Goan Muslims
Moir,
Mouro | |
|---|---|
 Safa Masjid, Goa | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Goa, especially Ponda, Bicholim, Sanguem, Quepem, Vasco da Gama | |
| Languages | |
| Konkani, Urdu, Dakhini | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Goans, Nawayath, Konkani Muslims |
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rels. Replace with religions.The Goan Muslims are a minority community who follow Islam in the Indian coastal state of Goa, some are also present in the union territory of Damaon, Diu & Silvassa. They are native to Goa, unlike recent Muslim migrants from mainland India, and are commonly referred to as Moir by Goans in Goan Konkani.[a] Moir is derived from the Portuguese word Mouro. The Portuguese called them Mouros because they (and the Spaniards) were in contact with the Moors, people of predominantly Muslim Maghreb country, who had conquered and colonised the Iberian peninsula for centuries.