What does the word aboriginal mean? Who are the aboriginals? Where did they live? Were these people exposed to Islam? The concept of being aboriginal means the original people, people who have been living somewhere for thousands of years, as opposed to migrating. It was in the colonial period, when they subjugated the locals, where we get the idea of indigenous or aboriginal people. When Islam went out, of course it was touching the aboriginal people all over the world. And to this day, indigenous people still embrace Islam. Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick answers. FaithIQ is a video library of answers to everyday, contemporary Islamic questions. You can browse the most commonly asked (research-based) questions to get straight-to-the-point answers directly from qualified scholars and teachers. https://www.faithiq.org