Sunni Shia Middle East Map

Sunni Shia Middle East Map. Sunnis and Shia in the Middle East BBC News 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, and Central Asia. 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

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. Today this religious division takes also political dimensions, it's a struggle for regional influence between Shia political powers, led by Iran, versus Sunni political powers, led by Saudi Arabia.

Map Of Sunni And Shia In Middle East Colly Diahann

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 One fifth of the world's Muslim population lives in Middle East and North Africa - but what proportions are Sunni and Shia? 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.

The Origins Of The ShiiteSunni Split Parallels NPR. 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. 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, and Central Asia.

Middle East History Behind the News. The Iraq War further influenced regional power dynamics, solidifying Shi'ites as the predominant force in Iraq Sunni-Shia balance in the Middle East This map of the region's Sunnis and Shias is crucial for understanding the larger geopolitics of the Iraq crisis and how its neighbors are responding.