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what is the country with the largest
muslim population in the entire world
saudi arabia pakistan egypt or nigeria
well none of them the correct answer is
indonesia
islam is the religion in indonesia with
most adherents
with 87.2 percent of indonesian
population
identifying themselves as muslim in a
2010 survey
indonesia has the largest muslim
population in the world
with approximately 220 million muslims
but looking at the world map and knowing
that islam started in arabia in the 7th
century
from where it expanded to more people
especially in continental north africa
and southwestern asia a question just
popped up
how did islam reach this archipelago
how did these away islands become muslim
we are muslim conquests following
muhammad's death led to the creation of
the caliphates
these empires expanded quickly and
occupied enormous geographical areas
occupying more and more land the
conversion to islam was boosted by
missionary
activities particularly those of imams
they told the religious teachings to the
local people
due to the rapid military expansion the
new religion
expanded too and the new conquered
territories
these early dynasties focused on
spreading the new religion
but also they focused on research
economics and trading
during the islamic golden age more and
more people converted to this religion
including crowned heads nobles but also
trades and merchants
this resulted in rapid spreading towards
the indian and atlantic oceans
islam influence first came to be felt in
the indian subcontinent
during the early 7th century with the
advent of arab traders
arab traders used to visit the malabar
region
which was a link between them and the
ports of southeast
asia to trade even before islam had been
established in arabia
the arab merchants and traders became
the carriers of the new religion
and they propagated it wherever they
went it was however the subsequent
expansion of the muslim conquest
in the indian subcontinent over the next
millennia that established islam in the
region
muslim missionaries played a key role in
the spread of islam in asia
some missionaries even assuming roles as
merchants
they were sent across asia in all
directions under various titles
often as traitors the missionaries were
instructed to speak to their potential
converts and their own language
even before islam was established
amongst indonesian communities
muslim sailors and traders had often
visited the shores of modern indonesia
most of these early sailors and
merchants arrived from the abbasid
caliphates
newly established ports of basra and
dabal the territory was
rich in spices exotic fruits and other
goods
there is evidence of arab muslim traders
entering indonesia as early as the 8th
century
but it was not until the 12th or 13th
century that the spread of islam started
then expanded even more due to the
adoption by the local rulers and elites
the missionaries came from many
territories and regions
some came here from india and later from
the southern arabian peninsula
it is believed that around the 13th
century the religion began to emerge on
the northern coast of sumatra
after this islam was further spread by
sufi orders
and finally consolidated by the
expansion of the territories
of converted rulers and their
communities
not knowing a certain date when the
conversion started and having no clear
indication of when
islam first came to the region we may
consider the start around
11th or 12th centuries the first muslim
gravestone markings date
to 1082 also when marco polo visited the
area
in 1292 he noted that the urban port
state of perlac
was muslim the first evidence of a
muslim dynasty in the gravestone
dated 1297 of sultan malik al-saleh
the first muslim ruler of the
samaja-pasay sultanate
chinese sources record the presence of a
muslim delegation
to the emperor from the kingdom of
samudra in 1282
the spread of islam generally followed
the trade routes east
through the primarily buddhist region
and half a century later
in the malaccas we see the first dynasty
arise
in the form of the sultanate of melaka
at the far end of the archipelago
formed by the conversion of one shah
into a muslim
and the adoption of the name muhammad
iskandar shah
the spread of islam among the ruling
class was precipitated as muslim traders
married the local women
with some of the wealthier traders
marrying into the families of the ruling
elite
indonesian people as local rulers and
royalty began to adopt it
and subsequently their subjects mirrored
their conversion
the expansion accelerated in the 15th
century
as the military power of malacca
sultanate in the malay peninsula
and other islamic sultanates dominated
the region
aided by episodes of muslim coup
wars in superior control of maritime
trading
and ultimate markets by the 14th century
islam had been established in northeast
malaya
brunei the southwestern philippines and
among some courts of coastal east
and central java the 15th century saw
the decline of hindu javanese majapahit
empire as muslim traders from arabia
india
sumatra and the malay peninsula and also
china began to dominate the regional
trade
that once controlled the javanese
