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Bookmark or Share- Islam by country - WikipediaIslam is divided into two major denominations, Sunni and Shi'a. Of the total Muslim population, 87–90% are Sunni and 10–13% are Shi'a. Most Shi'as (between 68% and 80%) live in mainly four countries: Iran, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, and Iraq. [30]
- Timeline: the Rise, Spread, and Fall of the Islamic StateThe Islamic State – also known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh – emerged from the remnants of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), a local offshoot of al Qaeda founded by Abu Musab al Zarqawi in 2004. It faded into obscurity for several years after the surge of U.S. troops to Iraq in 2007. But it began to reemerge in 2011.
- Islamic State - WikipediaThe Islamic State (IS), [a] also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by their Arabic acronym Daesh, [b] are a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.
- Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the worldHow many Muslims are there in the United States? According to our estimate , there are about 3.45 million Muslims of all ages in the U.S., or about 1.1% of the U.S. population. This is based on an analysis of census statistics and data from a 2017 survey of U.S. Muslims , which was conducted in English as well as Arabic, Farsi and Urdu.
- Islamic world | History, Population, & Map | BritannicaIslamic world, the complex of societies and cultures in which Muslims and their faith have been prevalent and socially dominant. Adherence to Islam is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to 40 countries, from the Atlantic eastward to the Pacific and along a belt that stretches across northern Africa into Central Asia and south ...
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