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The '''Momin''', sometimes referred to as '''Momna''', '''Mumna''' or '''Momina''', are a [[Muslim]] community found in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]].<ref name="people">''People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Two'', edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen, pages 965-971</ref>

==History and origin==
Momin (Momna) is a major caste of Gujarat Muslims.<ref name="people"></ref> All of the Momnas or Momans (from {{lang-ar|مؤمن|muʾmin|lit=believer}}) were originally followers of the [[Satpanth|Satpanthi]] Ismaili tradition of the fifteenth-century [[Isma'ilism|Ismaili]] [[Shia Islam|Shi‘i]] dignitary Imam al-Din, or Imamshah. However, during the reign of the [[Aurangzeb|Mughal Emperor Aurengzeb]], the Ismaili Momnas were heavily persecuted and were forced to practice [[Taqiya|pious circumspection (''taqiyyah'')]], outwardly adhering to other traditions within Islam. Over time, many Momnas lost contact with their original faith. Presently, the Momnas who adhere to Ismailism are known as “the Momnas of the old faith” (''junā'' ''dharma nā moman''), while those who were converted to Sunni Islam are known as “the Momnas of the new faith” (''navā dharma nā moman'').<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Virani|first=Shafique N.|title=Taqiyya and Identity in a South Asian Community|url=https://www.academia.edu/36996009/Taqiyya_and_Identity_in_a_South_Asian_Community|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=70|issue=01|pages=99–139|doi=10.1017/S0021911810002974|issn=0021-9118}}</ref>

==Present circumstances==

The Momna are now divided into three endogamous groups, the [[Shia]] Momna found in Mehsana District, [[Ahmedabad]] city, and the [[taluka]]s of [[Dholka Taluka|Dholka]] and Dhandhuka of [[Ahmedabad district|Ahmadabad District]], the [[Sunni]] Momna who re-concentrated in fifty four villages of [[Wankaner]] and Morbi [[taluka]]s of [[Rajkot District]], also nine villages (Momin Navgam Sunni Jamat) of Sanand Taluka of Ahmedabad district and the [[Wahabi]] Momna of Mehsana and [[Banaskantha District]]s. Their mother tongue is [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. In addition to the three divisions, the Momna community are also divided into a number of clans, the main ones being the Kadivar, Bhoraniya, Aghariya, Aathiya, Shersia, Khorzia, Wankaneri, Paradha, Badi, Serasia, Vakalya, Dholkhawalia, Godhrawalia, Kapadia, Charoliya, Dekavadia, Vadaviya, Bavara, Mathakiya and Chaudhary, all of equal status. Their main occupation is farming, while many urban Momna are involved with weaving. Like other [[Gujarati Muslim]]s, the Momna have a caste association, the Momin Jamat.<ref name="people"></ref>

==References==
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