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  2. Shia–Sunni relations - Wikipedia

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    Almost 90% of Pakistan's Muslim population is Sunni, with 10% being Shia, but this Shia minority forms the second largest Shia population of any country, [228] larger than the Shia majority in Iraq. Until recently ShiaSunni relations have been cordial, and a majority of people of both sects participated in the creation the state of Pakistan ...

  3. Sunni Triangle - Wikipedia

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    The Sunni Triangle is a densely populated region of Iraq to the north and west of Baghdad inhabited mostly by Sunni Muslim Arabs. [1] The roughly triangular area's points are usually said to lie near Baghdad (the southeast point), Ramadi (the southwest point) and Tikrit (the north point). Each side is approximately 125 kilometers (80 miles) long.

  4. Religion in Iraq - Wikipedia

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    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 and 40% Sunni. [ 5 ] According to a 2011 survey by Pew Research , 51% of the Muslims identify as Shia and 42% as Sunni. [ 6 ]

  5. Islam in Iraq - Wikipedia

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    The data on the religious affiliation of Iraq's population are uncertain. 95–99% of the population are Muslims. [15] [16] The CIA World Factbook reported a 2015 estimate according to which 36–39% were Sunni Muslims and 61-64% Shia Muslims. [15] According to a 2011 survey by Pew Research, 51% of the Muslims identified as Shia and 42% as ...

  6. Shia Muslims in the Arab world - Wikipedia

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    Islam is divided into two major sects, Sunni and Shia Islam, each with its own sub-sects. Large numbers of Shia Arab Muslims live in some Arab countries including Lebanon, Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, the UAE, and Qatar. Shia Muslims are a numerical majority in Iraq and Bahrain.

  7. Opinion - Time to rethink the borders of the Middle East map

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    The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse of Syria has led to calls for the region to be divided according to ...

  8. Sunni Islam in Iraq - Wikipedia

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    In the early Islamic period, Iraq was a key center of the Abbasid Caliphate, with the city of Baghdad serving as its capital from the 8th to the 13th century. Sunni Arabs played a significant role in the administration (including the ruling Abbasid dynasty) and cultural life of the caliphate, and many important figures of Islamic scholarship and literature emerged from Iraq during this time ...

  9. Minorities in Iraq - Wikipedia

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    Iraq was home to one of the oldest Jewish communities of the Middle East. During the Ottoman period, the Jews were part of society in Iraq. Iraq's first finance minister was Sassoon Eskell, an Iraqi Jew from Baghdad. [74] Almost all Iraqi Jews were transferred to Israel in the early 1950s in Operation Ezra and Nehemiah and the Israeli bombing. [74]