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Of the world's approximately 200 million or so Shiites, around 70 million live in Iran, making it the largest single country for Shiites. However, Shiites are not concentrated in any particular part of Iran, but are a majority in nearly every major city and province in the country.
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Is Iran mainly Shiite?
Yes, 90% of the population is Shiite.9% associate themselves with the Sunni and Sufi branches of Islam.The remaining 0.9% associate themselves with non-Islamic religious minorities, including Baha'is, Mandeans, Yarsanis, Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians.
What countries have a large Shiite Muslim population?
Iran, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, and Iraq.
What is the number of shiite Muslims living in Iran?
90-95% of Iran population (near 80,000,000) are shia Muslims.
What predominately are Iraq and Iran of being Muslims?
Iran and Iraq consist of Muslims belonging to the Shiite sect of Islam. In Iran, about 90% of the population is Shia Muslim, and in Iraq, about 95% of the population is Shia.
Which branch of Islam is the largest in Iran and Lebanon?
Shiite Islam dominates in Iran. Lebanon is split evenly (27%-27%) between Shiites and Sunnis (including Alawites under the term "Shiite"). The remainder of the Lebanese population is Christian, Druze, or religions that are less than 1% of the Lebanese population.
Which Islamic country is almost entirely Shia?
Iran is an Islamic country with the wide majority of it population are Shiite Muslims.
Was the Shah of Iran a Muslim?
The Shah of Iran is a title for the Kings of Persia stretching back to antiquity, even preceding Islam. Some of the Shahs, such as those of the Parthian and Sassanid Dynasties were Zoroastrian. All Shahs of Iran after the year 800 C.E. were Muslim and All Shahs of Iran after 1550 C.E. were Shiite Muslims.
Was the king of Iran a Sunni or Shia?
The Shah of Iran was nominally Shiite, but was known as an ardent secularist.
Is the official religion of Iran Sunni Islam or Shia Islam?
Official religion of Iran is Shiite Islam, specifically Twelver Shiite Islam with the Jaafari School of Fiqh (jurisprudence).
Is Iran's population mostly Shiite Muslims or Sunni Muslims?
The official religion or race of Iran is shia of course, where over 85% of the population is shia. While the rest are sunnis.
What religious group is in the majority of Iran?
Roughly 90% of Iran's population is Shiite Muslim and 9% is Sunni Muslim. However, before Islam came into Iran, Iran was Zoroastrian for over one thousand years. As a result, much of the practices and theologies of Iranians is combined with Zoroastrianism.
In what country do most Shiite Muslims live in?
Iraq and Iran
