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Although Shias make up 55-60% of Bahraini Muslim population, the ruling absolute monarchy is Sunni. Shias in Bahrain have met oppression for many years, during the 2011 Uprisings, a collaborative effort between Shia and Sunni communities sought to bring about the overthrow of the monarchy. Regrettably, during this period, there were instances ...
Iran's ascent as a regional power in the Middle East, along with shifts in politics and demographics in Lebanon favouring Shia, has heightened Sunni concerns about their Sunni–Arab hegemony. [3] Recent years have witnessed the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict , as well as sectarian violence from Pakistan to Yemen, which became a major ...
The Middle East-North Africa region hosts 23% of the world's Muslims, and Islam is the dominant religion in every country in the region [26] other than Israel. [ 12 ] The country with the single largest population of Muslims is Indonesia in Southeast Asia , which on its own hosts 13% of the world's Muslims. [ 27 ]
The Shia Crescent (or Shiite Crescent) is the notionally crescent-shaped region of the Middle East where the majority population is Shia or where there is a strong Shia minority in the population. In recent years the term has been used in Western political discourse to identify areas under Iranian influence or control, as Iran has sought to ...
Islam by country Sunnī Shia Ibadi Map of the Muslim world's schools of jurisprudence [89] Shia Islam is the second largest branch of Islam. [90] It is estimated that 10–13% [91] [92] [93] of the global Muslim population are Shias. They may number up to 200 million as of 2009. [92]
A 2003 CIA Factbook map which shows the area mostly inhabited by Sunni Muslim Arabs in light orange. The area was a center of strong support for Ba'athist Iraq; from the 1970s on, many government workers, politicians, and military leaders came from the area. Saddam was born just outside Tikrit.
Yemenis are divided into two principal Islamic religious groups: 65% Sunni and 35% Shia. [1] [2] [3] Others put the numbers of Shias at 30%. [4] [5] [6] The denominations are as follows: 65% primarily of the Shafi'i and other orders of Sunni Islam. 33% of the Zaidi order of Shia Islam, 2% of the Ja'fari and Tayyibi Ismaili orders of Shia
The Sunni Muslims make up the vast majority in the country, mainly of the Hanafi and Shafi'i madhhabs. The Alawites are the biggest Muslim minority sect (10% of the country's population [2]), followed by Isma'ili and Twelver Shia Muslims, which constitute about 3% percent of the country's population. [3]