Islam was introduced to India by conquest and grew through the successful efforts of Muslim missionaries and high birth rates. Today India is the second largest Muslim nation in the world.

Education in Afghanistan has been severely eroded by more than two decades of war and five years of Taliban rule, during which girls over 8 were barred from school and boys were mostly taught about Islam.

Dhaka’s major waterfront called “Sadarghat” is on the bank of the river Buriganga in Bangladesh. This bustling waterfront reflects Bangladesh’s varied and widespread river traffic. It is crowded with all kinds of river craft, from minuscule boats to steamers and fishing boats.

... the current armed secessionist movement in Kashmir mostly derives its inspiration from these people. Their objective of ethnic cleansing is to create a minority-free Kashmir valley...

Only a few Maldivian people have come to faith in Christ in recent years, and some have suffered imprisonment and torture. Yet, owing to the importance of the tourism industry, Christians may still have an inroad for the gospel. Portions of the New Testament exist in the local language, Dhivehi. Gospel radio programmes have been broadcast since 1998 despite all efforts to stop them. In the 1990s the government cracked down on non-Islamic religions.

God continues to work among the Musalmaans of Nepal, even during the recent years of escalating Maoist hostility, the massacre of the Nepali royal family and political instability. Christians ministering to Muslims in Nepal face daily challenges.

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has a total population of 19 million, made up of mostly Buddhists. Muslims account for between seven and eight percent of the population. A revival of Islamic fundamentalism is occurring.

Yet despite of the growing influence of fundamentalism, Pakistanis today, especially the educated, are more open to consider other options than at any time since the formation of the country. Revival is happening in some parts of Pakistan.

More than one million economically marginalised Muslims live in Ahmedabad, India. Often jobless or underemployed and unable to return to their villages, many live on by sheer force of will power.

Compared to their Pashto-speaking relatives, Hindko speakers are know for being gentle and peace-loving. They even tend to be more open-minded than their neighbours