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
Female labor force in the Muslim world Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Somalia, and the United Arab Emirates. Shia Islam is the official religion of Iran, which is a theocracy. Some minority Islamic sects are official state religions as well.Ibadi, a minority school within Islam, is the official religion of Oman. Table 1: Selected Majority Muslim Countries Not all states in the Muslim World institutionalize a distinction between the sects of Islam. In Pakistan and Iraq, Islam as a faith, is recognized as the official religion. All sects or schools are included. In Egypt, freedom of religion is extended to the Abrahamic religions even though Sunni Islam