Punjabi Muslims
Punjabi Muslims ( ) are adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis. They are geographically native to the Punjab region of Pakistan. Forming the majority of the Punjabi ethnicity, Punjabi Muslims speak or identify the Punjabi language (under a Perso-Arabic script known as Shahmukhi) as a mother tongue. With a population of more than 90 million, they are the largest ethnic group in Pakistan and the world's third-largest Islam-adhering ethnicity after Arabs and Bengalis. The majority of Punjabi Muslims are adherents of Sunni Islam, while a minority adhere to Shia Islam and other sects, including the Ahmadiyya community which originated in Punjab during British colonial rule.

While the majority of Punjabi Muslims are concentrated in Pakistani Punjab, they have a significant worldwide diaspora, with the largest community located in the United Kingdom and other expatriate communities present throughout the Middle East and North America.

The coalescence of the various tribes of the Punjab region into a broader common "Punjabi" identity initiated from the onset of the 18th century. Prior to this era, the sense and perception of a common "Punjabi" ethnocultural identity and community did not exist, even though the majority of the various communities of the region had long shared linguistic, cultural and racial commonalities.
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