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Which countries in the Middle East are predominantly Shiite?
Certainly Iran. Iraq and Azerbaijan are also majority Shiite countries. Other countries like Lebanon and Yemen have large Shiite minorities.
Is Pakistan shiite or sunni?
The majority is Sunni.
Are most Iraqis Sunni or Shiite?
Iraq is majority Shiite, but has a significant Sunni minority.
What is the majority of Iran?
Ethnicity: Persian Religion: Shiite muslim
Can a Kurd be a Sunni or Shiite?
Yes. There are Sunni Kurds (who form the majority) and Shiite Kurds (who form one of the Kurdish minorities).
Are the majority of Pashtuns Shiite Muslims?
No. They are almost all Sunni Muslims.
Where do majority of the shiite muslims live?
In Iran. Refer to related question below.
How do the people of Iran differ from other southwest Asian peoples?
What distinguishes Iran is that it is majority Persian ethnicity (as generally opposed to Arab ethnicity). It is also the largest Shiite Islamic-majority country (although it is not the only one as both Iraq and Bahrain are Middle Eastern countries with Shiite majorities).
Why do Shiite Muslim women have to cover their faces with only the eye region exposed?
All Muslim women are supposed to do so. It is not particular for Shiite. It is worth noting that the wearing of the niqab (which covers the front of the face) is actually more common among Sunni women than Shiite women, if only because of the laws and culture of Iran as compared to Sunni-majority Arabian countries.
What are the groupings of Islam?
Sunni and Shiite, with Sunnis being the majority of 85% of all Muslims.
Shiite and Sunni were two factions of what religions?
they are two sect or fraction of Islam religion. Sunnism as Majority and Shiite as minority are two main sects in Islam religion.
What are the two factions of Sunni and Shiite?
in religious sciences we apply sect in place of faction.hence it is better to say that we have two sects in islam religion shiite as minority and sunni as majority.
