HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Judaism.
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Shia Islam.
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Sunni Islam.
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Christianity.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Of all Iranian Muslims, 90-95% are Shi’ites. Almost all Iranians as Muslim, with 90–95% thought to associate themselves with the official state religion – Shia Islam – and about 5–10% with the Sunni and Sufi branches of Islam.
Detailed explanation-2: -While Sunnis account for roughly 85 percent of the Muslim population around the Islamic world, they constitute a minority in Iran where Shias make up the absolute majority of the country’s population.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to the Islamic Republic’s official survey, almost all of Iran’s 82, 000, 000 people are Muslims, with 90 percent adhering to Shia Islam, and a majority of that Shia populace following the Twelver branch.
Detailed explanation-4: -The great majority of the world’s more than 1.5 billion Muslims are Sunnis-estimates suggest the figure is somewhere between 85% and 90%. In the Middle East, Sunnis make up 90% or more of the populations of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Detailed explanation-5: -The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic and specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. It states all laws and regulations must be based on “Islamic criteria” and an official interpretation of sharia.
Detailed explanation-6: -Iran. Bahrain. Iraq. Azerbaijan. Lebanon. Yemen. Kuwait. Turkey. More items