This chapter aims to answer the question, how have Asian Muslims transformed the religious geography of East Africa over the past two centuries? The history of Asian Muslims in East Africa is one of transition from traditional Indic religions to modern Islam through colonization. It organizes sequentially, beginning with current scholarship, continuing on to mapping the demographics of the communities differentiated by creed and caste, highlighting the discontinuities of the postcolonial experience. The chapter assesses the legacy and extrapolating future trajectories based on past experiences. The majority of scholarship in English on Asians in East Africa develops during the period of decolonization and after the 1972 Asian expulsion from Uganda. Caste membership was the historical determinant for communal success in East Africa. Muslim Asians can be divided into five regional and three sectarian categories: Balochi, Konkani, Punjabi, Sindhi, and Gujarati as well as Sunni, Shia, and Ah madiyya.
