Prayer times in Bhutan

Bhutan has a very small Muslim community estimated at less than 0.2 percent of the population, numbering perhaps a few hundred to a thousand individuals in a country whose state religion is Vajrayana Buddhism. The community is composed predominantly of Indian Muslim traders and laborers, mostly of Bihari and West Bengali origin, who reside in the southern border districts and in Thimphu under work-permit and residency arrangements; a small number of ethnic Lhotshampa Muslims of Nepalese origin remain after the 1990s displacement. There is no purpose-built mosque in the country, and Friday prayers when held are typically conducted in private spaces or in adjacent Indian border towns such as Phuentsholing. There is no state Islamic authority, and Bhutan has historically maintained tight controls on non-Buddhist proselytization. eSalah uses the Karachi method as the default for Bhutan, consistent with neighboring Indian and Bangladeshi Hanafi practice. The community has no Islamic school operating within the country, and most religious life-cycle events are conducted across the border.