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[92] [93] [94] Since 2008 thousands of Shia have been killed by Sunni extremists according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) and violent clashes between the two sects are common. [95] A subset of Shia in Pakistan are the Hazara ethnic group—which are distinct from other Shi’a due to their language and facial features.
The official religion of Pakistan is Islam, [7] as enshrined by Article 2 of the Constitution, and is practised by an overwhelming majority of 96.35% of the country's population. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] The remaining 3.65% practice Hinduism , Christianity , Ahmadiyya (considered a non-Muslim group as per Pakistani constitution [ 9 ] ), Sikhism ...
[22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million adherents. [25]
Until recently Shia–Sunni relations have been cordial, and a majority of people of both sects participated in the creation the state of Pakistan in the 1940s. [4] Despite the fact that Pakistan is a Sunni majority country, Shia have been elected to top offices and played an important part in the country's politics.
Other religious groups include Parsis, Sikhs, Baháʼí, Jews and Buddhists. Of the Muslims, approximately 66% are Sunnis and 34% are Shia . The Sunnis follow Hanafi fiqh while Shi'ites are predominantly Ithnā‘Ashariyyah fiqh , with significant minority groups who follow Ismaili Fiqh , which is composed of Nizari ( Aga Khanis ), Mustaali ...
Sectarian violence in Pakistan refers to violence directed against people and places in Pakistan motivated by antagonism toward the target's religious sect. As many as 4,000 Shia (a Muslim minority group) are estimated to have been killed in sectarian attacks in Pakistan between 1987 and 2007, [23] and thousands more Shia have been killed by Salafi extremists from 2008 to 2014, according to ...
Majority following Alevi Shia sect. Azerbaijan: Islam in Azerbaijan: 4,575,000–5,590,000: 45–55: 2–3 Azerbaijan is majority Shia. [117] [118] [119] A 2012 work noted that in Azerbaijan, among believers of all faiths, 10% identified as Sunni, 30% identified as Shia, and the remainder of followers of Islam simply identified as Muslim. [119 ...
The Sunnis follow Hanafi fiqh while Shia are predominantly Ithnā‘Ashariyyah in fiqh, with significant minority groups who follow Ismaili Fiqh, which is composed of Nizari , Mustaali, Dawoodi Bohra and Sulaymani fiqhs. At the time of British East India Company conquest of Karachi on February 3, 1839 the population was predominantly Muslim.