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The Zikri Baluch are an offshoot of mainstream Islam that is concentrated in the Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. There are about 750,000 adherents in this group. Most Zikris live in Baluchistan, but a large number also live in the [...]

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Place: Nashik District, Indian State of Maharashtra
Population: 4 million
Christians: Less than 20,000 people, 0.5% (all denominations combined).
Muslims: 600,000 people, 6,7% (mostly city dwellers)

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The evolving world of Islamic universities has become a major challenge for Christians. The mission of Islamic education is to establish Quranic values and promote Islamic rule and influence worldwide through university community life and studies. The biographies of leading Muslim fundamentalist intellectuals have become essential reading for many students. Muslim academics are often [...]

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Firozabad is a significant city of approximately a half million people located 45 minutes east of Agra by car (the city where the Taj Mahal is located). Firozabad is still being researched for ministry purposes. No local congregation of Christians exists there at the present time. It appears that about half the population is Muslim. [...]

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The deep water port of Chittagong is Bangladesh’s second largest city. Hundreds of years ago Arab traders came to the port seeking silk and spices, and leaving behind the message of Islam. Today this shipping centre is also the cultural hub for the Chittagonian people group. Living in the area from Chittagong in the north [...]

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Population : Estimates are from 100,000 to 300,000
The most inaccessible of Afghan provinces, Nuristan forms the backbone of the Hindu Kush mountain range in north-east Afghanistan. 5,500m snow-capped mountain peaks are linked by deep valleys where stone, mud and wood houses compete for space on the mountain slopes. Nuristan (formerly Kafirstan) was the the [...]

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- Focus: Balkh and Mazari Sharif cities
Balkh province in northern Afghanistan lies on the borders of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan. The 1.6 million population of the province are dominated by Uzbeks and Tadjiks although there are significant Hazara and Pashtun minorities. Mazari, which means “noble shrine,” is the provincial capital with some 240,000 inhabitants. In [...]

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The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has a total population of 19 million, made up of mostly Buddhists. Muslims account for between seven and eight percent of the population. A revival of Islamic fundamentalism is occurring.

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