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Islam is the majority and official religion in the United Arab Emirates, professed by 74.5% of the population as of 2020. 63.3% are Sunni, 6.7% are Shia, while 4.4% follow another branch of Islam. [1] The Al Nahyan and Al Maktoum ruling families adhere to the Maliki school of jurisprudence.
The 2022 population of the UAE stands at 9.4 million, [3] Only approximately 20% of residents are UAE citizens. [4] According to the CIA World Fact Book, 76% of the residents are Muslim, 9% are Christian, other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist, less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha'i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish) 15%. [5]
Islam is the largest and the official state religion of the United Arab Emirates. The government follows a policy of tolerance toward other religions and rarely interferes in the religious activities of non-Muslims. [291] There are more Sunni than Shia Muslims in the United Arab Emirates, [292] and 85% of
Islam is the official religion of the United Arab Emirates. Of the total population, 76.9% are Muslims as of a 2010 estimate by the Pew Research Center . Although no official statistics are available for the breakdown between Sunni and Shia Muslims among noncitizen residents, media estimates suggest less than 20 percent of the noncitizen Muslim ...
Follow live coverage of United Arab Emirates vs Canada from the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches ...
United Arab Emirates religion-related lists (1 C) C. Christianity in the United Arab Emirates (4 C, 3 P) E. Religious education in the United Arab Emirates (1 C) H.
A pendant depicting a pair of entwined, horned animals found at Qattara Oasis, Al Ain Qattara Oasis (Arabic: وَاحَـة الْـقَـطَّـارَة, romanized: Wāḥat al-Qaṭṭārah) is an area of irrigated date farm in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates featuring a distinctive falaj (Arabic: فَـلَـج) irrigation system as well as a late Bronze Age archaeological site dated to 1800 ...
Christians in the United Arab Emirates account for 12.9% of the total population according to 2020 estimates. [1] The government recognises various Christian denominations. [2] Christians are free to worship and wear religious clothing, if applicable. The country has Catholic, Eastern, Oriental Orthodox and Protestant churches. [3]