Islam in Bangladesh

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Islam is the largest and the state religion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. According to the 2022 census, Bangladesh had a population of about 150 million Muslims, or 91.04% of its total population of 165 million. Islam arrived in modern-day Bangladesh in the late 7th century, when Arab Muslims established commercial as well as religious connection in the region of Bengal, mainly through the coastal regions as traders and primarily via the ports of Chittagong. In the early 13th century, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji conquered Western and part of Northern Bengal, establishing the first Muslim kingdom in Bengal. During the 13th century, Sufi missionaries, mystics and saints began to preach Islam in villages. The Bengal region emerged as a supreme power of the medieval Islamic East. The Bengal Sultanate united Bengal on an ethno-linguistic platform, and the region reached in her golden age. Later on, Mughal Bengal became increasingly independent under the Nawabs in the 18th century...

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