page_title: Islam in India
section_title: Muslim institutes
hierarchical_section_title: Islam in India / Muslim institutes
caption_attribution_description: English: Aligarh University's Victoria gate.
context_page_description: Islam is the second-largest religion in India, with 14.2% of the country's population or approx. 172 million people identifying as adherents of Islam. It makes India the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries. The majority of Indian Muslims belong to Sunni sect of Islam while the Shia form a sizeable minority.
  Islam in India existed in communities along the Arab coastal trade routes in Gujarat, Kerala, and Bengal as soon as the religion originated and had gained early acceptance in the Arabian Peninsula, though the first incursion through sea by the new Muslim successor states of the Arab World occurred around 636 CE or 643 AD, during the Rashidun Caliphate, long before any Arab army reached the frontier of India by land. The Barwada Mosque in Ghogha, Gujarat built before 623 CE, Cheraman Juma Mosque in Methala, Kerala and Palaiya Jumma Palli in Kilakarai, Tamil Nadu are three of the first mosques in India which were built by seafaring Arab Merchants. Islam arrived in North India in the 12th century via the Ghurids conquest and has since become a part of India's religious and cultural heritage.
context_section_description: There are several well established Muslim institutions in India. Here is a list of reputed institutions established by Muslims in India.
caption: Aligarh Muslim University
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