Originally posted by: ummesulaiman
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@ bold: I don't agree..I've seen it done in Data Darbar in Lahore Pakistan...and other places too.
I think too much is being made out of this...I mean they didn't show any of the characters praying to the saint...just coming there to seek solace.
Totally agree with you.
My bangladeshi friends say it happen in bangladesh too.
Indoneshia also have sufi influence.
And barelvi sufi influenced sunni group are makes majority of muslim population in india,pakistan & bangladesh.
Its also a cultural thing of south asian and south east asian muslims.
Arab muslims makes up 240 million or 15% of world's 1.6 billion muslim population.
Muslims of india,pakistan,bangladesh,indoneshia together makes up 750 millon or 46% of world muslim population.
Even a indian district named murshidabad has 4.7 million muslim which alone is more than the muslim population of arab country like qatar.