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- Iraq's demographic divide. Michael Izady / Columbia University. Iraq's three-way demographic divide didn't cause the current crisis, but it's a huge part of it.
- Sunni-Shia balance in the Middle East. The Shia Revival by Vali Nasr. This map of the region's Sunnis and Shias is crucial for understanding the larger geopolitics of the Iraq crisis and how its neighbors are responding.
- The Kurdish region, in Iraq and beyond. Arnold Platon. The Kurds — who are long-oppressed minorities in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran — have been fighting for their own country for more than a century.
- Iraq's enormous oil reserves. Energy-pedia. Iraq has the fifth largest proven oil reserves of any country, after Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and Iran.
Most notably is Algeria, where Sunni Islam is the religion of the state.) In this nation, approximately 99% of people practice this religion. Other nations where Sunni is the most popular religion include Afghanistan, Cocos Islands, Comoroas, Egypt, Iraq, jordan, Kuwait, Libya, the Maldives, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tahikistan, Turkey, and ...
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- Map: Distribution of Muslim Population by Country and Territory
- Map: World Distribution of Muslim Population
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- Living as Majorities and Minorities
- Sunni and Shia Populations
- Map: More Than A Third of The World’S Shia Muslims Live in Iran
Only countries with more than 1 million Muslims are shown2009 Muslim population, the percentage of its population that is Muslim and the percentage of the world Muslim population it represents. * Indicates the use of a source with a small enough sample size to make these estimates somewhat less reliable. Due to this greater margin of error, percent...
This “weighted” map of the world shows each country’s relative size based on its Muslim population. Figures are rounded to the nearest million. Click to enlarge. Download the map
Two-thirds of all Muslims worldwide live in the 10 countries shown below. Of the 10 countries, six are in Asia (Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Iran and Turkey), three are in North Africa (Egypt, Algeria and Morocco) and one is in Sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria). Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life • Mapping the Global Muslim...
While 80% of the world’s Muslims live in countries where Muslims are in the majority, significant numbers – about one-fifth of the world’s Muslim population – live as religious minorities in their home countries. Of the roughly 317 million Muslims living as minorities, about 240 million – about three-quarters – live in five countries: India (161 mi...
An overwhelming majority of Muslims are Sunnis, while an estimated 10-13% are Shias. This report estimates that there are between 154 million and 200 million Shia Muslims in the world today. Between 116 million and 147 million Shias live in Asia, representing about three-quarters of the world’s Shia population (note that Iran is included in the Asi...
Roll over a country bubble to see the percentage of its Muslim population that is Shia and the percentage of the world Shia population it represents. Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life • Mapping the Global Muslim Population, October 2009 Footnotes 1 For a definition of “territories,” see the methodology. 2 See, for example, CIA W...
- The fertile crescent, the cradle of civilization. World History: Patterns of Interaction. If this area wasn't the birthplace of human civilization, it was at least a birthplace of human civilization.
- How ancient Phoenicians spread from Lebanon across the Mediterranean. Philip's Atlas of World History.
- How the Middle East gave Europe religion, three times. The Concise Atlas of World History. The Middle East actually gave Europe religion four times, including Islam, but this map shows the first three.
- When Mohammed's Caliphate conquered the Middle East. Mohammad Adil. In the early 7th century AD in present-day Saudi Arabia, the Prophet Mohammed founded Islam, which his followers considered a community as well as a religion.
Apr 27, 2023 · Sunni fundamentalists, many inspired by al-Qaeda’s call to fight Americans, flocked to Iraq from Muslim-majority countries, attacking coalition forces and many Shia civilians.
- Mohammed Aly Sergie
Iraq's Muslims follow two distinct traditions, Shia and Sunni Islam. According to the CIA World Factbook, Iraq is approximately 95% to 98% Muslim, with approximately 55% Shia Muslims and 40% Sunni Muslims. [5] According to a 2011 survey by Pew Research, 51% of the Muslims identify as Shia and 42% as Sunni. [6]
Sep 23, 2004 · Map 2: Sunni and Shi'a ~ The Worlds of Islam. While Shiites have remained a minority throughout most of the Islamic world, they are still the majority in Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and parts of ...
