Islam in Bangladesh Islam in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a Muslim majority nation and Islam is official religion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Islam is the largest religion of Bangladesh, the Muslim population is approximately 148.5 million, which is the third largest Muslim population in the world (after Indonesia and Pakistan), constituting 90% of the total population as of 2015. Religion has always been a strong part of identity, but this has varied at different times. Bangladesh although a developing country is one of the few secular Muslim majority countries in the world. Islam was introduced to Bengal in at least 7th-8th century
Ahmadiyya by country Ahmadiyya by country Ahmadiyya is an Islamic religious movement originating in 1889 in northern India around the teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who claimed to have been divinely appointed as both the promised Mahdi and Messiah expected by Muslims to appear towards the end times. According to the "World Christian Encyclopedia", the Ahmadiyya movement is the fastest growing Islamic group as of the early 21st century. The country with the largest Ahmadiyya population is Pakistan, with an estimated 4 million Ahmadi Muslims. Excluding small nations, the country with the largest proportion of Ahmadi Muslims to the wider Muslim population