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Religion in Lahore. It is estimated that the city of Lahore, Pakistan, has a Muslim majority with 94.7% and Christian minority constitute 5.1% of the population and rest Sikhs and Hindus constitute the remaining 0.2%. There is also a small but longstanding Zoroastrian community. [ 1]
Khawaja Nazimuddin, Pakistan's second Prime Minister, argued against equal rights for all citizens in an Islamic state. [23] However, The Constitution of Pakistan establishes Islam as the state religion, [24] and provides that all citizens have the right to profess, practice and propagate their religion subject to law, public order, and morality. [25]
Badshahi Mosque. / 31.58806°N 74.30944°E / 31.58806; 74.30944. The Badshahi Mosque Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد, romanized : Bādshāhī Masjid) is a Mughal-era imperial mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [ 1][ 2] It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of Aurangzeb, opposite of the Lahore Fort on the ...
Lahore ( / ləˈhɔːr / lə-HOR; Punjabi: لہور [lɔː˩˥ɾ]; Urdu: لاہور [laːˈɦɔːɾ] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the second largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 26th largest in the world, with a population of over 13 million. [ 10] Located in north-eastern Punjab along ...
Islam by country. Islam is the largest and the state religion of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan has over 236 Million adherents of Islam (including the administrative territory of Azad Kashmir [ 6] and Gilgit Baltistan [ 7] ). [ 8][ 9] As much as 90% of the population follows Sunni Islam.
Photograph of a Sikh health worker of the Karachi Plague Committee in Old Town, Karachi, by R. Jalbhoy, 1897 Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore. Prior to independence in 1947, 2 million Sikhs resided in the present day Pakistan and were spread all across Northern Pakistan, specifically the Punjab region and played an important role in its economy as farmers, businessmen, and traders.
Plutarch as well as many other scholars suggest that Jainism was the most ancient and original religion in Punjab.Lahore was the cultural centre of Jainism. A book written by Plutarch, Life of Alexander talks about the encounters between Alexander the Great and digambara Jain saints called gymnosophists. [5]
Origins of Lahore. Rama fighting Lava and Kusha. A Hindu legend based on oral traditions holds that Lahore, known in ancient times as Nokhar (City of Lava in Sanskrit ), [1] was founded by Prince Lava, [2] the son of the goddess Sita and Rama; Kasur was founded by his twin brother Prince Kusha. [3] To this day, Lahore Fort has a vacant Lava ...