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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 ]
There are large communities of Hindus in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia who number over 3.1 Million and an estimated 902,890 Buddhists and 700,000 Yazidi and numerous other religions. Non Muslims are about 43 Million or 23% of the Middle East population, Muslims form the majority and the rest. # 1990 2008 2010 1990-2008 2016
The demographics of the Middle East and North Africa region show a highly populated, culturally diverse region spanning three continents. As of 2023, the population was around 501 million. [ 1 ] The class, cultural, ethnic, governmental, linguistic and religious make-up of the region is highly variable.
[57] [58] By country, Indonesia is the largest in the Muslim world, holding around 12% of all Muslims worldwide; [59] [60] with Pakistan having the second largest number of Muslims in the world after Indonesia. [61] Outside of the Muslim-majority countries, India and China are home to the largest (11%) and second-largest (2%) Muslim populations ...
Arab Muslims (Arabic: ﺍﻟْمُسْلِمون ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ, romanized: al-Muslimūn al-ʿArab) are the Arabs who adhere to Islam. They are the largest subdivision of the Arab people and the largest ethnic group among Muslims globally, [ 2 ] followed by Bengalis [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and Punjabis . [ 6 ]
By the 5th century, Christianity was the dominant religion in the Middle East, with other faiths (gradually including heretical Christian sects) being actively repressed. The Middle East's ties to the city of Rome were gradually severed as the Empire split into East and West, with the Middle East tied to the new Roman capital of Constantinople.
“Muslims needs to take a larger role in calling out the media when Islamophobia is happening. We have to start saying we’re not going to stand for this anymore. The media has to start looking at its role in how it’s perpetuating Islamophobia. We all get branded. I’m all for free speech, I’m a journalist.
Muslims make up a majority of the population in 49 countries. Approximately 12% of the world's Muslims live in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority country; 31% live in South Asia; 20% live in the Middle East–North Africa; and 15% live in sub-Saharan Africa. Muslim communities are also present in the Americas, China, and Europe.