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the majority of people are shia Muslims. but government is sunni.
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Are Arabs Sunnis or Shiites?
Most Arabs are Sunnis, but there is a large Shiite Arab minority, especially in Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
What group do most Muslims belong to?
Most Muslims belong Sonni group (or sect). However, there is no critical difference between the Sunnis and Shiites two groups or sects.see related question below for more information.
Which branch of Islam has the most followers?
The Sunnis has the most followers (around 85% of total Muislims). However, both Sunni and Shiites Muslims are real Muslims who commonly believe in the same basic Islam principals and fundamentals.
What are the most important secs in Islamic religion?
Shiites and Sunnis. Refer to question below
Which is the more mystical section sunni or shi'ite?
Neither Orthodox Sunnis nor Orthodox Shiites are terribly mystical. The mystical form of Islam is best known as Sufism. Most Sufis are considered Sunni Muslims, but live and act in a way quite different than the Orthodox Sunnis.
Which branch do Syrian Muslims belong to?
Most of them are Sunnis.
Are there other Muslims beside sunni and shi'ite?
Yes. The Ibadi are recognized as a third legitimate sect by most Sunnis and Shiites. Additionally, there are sects like the Ahmadiyya which consider themselves to be Muslim, but this contention is challenged by both Sunni and Shiite Muslims do to the Ahmadiyya reverence for Ahmed Mirza Ghulam.
What type of muslims are Pashtuns?
Most Pashtuns are Sunnis and rather religious.
What religion is most sunni's?
Most of the Sunnis believed in the Umayyad's religoin which is the Islamic religion, but the others combined with the Shiites to make their own reglious practices and customs.
How can marriage be possible between Sunnis and Shiites if Shiites do not believe in the Caliphs while Sunnis do?
shia Ulama believe that if a shiite Woman wants to marriage with Sunni man then this marriage is execrable or Makrouh , of course most of them also says that this kind of marriage is forbidden. also a Siite man can marry with a Sunni women.
What type of Islam is practiced in Saudi Arabia?
There no different types of Muslims. All Muslims are the same and believing in the same Quran, same God, same prophet, same Islam pillars, and same basic Islam principles of faith. The different Islam schools, mainly Sunnis and Shiites, different in very minor issues that do not touch the basic beliefs. Most Muslims of Saudi Arabia belong to the Sunnis. see related questions listed below for more information.
Which category of Islam do Ethiopian Muslims belong to?
Most Muslims in Ethiopia belong to Sufi-inspired groups or are Sunni Muslims. There are almost no Shiites in Ethiopia.
