Maldives Religion

The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia. The people of the Maldives follow Islam religion. This article contains complete details about the Maldives religion that how Islam introduced in the Maldives and how people live with Islam religion in the Maldives.

Maldives Religion: Islam

Islam is the religion of the Maldives and those who practice it are called Muslims. All Maldivians are Muslims of the Sunni sect, as opposed to the Shi’ite sect. There are no other religions or sects present or permitted in the country.

To better know about the history of Islam in the Maldives, it is important to know the history of Hinduism and Buddhism. Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world. Hinduism emerged in Indus Valley (ancient India). Buddhism also emerged in India (ancient India) during the 4th to 6th century and spread across the various north-east Asin countries like Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Tibet, Thailand.

In the Maldives people also started to follow Hinduism from the 6th century to the 12th century. After the long Buddhist period of Maldivian history, Muslim traders introduced Islam. Maldivians converted to Islam by the mid-12th century. In the 12th century, an Arab Sunni Muslim Abu al-Barakat Yusuf al-Barbari sailing from Morocco reached to the Maldives and introduced Islam in the country. Soon the country got converted into Islam and people started to follow Islam religion.

People Lifes with Islam in the Maldives

The whole country follows the Islam religion. In the Maldives, Muslims are called Sunni Muslims. Here people's life is different in compersion to other Islamic countries for example in the Maldives it is not necessary for women to bear Burkha ( a special costume to bear which covers most parts of the body while going out). 

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