Islam in Nepal
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Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
is a minority religion in Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
. According to the 2001 Nepal census
2001 Nepal census
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2001 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each district of the country...
, 4.27% of the population are Muslim.
Islam is thought to have been introduced by Indian Muslims
Islam in India
Islam is the second-most practiced religion in the Republic of India after Hinduism, with more than 13.4% of the country's population ....
settling in Nepal.