Shia And Sunni Population In World Map
Shia and sunni population in world map
Shias are around 20 of the world muslim population. Click on the map for a very large scan.
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Iran iraq azerbaijan and bahrain have a. Most shias between 68 and 80 live in just four countries. Around 5 20 of afghanistan less than 1 of the muslims in nigeria and around 1 of population of tajikistan are shia shias are about 5 to 10 percent of the entire muslim world. Map of sunni and shia areas map of sunni and shia muslim countries sunni and shia islam maps are the kurds sunni or shite schism and division sunni and shia islam haslingden high mapping the global muslim population mohammed and islam baghdad before after 2006 2007 sectarian violence brilliant maps why shiite expansion will be short lived the gulf 2000 project sipa columbia university 40 maps that explain the middle east 5 maps that explain the modern middle east this just became the.
Sunnis have different beliefs from shi ites followers of shia islam. Sunni is the largest sect of islam and is a religion that is followed by as many as 90 of the 1 5 billion muslims around the world. Another big difference. The members of al badr and al shams the jihadi militias set up by pakistan armed forces to crush the bengali fighters were recruited from jamaat i islami and followed wahhabist form of islam preached by followers of syed ahmad barelvi and shah ismael dihlavi.
People that follow this branch of islam are known as sunnites or sunnis. The global distribution of sunni and shia muslims. Shia are also in the majority in iraq and bahrain. The shia constitute around 30 of kuwait 45 of the muslim population in lebanon 15 of saudi arabia 12 of syria and 5 20 of pakistan.
Shia numbers are in the range of 320 millions to 350 millions and according to some estimates its in the range of 400 millions. The religious reality is that the shia population of bangladesh was less than 1 and similarly the mukti bahni was pre dominantly sunni. Sunnis believe that the first four caliphs are the successors of muhammad while shi ites believe that ali the son in law of muhammad and his descendants are the leaders of the muslims. There are sizable shia communities in.
Currently there are 1 6 billion muslims around the world with shia muslims accounting for almost 20. Iran has the largest shia majority with more than 66 million making up nearly 90 of the population. The majority of the world s muslims are sunni between 85 and 90 per cent according to most counts and spread across africa the middle east and asia. These countries are outlined below.
Shia sunni map india shia sunni map of middle east shia sunni map of world behind stark political divisions a more plex map of sunnis and maps of iraq and syria showing location of the kurds sunnis and map of saudi and iran proxy war business insider arabs and persians shiites and sunnis more plicated than you the origin of the sunni shia divide maps iakovos alhadeff sunnis vs shiites shia iakovos alhadeff behind stark political divisions a more plex map of sunnis and dammaj zaydi. While most global muslims are sunni a handful of countries have shia majorities or pluralities.
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