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Shia Muslims make up approximately 10–13% of the world Muslim population. [9] Within Shia Islam about 85% are Twelver, [10] [11] and within Twelver Shia, the overwhelming majority follow the Usuli school of jurisprudence. In Iran, an officially Shia country since 1501, [12] around 90–95% of Muslims are Shia.
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million ...
Approximately 35% of the population in Yemen and half of the Muslims in Lebanon are Shia Muslims. There is also a very large population of Shia Muslims living in the Persian Gulf countries especially in Saudi Arabia. An estimated 5–10% [1] [2] of citizens in Saudi Arabia are Shia Muslims, most of whom are adherents to Twelver Shia Islam.
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]
Changing path data is more complicated. If a border changes, I'd suggest to take an up-to date version of the CIA map of the world. You should export the backgrounds of the affected countries from there and a neighbouring country as a reference. Do the same with this map. Look at the difference and adjust it in your graphic program.
In 29th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran on December 27, 2015, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Muslim countries to unite and strive to improve Islam’s public image, adding that "There is neither a Shiite nor a Sunni crescent. We have an Islamic moon. We, Muslims, are in a world where we must be united". [11]
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Sunni Islam [a] (/ ˈ s uː n i /; Arabic: أهل السنة, romanized: Ahl as-Sunnah, lit. 'The People of the Sunnah') is the largest denomination of Islam, followed by 87–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.