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 Hussaini Dalan, the largest Imambara and Shi'ite mosque in Bangladesh | |
| Total population | |
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| approx. 2,972,000 (2011 estimate)[needs update] | |
| Religions | |
| Shia Islam (mainly Twelver, Dawoodi Bohra & Nizari Ismaili) | |
| Languages | |
| Bengali and Urdu (by the Bihari Muslim community) |
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Shia Muslims are a minority in Bangladesh, with roughly 2% of the population being Shia.[1][needs update] Many Bangladeshi Shi'a Muslims belong to the Bihari community. Even though there are only small numbers of Shi'as, the observance commemorating the martyrdom of Ali's sons, Hasan and Husayn, are still widely observed by the nation's Sunni community; highlighting the historical influence that the Shi'ites had in Bengal.[2][self-published source?]
- ^ "Chapter 1: Religious Affiliation". The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity. Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "Islam in Bangladesh". OurBangla. Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-14.