Sects
The vast majority of Oriya Muslims are Sunni Muslims belonging to the Hanafi school. Majority of the Muslims are concentrated in the townships of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kendrapara and Bhadrak. The Sunnis are divided between the Deobandi and Barelvi sub-sects. The prominent Muslim families of Odisha include the Muftis and Qazis of Jajpur and Cuttack District, who have Arab heritage, the Syeds of Cuttack and the Mullahs of Dharamshala (of Pashtun descent). The Ahmadiya community, considered heretical by mainstream Muslims also has some presence, mainly in Kerang of Khurda District.
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