2013年12月19日 · So the maps below show the estimated distribution of the Sunni and Shia populations within a percentage range of the total population. The majority of Muslims are …

The recent diplomatic row between Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia and Shiite-dominated Iran reflects the two countries’ long-standing rivalry for power in the Middle East. Where do Sunni …

2004年9月23日 · The Umayyads consolidated Islamic rule over what we know today as the traditional center of the Islamic world as seen in the map above: North Africa, the Middle East, …

2016年1月5日 · The majority of the world’s Muslims are Sunni, between 85 and 90 per cent according to most counts, and spread across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Iran, Iraq, …

2016年1月5日 · Sunni-led allies of Saudi Arabia have cut diplomatic ties with Shiite Iran, further polarizing the Middle East along the two major branches of Islam.

This map illustrates the varieties of religious affiliation in the Muslim populations of the Middle East. It shows the locations of adherents to the four schools of Sunni jurisprudence and the …

2007年3月26日 · While the Islamic world is predominantly of the Sunni sect, the Muslims who live in the Middle East, and particularly those in the Persian Gulf region, are often Shiite.

This map shows the distribution of Islam Sunni and Islam Shia in the Middle East and Central Asia. Today this religious division takes also political dimensions, it's a struggle for regional …

2016年1月5日 · Their mutual antagonism has its roots in the division between the two major sects of Islam, Sunni and Shiite, which dates back to the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 632 AD.

At first the revolution inspired and energized Islamist Muslims (both Shia and Sunni) everywhere, but it was a revolution in a predominantly Shi'i Muslim country, led by Shi'i Muslims, and …