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There are many Hindus in Arab states, many due to the migration of Indians and Nepalese workers to the oil-rich states around the Persian Gulf. Hindu temples have been built in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Oman. Millions of Indian diaspora, of different religions, reside and work in the Arab countries. The estimated figures for the Hindu population in 2010, among some Arab countries was as follows, according to Pew Research Center:〔(Table: Religious Composition by Country, in Numbers ) Pew Research Center, Washington D.C. (December 2012)〕 * United Arab Emirates 490,000 * Saudi Arabia 390,000 * Kuwait 300,000 * Qatar 240,000 * Oman 150,000 * Yemen 150,000 * Bahrain 120,000 * Total: 1.84 million The number of Hindus in other Arab countries, including the countries of the Levant and North Africa, is thought to be negligible, though Libya has an Indo Nepalese community of about 10,000〔("Indian Community in Libya" ) (archived link)〕 individuals (in 2007), many of whom are likely to be Hindu. It is not known whether any Hindu temples exist in these countries. (See Hinduism by country for the sources of these figures, which may need to be adjusted.) == Historical background == Indian settlers came in Oman making settlements for practising Hinduism. Arab sailors were using the southwest monsoon winds to trade with western Indian ports before the first century CE. An Arab army conquered Sindh in 711 and Arab traders settled in Kerala in the 8th century. In the opposite direction, medieval Gujaratis and other Indians traded extensively with Arab and Somali ports, including Ormuz, Socotra, Mogadishu, Merca, Barawa, Hobyo and Aden. Arab merchants were the dominant carriers of Indian Ocean trade until the Portuguese forcibly supplanted them at the end of the 15th century. Indo-Arabian links were renewed under the British Empire, when many Indians serving in the army or civil service were stationed in Arab lands such as Sudan. The current wave of Indian immigration to the Arab states of the Persian Gulf dates roughly to the 1960s. Hinduism is also one of the fastest growing religions in the Middle East.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hinduism in the Middle East - LookLex Encyclopaedia )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Hindu Diaspora In The Middle East )〕 Mainly by immigration from the Indian Subcontinent. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hinduism in Arab states」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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