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Roughly 30-35% of Iraq's Muslims are Sunnis.

  • Iraq's Muslims follow two distinct traditions, Shia and Sunni Islam.
  • According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, Iraq is 97% Muslim: 60-67% Shi'a, 33-40% Sunni.
  • Iraq is home to many religious sites important for both Shia and Sunni Muslims.
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Do Sunnis outnumber Shiites in Iraq?

No, Shiites outnumber Sunnis in Iraq. However, Sunnis over the world outnumber Shiites. World statistics is that Sunnis Muslim world percentage is 85% of total world Muslims. While Shiites are less than 15%. Refer to question below for more information.


What do you call people from Iraq?

An Iraqi. Iraq is home to many cultures and religions, including ethnic Kurds, Shias, Sunnis, and Muslims.


The Shiites or Sunnis which has bigger population?

The Sunnis are of bigger population. Of world Muslims, 85% are Sunnis.


Did the Shi'ites and sunnis take over the muslims after the death of muhammad?

The Sunnis and Shiites were factions of Muslims that divided into separate sects. They are both considered to be Muslims. Neither of them "took over the Muslims." If you are asking which group gained political power first, the answer would be the Sunnis.


Where do Sunnis live?

Sunni Islam is an offshoot of Islam who represent majority of Muslims all around the world. The larges single nation containing Sunni Muslim population is Indonesia. However; they also live as a majority in Turkey, Saudia Arabia, UAE, Bosnia, and Pakistan.


Is ISIS sunni or shiite Muslims?

Sunnis


How many Sunnis are in Iraq?

There are roughly 1800 million Muslims in the world, and the percent of Sunni Muslims in the Islamic faith is roughly 85-90%. Thus, around 1500 million of the total 7000 million people (1.5 out of 7 billion of the world population) is Sunni Muslim.


Which branch do Syrian Muslims belong to?

Most of them are Sunnis.


What is Iraq and Iran are predominately this type of what Muslim?

Iran and Iraq consist of primarily Muslims adhering to the Shiite (or Shia) sect of the Islamic religion. In Iran, about 90% of people are Shia (the rest being Sunni), and in Iraq, about 55% are Shia, and 45% are Sunni (with ethnic Kurds being 15% Sunnis of total population of Iraq).


Muslims were divided into two groups .?

Muslims were divided into two groups


Where do sunnis and shi'ites live?

in many countries. but shia Muslims mainly in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and more. other Muslim countries are mainly sunni with minor shia population.


How many Iraqis are Sunni Muslims?

35% of Iraqi Muslims are Sunnis. See links below.