The Kazakh culture differs in several ways from the Mongol culture. Traditionally the Mongolian Kazakhs are Sunni Muslims whereas the rest of the population are associated with Tibetan Buddhism. In daily life, Islam actually only plays a minor part. Many miracles have been happening in Mongolia.
South Asians from largely Hindu and Muslim backgrounds make up 51% of the population of Guyana. The first Muslims to Guyana were probably Fulanis from Africa. Most are Sunni Muslims attending over 125 mosques.
The Aimaq are largely illiterate Sunni Muslims, yet the veneration of deceased Muslim holy men is significant. Many are in Afghanistan and Iran. Tribalism dominates so much that local customs and concepts of honour and shame are more important than Islamic or state law. Disputes tend to be settled by tribal rather than by government authorities.
The Zikri Baluch are an offshoot of mainstream Islam that is concentrated in the Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. Their practices are based around the teachings of Syed Mohammad Jaunpuri, a 15th century and South Asian Islamic Messiah figure (Mahdi). In religious practice, the Zikris differ greatly from mainstream Muslims.
Many Christians in Kuwait believe that the Lord has called them to be a lighthouse showing the way to God to the surrounding nations. Some pastors say the Lord reminds them to be a Bethlehem – where salvation came to the world.
Saharanpur (140km north of Delhi) is a city of almost one million people in the overcrowded Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city is famous for its large Muslim community (approximately 45 per cent of the population) and its hand-carved wooden handicrafts.
The Muslims of Rajasthan are subdivided into a number of different groups relating to ancestry and even caste; like many other Muslims in South Asia, they have retained caste distinctions and occasionally even ceremonies from their Hindu forebears.
Many Muslims in Mysore follow Sufi traditions, including visiting the tombs of Muslim saints, mystically praising Allah through songs, and focusing on attaining unity with Allah through meditation, chanting, and music.
Prompted by the destruction of major a mosque in north India, riots between Muslims and Hindus exploded in 1992/1993. Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, was the epicenter of the riots in Mumbai, then still known as Bombay.
Barring those in trading communities, most Muslims in Maharashtra, India are poor artisans or landless labourers. There has been and still is considerable migration to industrial towns in search of jobs. Maharashtra's capital city, Mumbai (Bombay), is projected to become the largest city in the world by 2025 (its present population is 17.5 million). It has numerous Muslim communities from both branches of Islam - about one-third are Shiite Muslim and two-thirds are Sunni Muslim. Just three hours southeast of Mumbai by car is the city of Pune. Called the "Oxford of India", Pune has over 200 colleges and universities, attracting many Muslim students from all over Asia and the Middle East.