majapahit traders
chinese ming dynasty provided systematic
support to malacca
ming chinese zhang's voyages is credited
for creating chinese muslim settlement
in palambang and north coast of java
malacca actively encouraged the
conversion to islam in the region
while ming fleet activity established
chinese malay
muslim community in northeast coastal
java
thus created a permanent opposition to
the hindus of java
the expeditions had established muslim
chinese
arab and malay communities in northern
ports of java
dominant muslim kingdoms were more and
more present in the archipelago
hindu's historical inhabitants were
animists
hindus and buddhists and in time many of
them
accepted the new religion because muslim
merchants and traders
disseminated islamic teachings while
trading with local population
and their teachings encouraged
proselytizing religion
hindus and buddhists don't generally
proselytize
and islam is a monotheistic belief
system and it doesn't allow its
followers to believe in another god
being a muslim created more privileges
benefits and favorable terms for the
local people
than being a non-muslim some people
needed safety and certainty
so they chose to declare themselves as
muslims because
islam made an appearance in southeast
asia through trade with people of south
arabia
and indian suffice the transition was
made more peacefully than in the middle
east
or north africa where existed conflicts
in indonesia the process was slower but
was created differently through
merchants elites and nobles the presence
of monarchy made it easier for the
religion to spread among the commoners
just as the presence of christianity in
the monarchy made it easier for the
religion to spread in european kingdoms
meanwhile in java island the great hindu
majapahit empire was collapsing
some of these new kingdoms were
supported by ming china through
assimilation related to trade
royal conversions and conquest islam had
supplanted
hinduism and buddhism as the dominant
religion of java
and sumatra by the end of the 16th
century
but many cultural and religious habits
from the hindu buddhist era
were mostly tolerated and even
incorporated into islamic rituals
islam didn't obliterate the pre-existing
culture
rather it incorporated and embedded the
local customs
and non-islamic elements among rules
in part the strong presence of sufism
has been considered a major enabler
of the syncretism between islam and
other religions
when europeans came they brought
christianity to the muslim majority
but not so many converted probably due
to the fact that in that time
already the accent wasn't put on
religion as much as in the 12th or 13th
centuries
but this is another discussion indonesia
is a big country
with more than 250 million people from
different cultures and ethnicities
across thousands of islands from a
religious point of view
indonesia is not ruled by a single law
because more than 80 percent of the
population are muslims
indonesia can be called as one of the
muslim countries in the world
but indonesia is not a traditional
islamic one
their constitution does not specifically
base on their religion
and also it contains many values
universal ones which are also available
in islam
as well as in other religions formulated
into what is known as panca sila
the five philosophical pillars of the
country
oh marshall that's really really
interesting um
i like you know everything he said but
one point where he said that
uh the traders were basically
people who were like imams or they were
dying
they were supposed to give dawah and
they were sent
as traders i think from what i know with
my
limited knowledge i could be incorrect
is that the muslim traders that went to
indonesia as well as india and other
places
they were the honest traders and that's
why people used to question
why is it for example that you guys deal
with honesty
uh where other traders that might come
from other parts of the world
uh they don't and that's when you know
the muslim trader would say
well this is because of my religion and
this is what i believe and that's what
people um
basically respected and because of that
they converted to islam so there was no
fighting as you know some people would
say that islam was spread
with a sword which is not true was
actually
people being honest with their dealing
with other people
and that's the best way that others
learned about the religion and then they
converted to islam but subhanallah is
truly amazing to see you know how it all
started starting from saudi arabia
and then slowly moved towards pakistan
india and then over to
indonesia and china and now masala
indonesia is one of
the biggest muslim countries in the
world and you know that that's a
big thing because if we all practice
islam
and are basically muslim 24 7 with all
our dealings
other people would basically see that
and based on that they will
want to learn about islam we don't even
have to give them dawah
our actions could be dawah so truly
amazing thank you very much
guys for suggesting this loved it
because now i learned a couple more
things
about history and how indonesia became a
muslim country
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