Islam in Assam Assam. A majority of the Assam Muslims are agrarian in nature and depend on agriculture for their subsistence. Islam in Assam Islam is the second largest majority religion in Assam. Islam is also fastest growing religion in Assam according to 2011 census report. According to the 2011 census, the popalation of Assam is roughly 31,169,272 out of which there were 10,679,345 Muslims in the Indian state of Assam, forming over 34.22% of its population. Muslims are majority in almost 9 districts of Assam according to 2011 census. Muslims first came to Assam in the early 13th century, when Muhammad bin
Prophecy (Shia Islam) Prophecy (Shia Islam) In Islam, prophecy (, "nubuwwah") is the principle that God has appointed exemplary individuals, i.e. prophets and messengers to communicate His guidance to humanity. This is one of the five principles of the Twelver Principles of Religion. According to Henry Corbin, the oldest traditions that form the basis of Islamic prophetology come from the teachings of the Shia Imams, and Shia milieu was propitious for the rise, study and development of this scholastic field. He holds that "divine science" is not an ordinary science, impossible to communicate in the conventional manner, except by a prophet. The circumstances