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India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million adherents. [25] The Middle East-North Africa region hosts 23% of the world's Muslims, and Islam is the dominant religion in every country in the region [26] other than Israel. [12]
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation founded in 1969 has 57 members, 56 of which are also member states of the United Nations, with 48 countries having a Muslim majority. Some member countries, especially in West Africa and South America, such as Ivory Coast, Guyana, Gabon, Mozambique, Nigeria, Suriname, Togo and Uganda – though with large ...
The Hanafi and Shia schools both use the same number of repetitions in both the adhan and iqama, contrary to all the other schools. [1] [8] Unlike the other schools, the Maliki school recommends qad qāmati ṣ-ṣalāh tu to be said only once. This is based on the practice of the people of Medina during Malik ibn Anas's time. [9]
According to the CIA World Factbook, [16] in 2021 the Muslim population was estimated at 60% within Lebanese territory and 20% of the over 4 million [6] [7] [8] Lebanese diaspora population. In 2012 a more detailed breakdown of the size of each Muslim sect in Lebanon was made:
Islam in Lebanon has a long and continuous history. According to a 2020 estimate by the CIA, it is followed by 69.3% of the country's total population. [3] While a 2022 study by Pew Research puts the number of Muslims in Lebanon at 57.6%. [4] According to the CIA study, Sunnis make up 31.9% while Twelver Shia make up 31.2%.
Map of prevailing religion by country Map of relative importance of religion by country, based on a 2006–2008 worldwide survey by Gallup Countries with a state religion: Christianity (unspecified)
Lebanon is an eastern Mediterranean country that has the most religiously diverse society within the Middle East, recognizing 18 religious sects. [2] [3] The recognized religions are Islam (Sunni, Shia, Alawites, and Isma'ili), Druze, Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, evangelical Protestantism, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the ...
Lebanon's native sign language is the Lebanese dialect of Levantine Arabic Sign Language. English is the fourth language by number of users, after Levantine, MSA, and French. Lebanon's official language, Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), [130]: 1917 has no native speakers in or outside Lebanon. [131]