair, Chairman of the Bihar Relief Committee (Karachi) and also of the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Islam began propagating that there was a better scheme of land and flats to be given to them in Karachi by January 1947. Quddus presented the province of Sindh as a destination that offered openings for traders, cultivators, labourers, contractors, manufacturers, weavers and professionals, and therefore was the 'best substitute for Bihar'. National Book Trust, India – via Google Books. Bihar Through the Ages .

Adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Biharis Bihari Muslims are those adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Biharis . They are geographically native to the region comprising the Bihar state of India , although there are significantly large communities of Bihari Muslims living elsewhere in the Indian subcontinent due to the partition of India in 1947, which prompted the community to migrate en masse from Bihar to the dominion of Pakistan (both West Pakistan and East Pakistan ). Bihari Muslims make up a significant minority in Pakistan under the diverse community of Muhajirs ( lit. ' migrants ' ), and largely began arriving in the country following the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which led to the secession of East Pakistan from the Pakistani union as the independent state of Bangladesh . The majority of Bihari Muslims adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam and the adoption of the religion by Biharis traces back to the 14th century, when Afghan traders and Sufi missionaries began to arrive in the region a century prior to the Mughal conquest of India. There are also a significant minority of Biharis who adhere to the Shia branch of Islam, largely residing in Patna and Gopalpur in Siwan , tracing their religious descent to Shia Muslim settlers of distant Persian ancestry from Lucknow in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh , who arrived in the region during the 19th century. Abdul Kadir Khanzada, who represents Orangi Town in Pakistan's parliament, said he would like to welcome Nitish to his constituency, where a majority of over a million people have their roots in Bihar. According to local NGOs working for Bihari welfare, around 400,000 members of the community live in camps in Bangladesh. "Case of Bhojpuri and Hindi in Mauritius" . lexpress.mu. 27 July 2007. Muslim Politics in Bihar: Changing Contours . Others got attracted to the supposedly greener pastures in West Pakistan. Hence, in Karachi, a separate Bihari colony of construction labourers came into existence even before Pakistan was formally created. ... Moreover, some of the wealthier Biharis migrated towards West Pakistan. In order to induce further migration, Maulana Abdul Quddus Bihair, Chairman of the Bihar Relief Committee (Karachi) and also of the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Islam began propagating that there was a better scheme of land and flats to be given to them in Karachi by January 1947. Quddus presented the province of Sindh as a destination that offered openings for traders, cultivators, labourers, contractors, manufacturers, weavers and professionals, and therefore was the 'best substitute for Bihar'. National Book Trust, India – via Google Books. Bihar Through the Ages .