Syllabus of the Subject: Islam in Asia. Asian Muslim Businesspeople.
1- Introduction to Islam in Asia.
2- Islam in India.
- Azim Premji;
- Yusuf Hamied.
3- Islam in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi Muslim Businesspeople.
- Muhammad Yunus (Grameen Bank);
- Jahurul Islam;
- Samson H Chowdhury;
- Salman F Rahman.
4- Islam in Iran.
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard;
- Bonyads;
- Iranian Muslim Businesspeople.
5- Islam in Pakistan -
Pakistani Muslim Businesspeople.
- Shahid Khan;
- Saigol;
- Mian Muhammad Mansha;
- Dewan Farooqui.
6- Islam in Central Asia and China
- Islam in Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan;
- Muslim Businesspeople of Central Asia.
7- Islam in the ASEAN Region
- Islam in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei;
- ASEAN Muslim Businessman;
- Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno (Indonesia);
- Tan Sri Mokhtar (Malaysia);
- Case Study: Religious diversity in the ASEAN region: Strength or threat?.
Islam in Asia




Islam in Asia.
Islam is the main religion in Asia (25% of the Asian population), followed by Hinduism and Buddhism.
- Approximately the total number of Muslims in Asia
was 1,100 million people;
- 62% of the world's Muslims live in Asia;
- Indonesia, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh,
are the four countries with the largest Muslim populations in the World;
- In the Southeast Asia region (ASEAN), Islam is also the largest religion: 240 million Muslims (42% of the population);
- Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei (Southeast Asia) are Muslim Countries;
- In Malaysia and Brunei, Islam is the official religion, while in Indonesia Islam is the official religion along with five others;
- The vast majority of Muslims in the ASEAN Region belongs to Sunni Islam, the largest school of Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
is the Shafi;
- Islam penetrated in this region from the 9th century and is spread mainly through the trade.

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