Islam is the religion of a majority of the Cham (also called Khmer Islam) and Malay minorities in Cambodia. According to Po Dharma, there were 150,000 to 200,000 Muslims in Cambodia as late as 1975. Persecution under the Khmer Rouge eroded their numbers, however, and by the late 1980s they probably had not regained their former strength. In 2009, the Pew Research Center estimated that 1.6% of the population, or 236,000 people were Muslims.[1] All of the Cham Muslims are Sunnis of the Shafi’i school. There is also a growing Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Cambodia. Po Dharma divides the Muslim Cham in Cambodia into a traditionalist branch and an orthodox branch. read more
The picture below shows Cambodia in relation to Thailand and Vietnam, click on the picture to enlarge it:
I had the honor to lay the foundation stone of Ahmadiyyat in Cambodia. I was Amir of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Thailand from 1989 to 1999, during that time the Khalifa of our community requested me to arrange ‘branching out’ to Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. The efforts in Cambodia proved most successful. Alhamdolillah.,
Combodia most successful mor than Thailand. Alhamdulinlah
Wonderful. You have had so many different hats. Some day when you get a chance, please share with us the details of your earliest readings of the Holy Quran as a teen-ager.
Do we have community in Vietnam? or Headquarter?
Yes, since about 1995
Do we have jamat in Laos?
Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam: yes, Laos I think not yet
AA. Is there any Jamaat mission/mosque in Vietnam. If yes, please i need the address and contact numbers. JazakAllah.
Please ask Maulana Hasan Basri “Hassan Basri” for the address. He has connections there. hbarnica7@gmail.com
JazakAllah. I just mailed at this address but email returned to me with error that this email address doesn’t exist. Possibly due to typo in address or He has changed his email address.
Try Ibnu Muhiyiddin
in Bangkok
+66 64 958 2779 whatsup should be working.
or facebook messenger.
you can refer to me.
That’s so nice to know
What attracted people of these countries to convert
Dr Ahmad
Well, two points really: One is that the ‘local’ Muslims are a bit ‘lost’ and their knowledge of true Islam limited. And secondly, well, the Ahmadiyya Interpretation of some points is just simply more logical. For instance that Jesus did not die on the cross and walked all the way to Kashmir (or may be sat on a horse or camel) sounds a long way 2000 years ago. On the other hand ‘up into the sky’ and ‘coming back with the same body’ is even a bit further …
Rafiq sahib r u from Pakistan originally?
Its my dream to go to a country where so far jamat does not exist and plant its seeds there
Dr ahmad
Switzerland
Its my dream to go to a country where so far jamat does not exist and then plant its seeds
Dr Ahmad
Well, you have to hurry, not that many countries left!