What did Prophet Muhammad say about India?

Prophecy. In the Hadith collections, the prophet is reported to have said: "There are two groups of my Ummah whom Allah will free from the Fire: The group that invades India, and the group that will be with Isa ibn Maryam
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". "The Messenger of Allah promised that we would invade India.
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Is Muhammad mentioned in Vedas?

It is found in Sama Veda, II:6,8: Prophet Muhammad's other name was Ahmed (both are from root letters h, m and d), both words have the meaning the “praised one” except the latter emphasizes a higher degree to it. The Holy Qur'an states that Prophet 'Isa (Jesus, pbuh) mentioned the last Prophet's name as Ahmed.
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Who brought Islam in India?

The first great expansion of Islam into India came during the Umayyad Dynasty of caliphs, who were based in Damascus. In 711, the Umayyads appointed a young 17 year old man from Ta'if to extend Umayyad control into Sindh: Muhammad bin Qasim.
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How many Hindu convert to Islam every year?

8 lakh Hindus converted every year: VHP general secretary | India News - Times of India.
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Did Hinduism originate Islam?

Islam is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion, founded by Prophet Muhammad in the Middle East in the 7th century CE. Hinduism on the other hand is religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent in the pre-classical era (1500–500 BCE) and does not have a specific founder.
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Which religion is fastest growing in India?

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in India. Growth rate of Muslims has been consistently higher than the growth rate of Hindus, ever since the census data of independent India has been available. For example, during the 1991-2001 decade, Muslim growth rate was 29.5% (vs 19.9% for Hindus).
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In which country Hindu population is highest?

The Hindu population around the world as of 2020 is about 1.2 billion (making it the world's third-largest religion after Christianity and Islam), of which nearly around 1.1 billion Hindus live in India (making it the nation with the highest concentration of Hindus), as 94% of the world's Hindus live in this country.
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Who is Allah in Hinduism?

Both belief in the existence of an entirety supreme power, either called Brahman or Allah. Brahman is a metaphysical concept which is the single binding unity behind diversity in all that exists in the universe, while Allah is the Arabic word for God in Abrahamic religions.
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Where is Muhammad in the Bible?

The name of "Muhammad" is frequently mentioned verbatim in the Gospel of Barnabas, as in the following quote: Jesus answered: "The name of the Messiah is admirable, for God himself gave him the name when he had created his soul, and placed it in a celestial splendour.
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Is there any prophet in Hinduism?

Hinduism is a mystical religion that has no books and no prophets, but followers believe the Brahman as a creative power – everything comes from and goes back to Brahman.
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Is India mentioned in the Bible?

India is mentioned in Esther 1:1 and 8:9 as the eastern boundary of the Persian Empire under Ahasuerus (c. fifth century B.C.) and in 1 Maccabees 6:37 in a reference to the Indian mahouts of Antiochus's war elephants (second century B.C.). Otherwise there are no explicit references to India in the Old Testament.
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Which religion came first in the world?

Hinduism is the world's oldest religion, according to many scholars, with roots and customs dating back more than 4,000 years. Today, with about 900 million followers, Hinduism is the third-largest religion behind Christianity and Islam. Roughly 95 percent of the world's Hindus live in India.
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How many Muslims in India are crore?

For example, Hindus increased from 304 million (30.4 crore) to 966 million (96.6 crore), Muslims grew from 35 million (3.5 crore) to 172 million (17.2 crore), and the number of Indians who say they are Christian rose from 8 million (0.8 crore) to 28 million (2.8 crore).
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Which is the purest religion?

Hinduism. According to the principle scripture of Hinduism, the Bhagavad-gītā, truth is Krishna himself. This is confirmed by Vyasa as stated in the verse, Vyasa as stated in the verse, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute Truth.
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Is Hinduism declining in India?

States with declining Hindu population in India

The percentage of Hindu population in the state has decreased from 78.45% in 1951 to 70.54% in 2011.
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Which religion has most converts?

Barrett of Columbia University, and professor of global Christianity, historian George Thomas Kurian, and both are work on World Christian Encyclopedia, approximately 2.7 million converting to Christianity annually from another religion, World Christian Encyclopedia also cited that Christianity ranks at first place in ...
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Can Hindu read Quran?

No need for religious conversions in India as Hindus are free to read Quran or Bible, says Uma Bharti - The Hindu.
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Do Muslims celebrate Diwali?

Diwali is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Newar Buddhists, although for each faith it marks different historical events and stories, but nonetheless the festival represents the same symbolic victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.
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Who founded Hinduism?

An excellent reason can be given for this: Hinduism has no single, known founder. Nor is there a particular date for its “founding.” It seems to have emerged gradually, out of elements already discernible roughly 3,500 years ago.
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Which religion is most converted in India?

Religion in India
  • Religion in India is characterized by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. ...
  • According to the 2011 census, 79.8% of the population of India practices Hinduism, 14.2% adheres to Islam, 2.3% adheres to Christianity, 1.7% adheres to Sikhism, 0.7% adheres to Buddhism, and 0.4% adheres to Jainism.
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Can Hindu convert to Islam for marriage?

The Supreme Court, in the landmark case of Sarla Mudgal v Union of India, has expressly held that conversion to Islam only for the sake of solemnizing a second marriage without dissolution of the first valid Hindu marriage will not invalidate the first marriage. In fact, the second marriage will be invalid.
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