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The majority of the Pakistani Muslims belong to Sunni Islam. Muslims belong to different schools which are called Madhahib (singular: Madhhab) i.e., schools of jurisprudence (also 'Maktab-e-Fikr' (School of Thought) in Urdu ).) Estimates on the Sunni population in Pakistan range from 85% to 90%.
Site area. 130,000 m 2; 1,400,000 sq ft. The Faisal Mosque ( Urdu: فیصل مسجد, romanized : faisal masjid) is the national mosque of Pakistan, located in the capital city, Islamabad. [1] [2] It is the fifth-largest mosque in the world, the largest mosque outside the Middle East, and the largest within South Asia, located on the foothills ...
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre.
Jamaat-e-Islami ( Urdu: جماعتِ اسلامی, English: Islamic Party; abbreviated JI ), or Jamaat as it is commonly known, is an Islamist political party based in Pakistan and founded by Abul Ala Maududi . It is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was founded in colonial India in 1941. [9] Its objective is the transformation ...
Syed Munawar Hasan, former Chairman of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, law professor, Sufi Islamic scholar and founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran. Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi, religious scholar, founder of Jamaa'at-e-Ahle Sunnat. Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, religious Quranic scholar, founder of Talu-e-Islam.
It is the largest decision-oriented intergovernmental organization that holds conferences every year called Islamic Summit pertaining to the issues concerning Muslim nations and the OIC's agenda. The 48th summit is scheduled to be held in Islamabad , Pakistan on 22 March 2022.
Islamabad (/ ɪ z ˈ l ɑː m ə b æ d /; Urdu: اسلامآباد, romanized: Islāmābād, listen ⓘ; transl. 'City of Islam') is the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city with a population of over 1.2 million people [5] [9] and is federally administered by the Pakistani government ...
The official religion of Pakistan is Islam, as enshrined by Article 2 of the Constitution, and is practised by approximately 96.47% of the country's population. [1] [7] The remaining 3.53% practice Hinduism, Christianity, Ahmadiyya Islam (considered non-Muslims by the Pakistani constitution), [8] Sikhism and other religions.